U.S. ambassador supports Kosovo talks

On Tuesday, Parliamentary Speaker Oliver Dulic met newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Cameron Munter. Munter stressed that he supported talks on the Kosovo status problem and that he believed that it was possible for the two sides to reach a compromise. U.S. ambassador supports Kosovo talks In a statement from the parliament, after the meeting with the new ambassador, Dulic said that efforts had to be made for the negotiating process to succeed. In the course of their conversation, they looked at the possibility of intensifying parliamentary cooperation between the two countries, as well as cooperation in other fields, above all in the economy, with a view to improving Serbian citizens’ standard of living. Cameron Munter (FoNet) DiCarlo: Kosovo primarily EU’s question On Tuesday, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said that her country expected to see both sides try to reach a compromise over Kosovo’s future status. “We demand constructiveness from both sides because we want an agreement, given that it is in everybody’s best interests,” she said, but added that in the event of no agreement, the U.S. stance would remain the same. “We said on July 20, along with our partners with whom we proposed the new UN Kosovo resolution, that the Ahtisaari plan would be the best solution, if the two sides failed to reach agreement in renewed status talks.” DiCarlo stressed that the United States would approve any agreed solution, and said it was up to Belgrade and Pristina to put their suggestions forward. According to her, the Kosovo question is “primarily in Europe’s jurisdiction.” “It is very important that the European Union is united and that it takes care of security in the region,” she explained, adding that “the U.S. is there to support the EU’s efforts.”

U.S. ambassador supports Kosovo talks

In a statement from the parliament, after the meeting with the new ambassador, Dulić said that efforts had to be made for the negotiating process to succeed.

In the course of their conversation, they looked at the possibility of intensifying parliamentary cooperation between the two countries, as well as cooperation in other fields, above all in the economy, with a view to improving Serbian citizens’ standard of living.

DiCarlo: Kosovo primarily EU’s question

On Tuesday, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said that her country expected to see both sides try to reach a compromise over Kosovo’s future status.

“We demand constructiveness from both sides because we want an agreement, given that it is in everybody’s best interests,” she said, but added that in the event of no agreement, the U.S. stance would remain the same.

“We said on July 20, along with our partners with whom we proposed the new UN Kosovo resolution, that the Ahtisaari plan would be the best solution, if the two sides failed to reach agreement in renewed status talks.”

DiCarlo stressed that the United States would approve any agreed solution, and said it was up to Belgrade and Priština to put their suggestions forward.

According to her, the Kosovo question is “primarily in Europe’s jurisdiction.”

“It is very important that the European Union is united and that it takes care of security in the region,” she explained, adding that “the U.S. is there to support the EU’s efforts.”