The US Department of State announced after the several-hour meeting that was held yesterday in Brussels, between the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti and the President of Serbia, Aleksandër Vučić, but which ended without an agreement.

The DASH spokesperson, Ned Price, said that even the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has been personally committed to this issue for a long time.

“There are a lot of high officials who are watching this issue closely. We have a senior official who is in Brussels, closely monitoring these talks. I assure you that these talks have the attention of senior American officials. Our ambassador to the EU is one of the officials who is watching this closely. But there are senior officials here in Washington who are doing the same. This is an issue that Secretary Blinken himself has been personally engaged with for a long time. This is a priority that spans our entire organization, on the ground and here in the US,” Price told reporters.

Price also had a call for both parties.

“From what we know, the talks are continuing. We, in partnership with the EU, are following it carefully and encourage both parties to use the dialogue effectively and suggest the parties to continue the dialogue,” said Mr. Price.

The spokesperson of the State Department added that Washington fully supports the dialogue and said that it is important that both sides use these talks effectively, repeating Washington’s position that it should “advance the discussion on the normalization of relations that it has in the premise of mutual recognition”.

Price declined to answer whether the White House delivered a message Thursday to the European Union regarding the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, but he said that “we are pleased that these discussions have begun and are continuing now. We will remain directly involved with both parties, with our counterparts in Kosovo and Serbia, as well as through monitoring the talks that are being mediated by the EU”.