2023 Serbia-Kosovo: Normalization of Relations - Imperative
2023 Serbia-Kosovo: Normalization of Relations - Imperative

Author(s): Not Specified Author
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije IFIMES
Keywords: Kosovo;: Serbia; 2023; relations; normalization; conflict;
Summary/Abstract: Relations between Serbia and Kosovo had a tumultuous start to 2023. In late 2022, tensions threatened to escalate into an armed conflict. However, the intervention of the EU, and primarily US and NATO, prevented an outbreak of a new conflict in the region. The Russian invasion on Ukraine and the culmination of tensions at the North of Kosovo prompted the international factor to get more actively involved in the finalization of the dialogue between the official Belgrade and Pristina. Through their envoys and in cooperation with the EU and US, France and Germany prepared a plan[2] for normalization of relations, which is an imperative. The Franco-German plan focuses on implementation of previously brokered agreements and full normalization of relations. EU and NATO members which had not recognized independence of Kosovo (Spain, Slovakia, Romania, Cypress and Greece), as well as Russia and China, at the UN level, together with other UN Security Council permanent members and half of UN members which do not recognize Kosovo as an independent state, could be a possible impediment to the implementation of the Franco-German plan.

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