EU urges Serbia and Kosovo to respect pledges after meeting ends in acrimony

From left, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti meeting in Brussels in September (Virginia Mayo/AP/PA)

The European Union has called on Serbia and Kosovo to respect an agreement meant to end tensions between them after talks between their leaders ended in acrimony last week.

At a meeting in New York, EU foreign ministers said the commitments that Serbia and Kosovo made in the pact they sealed in February “are binding on them and play a role in the European path of the parties”, which refers to their chances of joining the 27-nation bloc.