A land exchange has been proposed between Serbia and the partially recognized state of Kosovo to make their border run along ethnic lines.
[1][2] Initially rejected by the international community, the little progress made by the European Union-backed Belgrade–Pristina negotiations has brought the idea into greater consideration in the EU and also in the United States.
The then European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, said "saying nothing should be excluded at this stage" but urged both leaders to "ensure any deal does not destabilize the wider region".
[4] However, in 2020, the then Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti rejected this idea, stating as justification to this that the Kosovars had already "suffered enough".
Other countries have taken tough stances against the idea, these being Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom, as well as many of Kosovo's and Serbia's neighbours such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.