We need to explain to the people of Kosovo and Serbia that the agreement, which they may not like, is in their best interest, said U.S. Senator Ron Johnson.

Johnson visited Belgrade and Pristina last week.

He told the Ukrainian Voice of America service that it is up to leaders in Belgrade and Pristina to decide whether they can reach an agreement.

Senator Johnson came to inspect the situation, see what possibilities and ideas are for reaching an agreement, and he returns to Washington with conclusions that will decisively affect the final US position on Kosovo, says to Radio Television Serbia (RTS), Stefan Surlic, the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade.

He told RTS that the United States sent a clear message during the visit that they are flexible, for two reasons.

I would say Germany drew the red line how far it would go in resolving the relations between Serbia and Kosovo, while the USA has not, US Senator and Chair of the Committee for Homeland Security, Ron Johnson said in an interview for Radio Free Europe (RFE).

President Aleksandar Vucic met on Monday in Belgrade with Ron Johnson, a US Senator who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

The president said that he also talked with the US senator about the improvement of bilateral cooperation between Serbia and the United States, and informed him and the situation in Kosovo.

Responding to journalists' questions about reaching an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, Vucic said:

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke yesterday in Belgrade with US Senator and the Chair of the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ron Johnson.

According to the Serbian Government, they spoke about "a European future of Serbia, the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and regional stability."

Brnabic "expressed her gratitude to Johnson for a constructive US approach to finding a lasting and sustainable solution for Kosovo and Metohija, through the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina."