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Kosovo / Serbia conflict is heating up again

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, will meet tomorrow with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Chen Bo, the Office of the President for Cooperation with the Media announced. The meeting is scheduled for 9 am in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic, after which a press release will be sent to the media. After that, President Vučić will meet at 10 am with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko.

Austrian minister of interior Karl Nehammer has commended the government of Kosovo for handling the situation at the border with Serbia calmly, and for not responding to provocations.
On Tuesday, during his visit to Prishtina, Nehammer stressed that the solution to de-escalate high tensions is not violence.
He added that Kosovo is providing security and clarity regarding the situation, as is expected by Austria and the European Union.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed "very concerned" about the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.
She called on both sides on Tuesday to return to the negotiating table. Von der Leyen is expected in Kosovo on Wednesday, where she wants to meet Prime Minister Albin Kurti, among others. She then travels to Serbia, where a meeting with President Aleksandar Vucic is planned. "De-escalation is now important," said von der Leyen at a joint press conference with the North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in Skopje. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had previously called on Serbia and Kosovo to exercise moderation.
 
Wasn't Serbia the reason Yugoslavia broke up? They didn't like who took the rotating presidency and so started a civil war, iirc.
Yes but the history of the religious infighting predated that. Both sides have used each other’s actions as cover for their own ill advised actions.
The only thing I see is a repeat of historic behavior and alliances dating back to the Crimean war at the very least.
it’s like the Hatfield and McCoy’s on steroids.
we will be inclined to get involved but in the long run we should stay far away.
even if there is a dust up or regional war that won’t be the last one. So why expend our blood and treasure.
 
Serbia is a puppet state of Russia in Europe, nothing else but a constant threat since WWI.
And Kosovo is buffer state between NATO members and Serbia.
It's the same proxy hybrid war as in Ukraine, I'd rather have that than a direct war with Russia.
But if there is no other way to stop the war in Kosovo then NATO is forced to bring this war home to Russia.
Which would also end Serbia once and for all.
Nothing of this would happen if Russia had a better government.
But for now Serbia should stop playing with fire, it would greatly regret it to cause a new Balkan war.

It was Our and NATOs complete ignoring and disrespecting of Russia's influence to solve the matter peacefully that infuriated every single Russian and they are still mad about it today.
Had it not been for NATO attacking Serbia without consulting Putin we would be on a lot better terms with Russia today but they seen it as a slap in the face.

This was why they sent in blocking forces on the ground to stop our troops, saying enough is enough.

The Germans started this whole thing by telling the Croats to split from Serbia. Then it was one state after another German told them that they would quietly support them.

The Germans were also behind pushing Ukraine to do what they did.

Makes you wonder why Russia was kept out of NATO and who was behind that decision when they wanted to join? They were doing joint exercises and then NATO said no we don't like you anymore and took their football home 😆.
 
I am not an expert on this conflict, but from what I can see, none of the major agitators actually want to live and let live. Seems like it's been that way for a very long time, well before even the world wars. The everyday people as usual seem to be trying to get by any way they can, but the feelings run deep and it's not hard to play on those animosities. We can probably make it worse, but I don't think we can make it better.
 
Kosovo, Serbia reach deal to deescalate border tensions
Shockingly reasonable. Always good to see something go well, even if it's likely to be very temporary.
 
Kosovo, Serbia reach deal to deescalate border tensions

All that over license plates? These people are just looking for an excuse to get revenge on Kosovo and NATO.

While I don't blame them for feeling that way, they need to understand that it just will not happen.

Russia is not going to attack NATO like they would like them to, not unless NATO attacks Serbia for some trumped up reason allowing NATO to take another former Soviet nation and move up against Russia's border in another area.

Russia is over anymore NATO moves towards their border.
 
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