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Hoti said that Kosovo’s goal is mutual recognition. “I can promise you one thing. No harmful and unacceptable agreements for Kosovo have come and will not come from the White House,” said the Kosovo prime minister.
The Kosovo politician also noted that significant progress had been made on economic cooperation, without providing specific details.
Vučič was more cautious in his comments after the first day of the talks, saying he opposed a document that included an article on recognition. “We thought it should not be in the document on economic [attiecību] normalization that we cannot accept it, “the president said, thanking U.S. politicians for hearing Serbia’s objections as well.” We’ll see if we can reach an agreement, “Vučič said.
The US National Security Council described the talks as a “very good round of discussions”. Robert O’Brien, the White House’s national security adviser, said on Twitter that the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia had made “real progress”.
Serbia effectively lost control of Kosovo in 1999, when NATO became involved in a military conflict to end the killing and expulsion of ethnic Albanians from the province.
On 17 February 2008, Kosovo declared independence. In October of the same year, at Serbia’s request, the UN General Assembly ordered the International Court of Justice to consider the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. In 2010, the International Court of Justice ruled that Kosovo had not violated international law by declaring independence. To date, Kosovo has been recognized by more than 100 countries. Serbia, Russia and five EU Member States, including Spain, have not recognized Kosovo.
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