On Tuesday 16 June, in response to a question about the meeting between the presidents of Serbia and Kosovo scheduled for 27 June in Washington, Peter Stano, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS), said that the European Union was “always very positive about any initiative designed to support the EU-facilitated dialogue process”.
The spokesperson refused to speculate on the content of a possible deal negotiated in Washington, but said that the parties would not agree to “anything that would jeopardise” their hopes of one day joining the EU. “The future of these countries is European and the way to that future is through this dialogue”, facilitated by the EU, he said.
Stano stated that the EU and the US have common interests in the Western Balkans and both want to help stabilise the region and assist the reform process.
On Tuesday, Miroslav Lajčák, the EU Special Representative for the Dialogue, was in Pristina himself to discuss the conditions and dates for resuming the EU-facilitated Dialogue. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)