Jeremic: Grenell Working on Final Solution, Many Indications Pointing to Territorial Exchange

Sergey Karaganov, Vuk Jeremic (Beta/CIRSD)

Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development President Vuk Jeremic said on June 8 that on the international scene Serbia is getting key support from Russia when it comes to the issue of Kosovo and Metohija, recalling that in 2008 by threatening a veto, Russia had stopped the U.N. Security Council from sanctioning Pristina’s unilateral declaration of independence.

“U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed a special negotiations envoy, Richard Grenell, who is working with the authorities in Belgrade and Pristina on finding a final solution; and there are many indications that it will involve a territorial exchange, change of Serbian borders and U.N. membership for the self-proclaimed Kosovo,” Jeremic said during a discussion within the Corona Dialogues series launched by the center.

Jeremic, who is also the People Party’s leader, asked Professor Sergey Karaganov, the dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs in Moscow, whether Moscow, as a Security Council member, will support Kosovo’s U.N. membership should Serbia agree to the division of Kosovo and sign a comprehensive agreement on normalization of relations.

Karaganov replied that the U.S. and Europe have lost interest in the Balkans, despite all the claims to the contrary by the media, and that “the reliability of the Americans at the moment is not at zero, but below zero, and that thus the decision is up to Serbia,” the center’s statement said.

“Either way, Russia will support Serbia. We don’t meddle and we firmly respect the issues of national sovereignty, and that is our main guiding principle in international relations,” Karaganov said.