U.S. Says It's Working With EU to Thwart Russia on Balkans
- Western Balkan benefits from U.S., EU cooperation, Palmer says
- Land deal between Serbia, Kosovo may be acceptable to U.S.
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The U.S. and the European Union are coordinating their strategy in the Western Balkans to foil Russian meddling in the volatile region, a U.S. government official said.
Russia “worked very hard” to undermine the recent agreement between Greece and North Macedonia and is boosting aspirations among Bosnian Serbs to secede from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Matthew A. Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, told reporters late Thursday in Zagreb.