Washington has taken the first step to shake up the European Union which is focused on its own problems and the initiative taken by US envoy Matthew Palmer should motivate the countries of the Balkans to find a solution for their problems, former High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina Christian Schwarz-Schilling told Deutsche Welle on Tuesday.

Serbia's president and US diplomat Matthew Palmer "agreed, while disagreeing on Kosovo" that normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations is of key importance.

A statement issued by the president's press service after the meeting in Belgrade on Thursday also said that Vucic and Palmer "believe that normalization of relations is of key importance not only for the EU accession process, but also for regional stability and future prosperity in the region."