US Ambassador to Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier said his government could not have expressed more clearly its dissatisfaction with the quality of partnership with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s government.

The Ambassador said the Kosovo government paid very little attention to the concerns they voiced over the implementation of the Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK) regulation on cash transactions.

Speaking with Kosovo journalists at the US Embassy in Pristina on Thursday, Hovenier said that his country will not give unreserved support to any Kosovo government, despite the fact that it will always support Kosovo’s independence and people.

He reiterated that the US is not questioning the legality of the CBK regulation, but the way in which it was passed and implemented and its impact on the Serb community in Kosovo that used to receive salaries, pensions and additional benefits from the Serbian budget in dinars.

The CBK regulation that came into effect on February 1 defines the euro as the sole currency in Kosovo, effectively banning the Serbian dinar.

The international community and the US have expressed concern that this decision could negatively affect the Kosovo Serbs and raise ethnic tensions.

The Kosovo authorities have been asked to delay the implementation of the regulation.

Hovenier said that the dinar issue should be addressed within the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, because it affects individual people.

It has a direct impact on individuals who are more vulnerable, Hovenier said.

The Ambassador also said that Serbia should not have a veto on the way of providing aid, but this issue should be discussed.

He added that his country expects the Kosovo government to form the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities (CSM), and submit the CSM statute to the Constitutional Court for consideration.