German "stick-and-carrot": What did Scholz say to Kurti but not so directly to Vučić?

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The first great Balkan assignment of the new German Chancellor was achieved: both Vučić and Kurti came to Berlin.

SOURCE: DW THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022 | 11:11

The first great Balkan assignment of the new German Chancellor was successfully performed: both Vučić and Kurti came to Berlin.

These are politicians, as Deutsche Welle writes, in whose hands is the solution of the currently biggest political problem in the Balkans - the relations between Serbia and Kosovo.

Apart from regular statements about the improvement of economic and political relations, then about the citizens of the two countries who live and work in Germany and who serve as a "bridge between homeland and Germany", the focus is on the continuation of frozen negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, which are at the lowest level since the Brussels Agreement was signed in 2013.

A special meeting between Aleksandar Vučić and Albin Kurti on Wednesday night, which was held in the presence of Miroslav Lajčák, the EU special envoy for negotiations between Belgrade and Priština, gives additional weight to previous meetings in the chancellery.