EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions


              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, walks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a media conference after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
            
              A woman walks in front of a graffiti that shows maps of Kosovo and Serbian coat of arms and flag, that reads: ''No surrender!'', in northern, Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
            
              A man passes by a mural depicting Radomir Putnik, Serbian Minister of War and Field Marshal in both Balkan Wars of 1912-13, from which Serbia emerged with her territorial mass doubled in size, in the town of Zvecan, Kosovo, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
            
              A car of Italian carabinieri, part of KFOR troops, patrols in front of the statue of Serbian Duke Lazar, who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo in June 1389, in northern, Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
            
              A man walks in front of posters that read: "Welcome to Community of Serb municipalities" in northern, Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
            
              People walk in front of a sign reading "I love Mitrovica" in Serbian Cyrillic letters in northern, Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
            
              Kosovo's Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Florent Bajrami)
            
              Kosovo's Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Florent Bajrami)
            
              Kosovo's Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Florent Bajrami)
            
              Kosovo's Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Florent Bajrami)