BREAKING: Trump admin brokers economic breakthrough for Serbia and Kosovo

by The Right Scoop

President Trump announced another foreign policy success this morning, this time between both Serbia and Kosovo and Israel:

Here’s more from Fox News:

President Trump on Friday oversaw the signing of an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo that normalizes economic relations between the two countries — and also includes Kosovo recognizing Israel, while Serbia agreeing to move its embassy to Jerusalem.

The Belgrade-Pristina deal was signed by their two leaders –­ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti –­ in front of Trump in the Oval Office, with Trump describing it as a “major breakthrough.”

The deal came just weeks after Trump announced an agreement had been reached between the United Arab Emirates and Israel on opening up relations between the two countries.

The U.S. moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018 after recognizing Jerusalem as its capital a year earlier, and has urged countries to do the same. Until now, Kosovo, a mainly Muslim country, had not recognized Israel.

Administration officials had met with the leaders on Thursday, urging them to put aside their political differences in favor of closer economic ties. Kosovo had declared independence from Serbia in 2008, nine years after NATO conducted an airstrike campaign against Serbia in a bid to end the persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

While most Western nations have recognized Kosovo’s independence, Serbia, Russia and China have not — keeping tensions high in the Balkan region. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien had said Thursday that the sides had made progress, and talks had continued Friday morning.

It marks another diplomatic victory for the Trump administration. The European Union had mediated talks for more than a decade.

Serbia’s Vucic praised Trump’s role in brokering the deal: “We haven’t resolved all our problems, but this is a huge step forward.”

“This is a great moment for the region,” Hoti said.

So just to sum up, Kosovo has normalized relations with Israel. Serbia is moving it’s embassy to Jerusalem. And both Serbia and Kosovo are normalizing relations with each other! Wow, this is truly historic!

First the UAE and now Kosovo. So when is the Norwegian Nobel Committee going to decide that Trump should get a Nobel Peace Prize? He’s clearly all about making peace between countries around the world. And let’s not forget, Obama got one in his first year as president before he’d even had much of a chance to screw the world up. I think it’s time!


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