US to support Serbia amid tensions with Kosovo if Belgrade joins Russian sanctions

[beijingwalker]

US to support Serbia amid tensions with Kosovo if Belgrade joins Russian sanctions​

By Euronews • Updated: 23/01/2023 - 20:51

The international community expects Serbia and Kosovo to make efforts to defuse tensions between Kosovans and Serbs and help secure a reconciliation agreement after envoys from the European Union and the US visited the region last Friday.

The territorial dispute between the two former war foes remains a source of instability in the Balkans as Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine rages on.

But Washington is ready to offer Belgrade economic and diplomatic support on the condition that Serbia joins Western allies in sanctions against Russia.

Euronews Serbia spoke to the US special envoy for Serbia and Kosovo, Gabriel Escobar.

"Serbia has an important choice to make, they could signal it, if they want to, by sanctions [against Russia]," he explained. "Now, I think that they should impose sanctions, I think that everybody in Europe should impose sanctions, based on what's happening in Ukraine.

"But that's a choice for Serbia to make. I just think that it looks bad for Serbia to be outside of mainstream Europe [on this matter]", he added.

If Serbia fully participates with the West then Washington and Brussels may ask Kosovo to meet Serbia's demand in granting Serbs the right to live in Northern Kosovo.

In turn, the US wants Brussels to do its part and press ahead with EU integration and speed up the accession process.

Serbia officially applied for European Union membership in December 2009 but accession negotiations are still ongoing.

Kosovo formally submitted an application for membership in December 2022.

"At the end of this process, I want to see that the EU is committed to the enlargement in the Western Balkans and that the countries of the Western Balkans are on a track to fully integrate into the EU in a reasonable period of time. By 'reasonable' I don't mean 20 years, I mean much sooner" said Escobar.

Experts say a solution to help both sides integrate would be the introduction of standardised Western Balkans vehicle license plates.

Last November tensions between Serbia and its former province mounted again over the Kosovo government’s decision to ban Serbian-issued license plates, matching Serbia’s earlier ban on Kosovo license plates.
Kosovo unilaterally broke away from Serbia in 2008. The Serbian government, with support from China and Russia, has refused to acknowledge Kosovo’s statehood. The US and most of its European allies recognise Kosovo as an independent country.

Serbia must join sanctions against Moscow, says US special envoy

Belgrade should impose sanctions against Russia says US special envoy, Gabrial Escobar, in an interview with Euronews Serbia.

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[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

The US will never sell weapons to Serbia. Serbia is China's boy now. China is hegemon.

 

[beijingwalker]

US has no principles

 

[Titanium100]

The US will never sell weapons to Serbia. Serbia is China's boy now. China is hegemon.

This is wrong.. China is far away from Serbia and since it can't save Serbia the serbs have to look for ways to not piss off the Americans who is in next door and everywhere surrounding them

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

This is wrong.. China is far away from Serbia and since it can't save Serbia the serbs have to look for ways to not piss off the Americans who is in next door and everywhere surrounding them

Chinese troops can be in Serbia within hours if Serbia is invaded. Today's China is a beast. Y-20 transports have immense capability.

 

[Titanium100]

Chinese troops can be in Serbia within hours if Serbia is invaded. Today's China is a beast. Y-20 transports have immense capability.

No they can't... Not by Land or Sea both roads are blocked unless they will fight their way all the way to Serbia by land or Sea (Starting with Greece, Italy and Turkey) They won't allow China to pass into the Balkan by Sea..

Yes China could reach it in a potential WW3 but not outside of that scenario

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

No they can't... Not by Land or Sea both roads are blocked unless they will fight their way all the way to Serbia by land or Sea (Starting with Greece, Italy and Turkey) They won't allow China to pass into the Balkan by Sea

If Romania wants to block Y-20 then they will fight war with China, and I doubt 19 million Romanians want to fight 1.4 billion Chinese. Romanians are brave, but they are not suicidal. Chinese J-20 would decimate Romanian F-16.

 

[Titanium100]

If Romania wants to block Y-20 then they will fight war with China, and I doubt 19 million Romanians want to fight 1.4 billion Chinese. Romanians are brave, but they are not suicidal. Chinese J-20 would decimate Romanian F-16.

