While the document that Pristina and Belgrade signed in Washington on Friday is being portrayed as an economic agreement, it also represents a message from the United States to the European Union that it is “incompetent” and that they are now speeding things up regarding the issue, Belgrade political analyst, Cvijetin Milivojevic, told N1 on Saturday.

“We are talking about an arrangement which resulted from an agreement that is not backed by the EU but by the administration in Washington at a moment when the campaign for the US elections has intensified. Belgrade and Pristina have accepted to participate in that game in a way,” Milivojevic told N1.

“Many of the countries that don’t recognize Kosovo are Islamic countries, former members of the Non-Aligned Movement from the era of the Socialist Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,” he said, arguing that relocating the Serbian embassy to Jerusalem represents a bad message to those countries.

“Then, you also have the Serbian side committing to a moratorium on not continuing its activities against the independence against Kosovo. In return, those who promote Kosovo ‘s independence would not campaign for its membership in some European organizations,” he added.

The agreement “fulfills some geostrategic plans and goals of the US, which they need because of the upcoming election,” Milivojevic argued.

“This narrative about free competition regarding the opening a 5G network in this area could be a message to China, which has friendly relations with Serbia,” he said.

He also commented on the heads of state discussing a “mini Schengen area” in the region, arguing that this represents a “serious message from the US administration towards the EU that it is incompetent and that they are now speeding up the process.”

“Mr. Vucic is, as Serbia’s President, constantly leading an internal war against the opposition,” he said, calling the situation between Pristina and Belgrade a conflict that has been put on hold.