Europeans Offer to Host Serbia-Kosovo Summit in Paris

Serbia's President, Aleksandar Vucic, said that the public will be informed "probably on Monday or Tuesday" about a new date for the resumed Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and for the summit that probably will happen before that. He added it is not up to him to reveal the date, which he knows, but the European Union representatives.

"Pristina announced the date, although we were asked to keep silent. I know the dates, but as an honourable person, I cannot tell the public about something that is the job of the EU and certain members - France and Germany," Vucic said in Brussels, Tanjug news agency reported.

Vucic was due to meet his Kosovo counterpart Hashim Thaci on Saturday in Washington as well as the US envoy for the Kosovo- Serbia dialogue, Richard Grenell.

France and Germany expect Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia to resume soon. Together with Chancellor Merkel, President Macron remains ready to host a Summit in Paris.

— France au Kosovo (@FranceauKosovo) June 25, 2020

However, after the Kosovo Specialist Prosecution indicted Thaci for war crimes and crimes against humanity on June 24, the US meeting has been put on hold until further notice.

On Thursday, the French embassy in Kosovo tweeted that France and Germany expected the dialogue to resume soon, and that German "Chancellor [Angela] Merkel [and French] President [Emmanuel] Macron remain ready to host a summit in Paris".

German Ambassador to Kosovo Christian Heldt tweeted: "Our governments stand ready to be helpful with proposed meeting in July."

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