Became known the details of the plan for a Kosovo settlement, which the United States offered the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo at a meeting in Washington at the end of this week. It is based on formula “Shenzhen”, involving the creation of an economic Union of Serbia and Kosovo for example, similar to the special zones in China. In Washington, the President of Serbia Alexander Vucic will fly after meeting in the Kremlin with Vladimir Putin, which, in recognition of the Serbian leader, he received the “advice and analysis” on Kosovo in connection with the forthcoming negotiations in the United States. With details — the correspondent of “Kommersant” in the Balkans Gennady Sysoev.Coming June 27 in Washington talks on Kosovo, the United States announced as a breakthrough: they are meant not just to renew the Serbian-Kosovar dialogue, but also to lay the foundations of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina. At a meeting in the White house invited the presidents and Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic with Ana Brnabic and Hashim Thaci with Abdulahim Hoti.The idea of a plan that the United States will propose for adoption by the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo, have revealed the special envoy of the American President on the Kosovo settlement Richard Grenell. In an interview with Newsmax, he announced that, unlike previous attempts for a settlement in Kosovo through political issues, the current U.S. administration has decided to put at the forefront of the economy. The basis of the American plan formula “Shenzhen”, involving the creation of Serbia and Kosovo economic zones by analogy with similar special area of China. In other words, creating a kind of economic Union of Serbia and Kosovo, with the active participation of American and European companies. “We want to help, because after 20 years (attempts to solve the Kosovo problem.— “B”) do not see that the situation has changed dramatically,” stated the American emissary.To implement its plan, the United States, in fact, has already begun. First, under the mediation of Richard Grenell Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to resume flights, which was interrupted 21 years ago, flying between Belgrade and Pristina should start the German airline Lufthansa. Then followed the agreement on the resumption of rail and road transport.”If we manage to push both sides to cooperate in the economy, then comes the turn to political issues. As for political accountability in Europe,” revealed Richard Grenell a diagram of the proposed implementation of the American plan.”The US clearly hopes to become the author of the formula of the renewal of the Serbian-Kosovar dialogue, to announce the outbreak through their mediation the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina. The key and most complex issues of settlement and political — they seem to leave the EU”,— explained to Kommersant on condition of anonymity, the IP��full-time in European diplomatic circles.To find out the intentions of Serbia and Kosovo before the summit in Washington, the Europeans will have in Thursday. On this day in Brussels will be the Serbian President and the Kosovo Prime they have scheduled talks with the leadership of the European Union.However, the head of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic is much more important before the visit to Washington was, apparently, contacts with the Russian leadership: talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23 in the Kremlin meeting with Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 18 June in Belgrade. The Central theme of both meetings was Kosovo. More specifically, the upcoming talks in Washington.After a meeting with Vladimir Putin, which was not just closed, and was held in the format of “eye to eye”, Mr Vucic told Serbian journalists that the Kremlin had discussed “all possible ideas and ways of solving the Kosovo problem”, and added that “received from President Putin some advice and good analysis.”Meanwhile, after a meeting with the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the head of Serbia was more explicit: “Received from Sergei Lavrov certain estimates about plans and ideas to solve the Kosovo crisis, which I like the President even more disturbed. It is clear that we are facing a tough period and the pressure in plans, which we did not. Therefore, according to Russia, we have to be careful and cautious, when we will present these plans.”Thus, for talks in Washington, Serbian President sent armed with estimates, advice and warnings of Moscow. How Alexander Vucic is ready to follow them, it will become clear soon when he returns from the United States.
