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The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Washington and Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

Kosovan PM Albin Kurti says talks with Serbia have reached deadlock

Albin Kurti in Brussels in 2021
Albin Kurti said the Balkans had become ‘a playground for the geopolitical games’ of Russia and China. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

EU-brokered talks between Kosovo and Serbia have become so one-sided that they have reached a dead end and a rethink is needed on how they are conducted, Kosovo’s prime minister has said.

More than a decade of European-led mediation efforts, most recently in Moldova and Brussels, have failed to normalise relations between the two countries, and Belgrade still refuses to recognise Kosovo’s independence, declared in 2008 under a UN-sponsored plan.

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