Escobar: US, EU fully committed to Belgrade-Pristina dialogue

“We will invest every effort to make sure that the agreement is fully implemented so that both sides win and to improve the lives of the people… It’s very important for both sides, primarily Kosovo to take the process seriously,” he said.

Escobar said that the implementation of agreements starts with the forming of the Community of Serb Municipalities (CSM). “Normalization (of relations) are directed at the rights of minorities, especially the Serbs. That is absolutely critical,” the Beta news agency quoted him as saying. He added that this is what Washington expects and demands.

He said Kosovo’s application for membership in the Council of Europe (CoE) was not a victory but is an obligation with room for CoE to look into the status of the Serb minority.