Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci has said Washington must have a “leading role” in the process of normalizing relations with Serbia because the European Union is too “weak” and “not united.”
Thaci made the remarks during an interview with RFE/RL in Pristina on May 2, three days after a summit of Balkan leaders in Berlin hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The summit failed to restart talks in earnest between Kosovo and Serbia under EU mediation.
“Definitely in Berlin we saw once again how weak Europe is, how the European Union is not united,” Thaci told RFE/RL.
He said the role of the United States in the dialogue process between Kosovo and Serbia was “irreplaceable and no agreement will be reached without the dynamic and leading role of the United States of America.”
Thaci has previously said that a deal with Serbia could be reached by the end of 2019.
Asked whether that was still feasible, he replied: “I hope yes. If not, we will lose a decade.”
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