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EU’s Mogherini aims to clear air

EU FOREIGN policy chief Federica Mogherini is pushing the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to put aside their differences and to work harder to normalise relations.

She announced late Tuesday night that she had appealed to the two sides during meetings and a dinner in Brussels.

“I underlined that progress in the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia is essential — for Kosovo and Serbia, for the European Union itself and the Western Balkans region as a whole,” Ms Mogherini reported.

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