Former US ambassador to Serbia, now The EastWest Institute CIO and President, Cameron Munter, told N1 on Thursday that the best solution for both Belgrade and Pristina would be their mutual recognition, adding he was surprised with Serbia’s authorities reaction to current Washington envoy’s statement that for his country Kosovo was an independent state.

"As ambassador Scott said, it is nothing new. That’s the US stand about a real state, as Serbia is a real state,” Cameron Munter, who served as the US envoy in Serbia during Kosovo declaration of independence in 2008 said.

US State Department official Mathew Palmer told Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic that the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is important to the stability of the region, FoNet news agency reported.

He said Washington firmly believes that the dialogue is important to maintain peace and stability in the Western Balkans, Serbian Government press release said.

The US and German ambassadors to Serbia, Kyle Scott and Thomas Schieb said on Thursday that the European countries had the same approach toward the Balkans and firmly support their accession to the European Union, Beta news agency reported.

However, taking part at the Belgrade Security Forum conference on Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, the two expressed different opinions on a border correction between Pristina and Belgrade as a solution to the Kosovo issue.

President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that he "appreciated the statements made by US Ambassador Kyle Scott."

Vucic also "stressed that Serbia has its own views."

"It's important what the US ambassador is saying, we respect that and appreciate it, but we have our own views," Vucic said when asked about the statement of Kyle Scott made about his country, the United States, not accepting the idea of ​​delineation (with Kosovo), "in order to create ethnically pure states" - as well as him saying that "Russian agents are active in the area of Serbia."

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Americans obviously have an aim to remove “the last traces of the UN Security Council Resolution 1244,” B92 reports today.

Vucic made these remarks commenting on a letter the ex-US ambassador in UN, Nikki Haley sent to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres asking for withdrawal of UN Mission in Kosovo.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said today that the United States intend to launch an exit strategy for the mandate of United Nations in Kosovo and Metohija, which he perceives as an initiative for the withdrawal of UNMIK mission from that territory, Serbian media reported.

On the same day she announced she was stepping down as US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley sent a letter to the UN secretary-general.

In it, she is asking that the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, be withdrawn from Kosovo and Metohija.

The letter, addressed to Antonio Guterres and dated October 9, reads that Haley "supports (the UN chief's) peacekeeping reform agenda and is committed to working with him to bring greater efficiencies and improve performance across all UN peacekeeping missions."

US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said that he knows that Kosovo is a sensitive issue and added that there is nothing new about Washington’s policy on the issue, FoNet news agency reported.

“The focus should remain on finding a comprehensive solution and both sides have our full support in that. I am aware that this is a sensitive subject but US policy on Kosovo is not something new,” the Ambassador Scott wrote in Serbian on his Twitter account following criticism from Serbia’s top officials.

“Whatever Kosovo and its government are for the USA and Ambassador Scott, for us it is so-called government and the so-called state,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said, reacting to the statement of the USA Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott, who stated earlier in Belgrade that Kosovo is a sovereign state.

“Why then they negotiate with Serbia at all, and seek from Serbia to offer a shelter to the so-called sovereign states in the UN?” Vucic added.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said he is not certain if the information that USA ceased communication with the Kosovo minister of defense is accurate, adding he heard it from the media, but reminded that the USA administration does not see Kosovo any longer as “its child,” and attempts to be balanced, RTS reported.

“I think this is good. Generally, Kosovo foreign and internal politics are on major defensive. They are no longer “a child” of the West, but rather a problem. They are an obstacle for peaceful solution in Kosovo,” Dacic told journalists.