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The European Union is urging Serbia and Kosovo to respect an agreement meant to end tensions between them and set their relations on a more normal path.

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have held long-awaited face-to-face talks that the European Union hopes will improve their strained relations.

The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg say normalizing ties between Kosovo and Serbia would serve not only regional peace and stability but also their prospects of further integration into the European Union.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have tentatively agreed on how to implement a European Union-sponsored plan to normalize their relations after decades of tensions between the two Balkan wartime foes.

Western envoys have visited Kosovo and Serbia as part of their ongoing efforts to defuse tensions and help secure a reconciliation agreement between the two.

The European Union's foreign policy chief says Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on how to resolve a dispute over identity documents.

U.S. and European Union envoys have met with Serbia’s president as they seek to defuse tensions with Kosovo after a meeting last week in Brussels ended with no agreement on a dispute between the former Balkan war foes.

Envoys from the European Union and the United States have urged Kosovo and Serbia to make concrete progress in EU-brokered negotiations aimed at resolving a long-running dispute.

Soldiers with a NATO-led peacekeeping mission are keeping watch at the Kosovo-Serbia border after the two countries reached a deal to deescalate a dispute over vehicle license plates.

A European Union mediator says Serbia and Kosovo have reached an agreement to deescalate tensions on their mutual border that have been triggered by a dispute over vehicle license plates.

Albin Kurti leader of Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) reacts during an interview with The Associated Press in capital Pristina, Kosovo on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/ Visar Kryeziu)PRISTINA – The European Union’s special envoy on Tuesday called on Kosovo and Serbia to resume talks on normalizing their ties. Miroslav Lajcak is on a three-day visit to Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, before going to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. After a White House summit and talks in Brussels in September, the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo has stalled. For Osmani, the final goal of the dialogue would be both Kosovo and Serbia becoming EU members.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference after talks with European Union envoy for the negotiations Miroslav Lajcak in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)BELGRADE – Serbia is thinking of allowing a Russian Defense Ministry presence in the Balkan country, something that could further strain its relations with the West. Serbia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that “legal proceedings” have been launched that would allow an agreement between the two governments on the opening of a Russian Defense Ministry mission in Belgrade. The Balkan country is the only remaining close Russian ally in the region and its neighbors are mostly NATO member states. NATO has refused to comment on the possible opening of Russian Defense Ministry offices in Belgrade, referring an AP request to Serbian and Russian authorities.