Europe’s Latest Peace Efforts in Balkans Hit New Hurdle
- Merkel, Macron move to resuscitate talks on Serbia, Kosovo
- But EU summit planned for Sunday has already been pushed back
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European diplomats moved to seize back the initiative on one of their continent’s most intractable fronts after U.S. efforts in the Balkans stumbled. But it remains a path fraught with diplomatic peril.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron joined the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo in a video conference Friday to prepare the ground for a Sunday summit in Brussels to resuscitate the stalled efforts.