Sweden has said the EU should put pressure on Pristina to improve relations with Serbs in north Kosovo following three months of escalating violence. Foreign minister Carl Bildt sent a letter to EU institutions on 17 November after visiting the Serb-controlled town of north Mitrovica, which he described as ‘more tense and more divided today than it has been for a very long time.’ The letter - seen by EUobserver - says the European External Action Service and the European Commission should ‘launch a structured dialogue with Pristina on the issue of the north.’ He added: ‘While we must be firm in rejecting any notion of partition, we should also be realistic enough to admit that there will be no easy solution to overcoming an existing division that is currently growing stronger and more hostile by the day.’ For its part, the commission has invited Pristina to put forward a ‘comprehensive agenda’ to pacify the region.
Pray: that there would be a breakthrough leading to peace and reconciliation. (Ps.85:8)