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SErbien and Kosovo have agreed to normalize their economic relations, according to US President Donald Trump. “The two countries were able to achieve an important breakthrough that no one would have believed possible,” Trump said at the White House on Friday in the presence of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti.
After years of failed political negotiations, his administration has proposed to focus on job creation and economic growth to bridge the gap, Trump said.
Serbia has refused to recognize Kosovo, now inhabited almost exclusively by Albanians, since it seceded from Serbia in 1999 with NATO support and declared independence in 2008. Vučić and Hoti had met in Washington for talks of two days that ended on Friday. The meeting was started by US diplomat Richard Grenell, a former ambassador to Germany and now Trump’s special adviser for Serbia and Kosovo.
Trump: Serbia moves its embassy to Jerusalem
Trump also said on Friday that Serbia would move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, following the model of the United States. Serbia will open a business office in Jerusalem this month. The Serbian embassy should move to Jerusalem in July. According to Israeli sources, Serbia would be the first European country to open an embassy in Jerusalem. “That’s fantastic,” Trump said of the Serbian decision.
“We really appreciate it.”
