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NZZ: Germany imposing Kosovo – Serbia solution (RTK)

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The meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his Kosovo counterpart, Hashim Thaci, and brokered by Federica Mogherini in Brussels, could mark the start of the end of a long conflict between Serbia and Kosovo. They will hold talks for the normalization of relations. The Swiss newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung writes that the agreements reached so far have been only partly implemented and that Germany has prepared the basis of an agreement. 19 years after the end of the war, the two Presidents aim to find a permanent solution to the conflict. A full mutual recognition is ruled out for now, as five EU member states have yet to recognize Kosovo, and Moscow blocks the country’s membership of the UN. German diplomats have offered a solution to the Kosovo problem. They have offered as basis of negotiations the 1972 agreement between the two Germanies and adopted it to local circumstances. The result of the agreement, which would be reached by Presidents Thaci and Vucic, would imply Kosovo’s non-official recognition by Serbia. According to the agreement, Serbia would not obstruct Kosovo’s membership of the UN. In return, Serbia will become a member of the EU. Although there are other ideas for exchange of territories, Berlin and Washington don’t want to hear about them. In all this midst, the Serbian President is in a difficult position because he faces opposition from the Serb Orthodox Church. At the same time, he has promised Berlim that he will solve the Kosovo during his current term as president. Meanwhile, both sides have complained about Federica Mogherini, arguing that she is very passive and that she is too involved with other matters. The possibility of an international conference to resolve the Kosovo problem has been ruled out.

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