Serbia Floats Ethnic Partition in Search of Kosovo Deal

  • President Vucic urges Serbs to back his efforts on Kosovo deal
  • Serbia and Kosovo deal needed to unlock their path to EU

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic

Photographer: Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg
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Serbia’s proposal to normalize ties with Kosovo may include some form of partition along ethnic lines to try to halt an outflow of Serbs from areas dominated by ethnic Albanians, President Aleksandar Vucic said.

“It’s better to get something than nothing,” said the president, who is yet to outline details of his plan that may bring a breakthrough after years of European Union-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo that have failed to mend ties. The former foes need to reach a deal to free up their path to the EU.