Kosovo Serbia dialogue back to limbo

The implosion of an ill-fated effort The announcement of the charges against Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, former Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli and other prominent former UCK leaders by the Specialist Prosecutors Office at the Hague brought to a swift and tumultuous end the hopes for the restart of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, an outcome much-awaited out of the Washington talks of June 27. The subsequent immediate decision taken by the Kosovo President to forego participation was the right one: his presence would put Kosovo in a very vulnerable position and at a raging disadvantage. The subsequent same step for Prime Minister Hotiis less obvious, however can be understood along the same lines. Additionally, Hoti carries way less clout in domestic politics and would be in an unfortunate symmetry against the newly crowned Vucic post elections in Serbia. The development is seen by some experts as a painful…