RFE/RL Confirms It: Kosovo’s ‘Strategic Dialogue’ Never Existed

RFE/RL confirms our reporting: no Strategic Dialogue ever existed. Suspending a phantom process is not diplomacy but deception deployed to weaken Kosovo’s democracy and empower Belgrade’s proxies.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has, perhaps inadvertently, validated the central fact we reported on 12 September¹: the United States Embassy in Prishtina announced the suspension of a “Strategic Dialogue” that had never been formalised. Where we diverge from RFE/RL is in interpretation². Their piece largely adopts the prevailing Washington–Brussels framing that assigns blame to Kosovo’s leadership, while downplaying how the ambiguity around the so‑called dialogue has been exploited to pressure a reformist government³ and to reward Belgrade’s proxies.

What RFE/RL confirms?

RFE/RL’s report states plainly that the “strategic dialogue” was “suspended before even starting.” That is the nub. In January 2025, Kosovo’s President spoke of an agreement that would be finalised soon following high‑level meetings. But no signed framework, calendar, or implementation mechanism has ever been published by Washington or Prishtina. There is no public text. There are no minutes of rounds. There is…