US and EU leaders urged to change tack on Kosovo-Serbia tensions

People walk past a mural in Belgrade last month painted in colours of the Serbian flag that reads: ‘When the army returns to Kosovo … ’ Photograph: Darko Vojinović/AP

A group of influential politicians including the chair 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 easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.

In a shot across the bows of those leading international efforts to normalise relations between the two countries, they have criticised the “lack of pressure placed on Serbia” and say the “EU-facilitated dialogue has yet to yield positive results”.