US sends special envoy to Kosovo to revive dialogue with Serbia

US top foreign service official, David Hale, is set to visit Kosovo on 8-9 March when he will meet Kosovo state leaders, US Embassy to Pristina confirmed. Hale who is undersecretary of state for political affairs, the third-highest ranking position in the State Department, comes to Pristina at the time when Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has stalled and the US are trying to revive the EU-brokered dialogue in Brussels. Hale comes to Kosovo days after two US national security officials visited Pristina urging Kosovo leaders to resume dialogue with Serbia.

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