Putin, Vucic Discuss ‘Future Steps’ on Serbia-Kosovo Deal
- Serbia, Kosovo ‘far from any resolution,’ Vucic tells Putin
- Serb President Vucic reiterates pledge not to join NATO
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Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss how to push forward a deal with Kosovo after a plan to rework their borders faced international resistance.
Vucic is seeking broad support from the European Union and the U.S. to mend relations with Kosovo -- a precondition for both neighbors in their aspirations to join the EU in the next decade. Vucic’s proposal for a deal, which would allow ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians to live where their kin form majorities in a possible land swap, was rejected by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU leaders fearing it may re-ignite tensions that led to Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II.