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A group of influential politicians, including the chairmen of the US, German and British parliamentary foreign affairs committees, have written to US and EU leaders to urge them to reconsider their approach to mitigation of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.
The prestigious British newspaper "The Guardian" has dedicated an article to the letter of 56 MPs from Europe and the USA who addressed the three capitals of Washington, Brussels and London to change their approach to Kosovo and Serbia.
Politicians have criticized those who lead international efforts to normalize relations between the two countries for the "lack of pressure exerted on Serbia" and say that "the dialogue facilitated by the EU has not yet yielded positive results."
The Guardian says the strongly worded letter reinforces Kosovo's concerns, expressed behind the scenes, that the EU and US are siding with the Serbian leadership.
The newspaper also provides context that this letter comes two months after tensions flared in northern Kosovo over mayoral elections that Pristina says followed the law, but were marred by a boycott of Serbian voters that resulted in a turnout of less than 4%. .
The authors of the letter say that EU and US efforts to resolve the crisis are not working and call for a review of the approach.
"Attempts to disrupt democratic elections in Kosovo by Serbia must be publicly criticized as foreign interference with tangible measures implemented to hold them accountable if they continue to undermine free and fair elections," the letter states.
After the article revealed the positions of Prime Minister Kurti and Serbian President Vucic regarding the disagreements they had about the elections in the north of Kosovo, the Guardian also tells about the background of Kosovo's accusations against the USA and the EU.
"Behind the scenes, the Kosovars have accused the US and EU leadership of actually appeasing Serbia amid fears that Russia will involve itself in the Western Balkans," the article says.
The letter has been sent to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs James Cleverly.
The Office of Borrell and Cleverly have confirmed that they have received the letter, while the US Department of State has said that they do not comment on these diplomatic correspondences.
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