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The US ambassador to Pristina, Jeffrey Hovenier, announced that the United States had excluded Kosovo from the Washington-led Defender Europe military exercises because of these clashes:
https://euronews.al/en/cancellation-...ce-for-kosovo/“When we found out, we reacted strongly against it. The decision has had a negative impact on Kosovo’s reputation and has reversed efforts towards the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia,” said Hovenier.
He quoted the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who said that these actions will affect US-Kosovo relations.
Hovenier said that the cancellation of Kosovo’s participation in the “Defender Europe 2023” exercises, is the first consequence for the Government of Kosovo in this regard.
“Today there was no activity for ‘Defender Europe ’23’ and there won’t be. For Kosovo, those exercises have ended,” said Hovenier.
“We have asked the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, to take steps towards reducing tensions in the north. He has not responded to these requests. We are analyzing what our next actions will be”, he added.
Looks like USA does not want another open front in Europe (Russia and China already expressed support for Serbia). Good! It’s for the best if the situation will not escalate further.
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