That would have been the case if they were neighbours and Romania was not NATO..

But look where Romania is located?

If you come by Sea China will automatically run into Turkey and Italy including the smaller nations surrounding there even Ukraine from the North and Poland including Germany and NATO forces stationed in the eastern European plain hence it is not feasible for China to come from the sea..

But Via Russia if Russia Takes Ukraine entirety then realistically China could fight a land war with Romania there will be a corridor but that would be fighting NATO on the eastern Europe teatre together with Russian friends and China's other allies this would be WW3.. Will China's team win it depends who are on their side if it is only China-Russia they will lose but if they have other allies included they will have a chance.. If Afpak is deployed on the Eastern European frontline allied with Russia, China, and North Korea and you can add Vietnam as for cannon fodders sake and throw in their the central Asia turkics then that bloc would not only stand a chance but become favourites to win

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

That would have been the case if they were neighbours and Romania was not NATO..

But look where Romania is located?

If you come by Sea China will automatically run into Turkey and Italy including the smaller nations surrounding there even Ukraine from the North and Poland including Germany and NATO forces stationed in the eastern European plain hence it is not feasible for China to come from the sea..

But Via Russia if Russia Takes Ukraine entirety then realistically China could fight a land war with Romania there will be a corridor but that would be fighting NATO on the eastern Europe teatre together with Russian friends and China's other allies this would be WW3.. Will China's team win it depends who are on their side if it is only China-Russia they will lose but if they have other allies included they will have a chance.. If Afpak is deployed on the Eastern European frontline allied with Russia, China, and North Korea and you can added Vietnam as for cannon fodders sake and throw in their the central Asia turkics then that bloc would not only stand a chance but become favourites to win

China has base of ops in Crimea via their Russian puppets. Crimea pretty much controls the Black Sea from its strategic location.

On top of that, NATO is a defensive treaty only. Romania cannot invoke Article 5 if Romania tries to block Y-20 heading to Serbia, as that is only possible if Romania is at war with China.

 

[Titanium100]

China has base of ops in Crimea via their Russian puppets. Crimea pretty much controls the Black Sea from its strategic location.

Alright we stop here.. I took you serious for a minute but thats it. I am out

 

[Beast]

This is wrong.. China is far away from Serbia and since it can't save Serbia the serbs have to look for ways to not piss off the Americans who is in next door and everywhere surrounding them

So why after 20 years 1999 Balkan war, Serbia hasn't become the US boy?

You cant blockade without clear justification, that will be act of war and Serbia will immediately attack any country who do the blockade.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

So why after 20 years 1999 Balkan war, Serbia hasn't become the US boy?

You cant blockade without clear justification, that will be act of war and Serbia will immediately attack any country who do the blockade.

That's right. And now that China has J-20, Y-20, no way Romania dares to fight war with China to blockade Serbia.

 

[Titanium100]

So why after 20 years 1999 Balkan war, Serbia hasn't become the US boy?

You cant blockade without clear justification, that will be act of war and Serbia will immediately attack any country who do the blockade.

Serbia is an Island in the middle of the Ocean --> USA just look at their location do you think they have anything but to be subdued against the EU and the US..

It is like Mongolia playing stupid with China

 

[Beast]

Serbia is an Island in the middle of the Ocean --> USA just look at their location do you think they have anything but to be subdued against the EU and the US..

It is like Mongolia playing stupid with China

You haven't answer my inquiry yet.

And you compare Serbia to Mongolia? LOL..

Mongolia is surrounded by 2 superpower seating in the same camp. Serbia is seating in a much comfortable positions surrounded by countries much smaller in strength who prefer not to provoke Serbia.

 

[Titanium100]

You haven't answer my inquiry yet.

And you compare Serbia to Mongolia? LOL..

Mongolia is surrounded by 2 superpower seating in the same camp. Serbia is seating in a much comfortable positions surrounded by countries much smaller in strength who prefer not to provoke Serbia.

These countries are NATO bases like Kosovo, Montonegro and Bosnia..

Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania all NATO add Croatia and Macedonia.. Serbia is like an Island in the middle of the ocean