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EU warns Serbia against moving embassy to Jerusalem

2020-09-07T12:57:13.821Z


The European Union expressed on Monday (September 7th) its “ grave concern ” and its “ regrets ” about Belgrade's commitment to transfer its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, casting a shadow over the resumption of talks Serbia. Kosovo in Brussels. Read also: Israel: Serbia will move its embassy to Jerusalem Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti


The European Union expressed on Monday (September 7th) its “

grave concern

” and its “

regrets

” about Belgrade's commitment to transfer its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, casting a shadow over the resumption of talks Serbia. Kosovo in Brussels.

Read also: Israel: Serbia will move its embassy to Jerusalem

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti resume their dialogue in Brussels on Monday aimed at normalizing relations between Belgrade and Pristina, a few days after signing an economic agreement in Washington.

After a meeting at the White House in the presence of Donald Trump, the two leaders pledged Friday in favor of "

economic normalization

", and Serbia announced its decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by July.

Kosovo has for its part agreed to establish diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.

Two-state solution

The EU is committed to a two-state solution, each with Jerusalem as its capital, and its own diplomatic mission is in Tel Aviv.

Brussels expects accession candidates like Serbia to align with its foreign policy positions.

In this context, any diplomatic move that would call into question the EU's common position on Jerusalem is a source of serious concern and regret,

” said Peter Stano, spokesman for EU foreign minister Josep Borrell.

Read also: Good Friday: in Jerusalem, some Franciscans on the Via Dolorosa

The Trump administration, which has shaken many of its allies by unilaterally recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and relocating its embassy there, is seeking to convince other countries to do the same.

While the White House described the agreement signed on Friday as "

historic

", the Serbian and Kosovar leaders more cautiously believed on Monday that these commitments "

may provide a useful contribution to reaching a comprehensive, legally binding agreement on the normalization of relations.

".

The two leaders spoke in a joint statement before the start of their meeting in Brussels, the second in person since the resumption in July of the dialogue under the aegis of the EU.

More than two decades old, insoluble since the last of the wars that tore apart the former Yugoslavia (1998-99, 13,000 dead), the conflict between Serbs and Kosovars remains a danger for the stability of the Old Continent.

Belgrade does not recognize the independence proclaimed in 2008 by its former southern province, mainly populated by Albanians.

Kosovo is recognized as an independent state by most Westerners, but five of the 27 EU members (Spain, Romania, Greece, Cyprus and Slovakia) refuse this recognition and neither Russia nor China have accepted it. which de facto closes the doors of the UN to this territory of 2 million inhabitants.

Source: lefigaro

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