Top State Dept. official heading to Kosovo to set Serbia peace talks 'back on track'
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar stated Tuesday his intent to visit Kosovo, in hopes of reviving talks over normalizing the Balkan nation's ties with Serbia.
The government of Kosovo banned banks and other financial institutions in ethnic Serbian-dominated areas, especially in Kosovo’s north, from using the dinar in local transactions starting Feb. 1, and imposed the euro. The dinar was widely used to pay pensions and salaries to staff in Serbian-run institutions, including schools and hospitals.
The ban angered both Kosovo Serbs and Serbia, and has fueled Western concerns about regional tensions as a full-scale war rages in Ukraine.
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