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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Granada

Kosovo rules out talks with Serbia until it faces sanctions over deadly gun battle

A police officer stands guard on a residential street in Banjska, Kosovo.
A Kosovan police officer stands guard after clashes with the armed Serb group in Banjska, Kosovo. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Kosovo will not re-enter talks to normalise relations with Serbia unless sanctions are imposed on Belgrade, the country’s president has said, as she accused the Serbian government of pursuing a strategy “straight from the book of [Slobodan] Milošević.”

Speaking as she arrived at the summit of the European Political Community on Thursday, Vjosa Osmani ruled out more talks taking place until the US and EU put sanctions in place after a deadly gun battle last month in a northern Kosovo village.

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