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type: "LegalText"
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title: "22 U.S.C. § 10709"
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description: "Relations between Kosovo and Serbia"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 22
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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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chapter_number: "114"
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chapter_name: "WESTERN BALKANS DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY"
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section: "10709"
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citation: "22 U.S.C. § 10709"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 10709 - Relations between Kosovo and Serbia
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## Text
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(a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that—
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(1) the Agreement on the Path to Normalization of Relations, which was agreed to by Kosovo and Serbia on February 27, 2023, with the facilitation of the European Union, is a positive step forward in advancing normalization between the two countries;
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(2) Serbia and Kosovo should seek to make immediate progress on the Implementation Annex to the agreement referred to in paragraph (1);
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(3) once sufficient progress has been made on the Implementation Annex, the United States should consider advancing initiatives to strengthen bilateral relations with both countries, which could include—
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(A) establishing bilateral strategic dialogues with Kosovo and Serbia; and
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(B) advancing concrete initiatives to deepen economic ties and investment with both countries; and
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(4) the United States should continue to support a comprehensive final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia based on mutual recognition.
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(b) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States Government that—
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(1) it shall not pursue any policy that advocates for land swaps, partition, or other forms of redrawing borders along ethnic lines in the Western Balkans as a means to settle disputes between nation states in the region; and
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(2) it should support pluralistic democracies in countries in the Western Balkans as a means to prevent a return to the ethnic strife that once characterized the region.
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(Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIII, § 8340, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1877.)
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