Russia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

He believes that such decisions made by Pristina are a consequence of nervousness and a feeling of being at a dead-end, as more and more countries are withdrawing their recognition of Kosovo.

"Now there are already 11 countries that have withdrawn their recognition of Kosovo. That's already a trend, that is unnerving Pristina," said Chepurin.

Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Thaci "reviewed the latest developments in the context of the EU facilitated Dialogue for normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia."

Pompeo did this during his meeting in Washington on Monday with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci.

The US official "encouraged Kosovo to seize this unique window of opportunity to reach a historic comprehensive normalization deal with Serbia under the EU-facilitated Dialogue process," a press release from the US State Department said.

"The EU must influence the Kosovo authorities," the Russian MFA's comment said, according to Tanjug, which quoted a TASS article.

This has been stated by the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

Sputnik is reporting this on Wednesday.

Putin "pointed out to Thaci that Pristina needs to reach a consensus with Belgrade and told him that Russia will support a joint decision by Belgrade and Pristina," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has been quoted as saying.

This is what President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday regarding the photos Kosovo President Hashim Thaci posted the day before of himself with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

After briefly meeting Russia's President in Paris at the Armistice commemorations, Kosovo's President, Hashim Thaci, said on Monday that Vladimir Putin told him he would support a peaceful agreement between Kosovo and Serbia.

Thaci wrote that he talked with Putin about normalization of relations with Belgrade.

Thaci's tweet was reported about by Russian agency TASS, which remarked that "the Kremlin did not issue any statement about that meeting."

According to Lavrov, the United States is also "forcing the issue of establishing a (Kosovo) army."

"It is obvious that EU's efforts have failed, because Pristina refused to implement all the agreements that have been reached so far," Lavrov said.