[cf141q5325]

Its worth mentioning that there is a second perspective to this being a matter of EU/NATO vs Serbia. Aljazeera had an interesting opinion piece framing it as Kosovo getting dropped to achieve Serbian integration into the western block

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/14/does-the-west-s...

Cant say anything about the plausibility but the references to EU sanctions against Kosovo and the former president of Kosovo being currently on trial in the Hague are interesting points.

Non opinion piece on the background https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/24/why-kosovos-standof...

Would be happy to hear from anyone familiar with that perspective, it was news to me. But pressuring Kosovo to play ball in the negotiations doesnt seem to be out of the question?

[bojan]

This is from before the latest events. Since then Serbia has escalated the situation.

The current President of Kosovo is a hard-liner that refuses to implement agreement made before he got elected. He is being rightly pressured on that point, even though I understand and even partially agree with his reasons.

Thaci is also on trial with a good reason. There are a lot of indications he did commit crimes. It's a good thing the matter will be put to rest one way or another.

So they aren't really pressuring Kosovo, they are being neutralan, trying to get both sides to co-operate using the few tools they have on their disposal.