Muhaxhiri: Sorensen lacks the power to create conditions for resuming the dialogue

Political analyst Artan Muhaxhiri told Kosovo Online that the EU Special Envoy for the Belgrade–Pristina dialogue, Peter Sorensen, does not have the power to create conditions for the continuation of the dialogue because he is merely a mediator, and that pressure on Kosovo and Serbian leaders can be exerted only by the main stakeholders located in Washington, Brussels, Paris, and London.

“The international community has done this before in various ways and can do so again if it wants to improve and accelerate the dialogue and achieve important practical results,” Muhaxhiri believes.

As he notes, 2025 was a lost year for the dialogue, and nothing important happened in that process.

“I do not see how this will change in the coming year, because the dialogue has always been the result of strong pressure from the United States and the EU, and now that pressure is lacking, both toward Kosovo and toward Serbia, so there is no willingness among Kosovo and Serbian leaders to continue the dialogue. I do not even see how it will develop with the carrot-and-stick strategy. If the existing approach continues, nothing important will happen in 2026 either,” he emphasized.

Muhaxhiri says that a major change and significant incentives for both Kosovo and Serbia are necessary, so that they would have much to gain or lose, depending on whether they are constructive or destructive in the dialogue.