The United States monitors the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and encourages its continuation, and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will not hesitate to directly involve himself in the talks between the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and the Prime Minister of the Provisional Institutions of Kosovo and Metohija, Albin Kurti, if necessary, announced the spokesman of the State Department, Ned Price.
“We are deeply involved as observers in the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, with the mediation of the EU.” We understand that discussions are ongoing. We do this in partnership with the EU and we encourage both parties to use dialogue effectively. It is a dialogue that we support and we think that it is the duty of both sides to use this opportunity to the fullest extent to advance their discussions on the normalization of relations focused on mutual recognition”, said Price at the press conference, Tanjug reported.
The spokesperson of the State Department confirmed that the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar, who was in Brussels last week, will come to Belgrade and Pristina to support the continuation of the dialogue. He stated that, if there is a need for it, US Secretary of State Anthony Blicken will invite both sides to a conversation. “If we feel that engaging Secretary Blinken over the phone or in person is necessary to achieve the goal, he will not hesitate to have those conversations,” Price stressed, in response to a question about whether Secretary Blinken could be expected to call a meeting either by phone. or in person in Washington before September 1, with the President of Serbia Vučić and Kurti.
Source: https://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/514965/Blinken-spreman-da-se-direktno-ukljuci-u-dijalog-Beograda-i-Pristine