State Department: To implement agreements from negotiations and begin talks for establishing the CSM

Both Kosovo and Serbia should implement the agreements they have already signed onto through the dialogue process, including by starting negotiations to establish the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities, the US Department of State said in a statement for the Albanian Post news portal.

“The Kosovan Serbs’ withdrawal from Kosovan institutions is not a solution to the current disputes and has the potential to further escalate the tensions on the ground. All parties must take steps to reduce tensions and ensure peace and stability” a State Department spokesperson told this portal.

Actions and rhetoric that increase the possibility of violence, as is further stated, place innocent lives and those of international peacekeepers on the ground at unnecessary risk.

The State Department spokesperson also emphasized that the United States “agreed with the European Union that the recent developments were a real cause for concern and were putting important progress achieved in the EU-facilitated dialogue at risk".