News archive on the topic "Palmer"

The West finally realized that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic would not recognize Kosovo, so they decided to try the “two Germanys” option. This was reported by Danas, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. As a “source from Western diplomatic circles” told the publication, the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia in accordance with a model most similar to the previous relations between Germany and the GDR is again underway...

Matthew Palmer, deputy assistant secretary of state and special representative of the US State Department for the Western Balkans of the outgoing Republican administration, believes that Brussels and Washington are “cooperating well” on the Balkan issue. The official stated this in an interview with RTV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. To the question of a Serbian journalist, how can an agreement be reached between Belgrade and Pristina if the EU and the US compete in…

US State Department Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer said that the Americans are ready to mediate in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, which is under the supervision of the EU. At the same time, according to the American official, ideally, an agreement between the parties should include mutual recognition of Kosovo and Serbia. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, in an interview with Balkan Insider, Palmer said...

The level of US influence in the Balkans is now at its lowest level in recent years, despite the fact that American interests in the region are represented by two authoritative diplomats: the US State Department's special representative for the Balkans, Matthew Palmer, and Donald Trump's special representative for the negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, Richard Grenell. The regional website Balkan Insight writes about this, the correspondent reports...

The United States is concerned about recent Russian-Serbian military exercises. Kommersant writes about this in an article about the visit to Belgrade of the State Department emissary, Thomas Zarzhetsky, who is responsible for sanctions policy. At the same time, a few days ago, US Special Representative for the Balkans Matthew Palmer expressed concern about Serbian-Russian military-technical cooperation and, in fact, threatened Belgrade with sanctions. “Of course, we are concerned not only about the deployment of Russian...

Serbia is ready for compromises on Kosovo, but they should not mean humiliation of the Serbian people in the region illegally seized by the separatists. This was stated by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at negotiations with US Special Representative for the Balkans Matthew Palmer. The meeting was held first in a face-to-face format, and then in an expanded format. Vučić said at the end that...

The US Secretary of State's special representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, on Saturday held a secret meeting in a restaurant near Kosovo's Gracanica with the leaders of the Kosovo "Serbian" pro-Western opposition - the head of the Freedom Coalition party, Nenad Rasic, and Slobodan Petrovic, the president of the Independent Liberal Party. Information about this secret meeting, which was organized far from crowded places, was published by the Serbian publication Informer.…

The United States continues to insist that Serbia cease its campaign to delegitimize Kosovo in the international community. This was stated by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and US Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer, speaking before the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate and the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation. “Through a campaign aimed at...

The United States expects that the Albanians, who seized power in Kosovo, after holding early elections to the local “parliament” in early October, will cancel the decision to impose a 100% duty on goods from Serbia, which put the Slavic enclaves under an economic blockade and forced Belgrade to interrupt negotiations. The corresponding assurances were voiced by State Department Special Representative for the Balkans Matthew Palmer and Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker...

The European Union is thinking about introducing a new position - a special representative for the Balkans. Kommersant writes about this, recalling that in the end the United States appointed a special emissary for the Balkans, who became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer. “The appointment of the American emissary also prompted the European Union to reconsider its tactics in the Balkan direction. Last week there were several leaks from Brussels...

The United States will put pressure on the European Union to speed up the admission of Macedonia, which recently became North Macedonia. This country's entry into NATO will take place in December. US Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer stated this in an interview with the Voice of America radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We really hope that this North Macedonia will receive the opening of accession negotiations after...

The United States will try to force Serbia and other Balkan countries to abandon the multibillion-dollar infrastructure investments that China is ready to make as part of the Belt and Road project. US Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer stated this in an interview with the Voice of America radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are trying to provide a level playing field so that...

The United States expects that the new “government” of unrecognized Kosovo will suspend the 100% tax on imported goods from Serbia introduced at the end of last year, which placed the Serbian enclaves of the region under economic blockade. Washington also expects that Belgrade will respond by stopping the “campaign to revoke signatures recognizing Kosovo.” US Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer stated this...

Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko again publicly responded to the anti-Russian attacks of the recently appointed US Special Representative for the Balkans Matthew Palmer, who argued that Moscow is interested in the instability of the region. “Perhaps the hallmarks of support for stability are military aggression against a sovereign country, killing people, destroying infrastructure, bombing with depleted uranium, tearing states apart, separating peoples living in ...