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membership which is being offered to Serbia and Kosovo to join the EU.
The legacy of the conflict in Kosovo will be resolved by EU pressure
for Serbia to recognise Kosovo before it is allowed to join the EU, or by
both States being accepted as EU members at the same time. This will be
a prolonged process. Aspirations of EU membership will help to resolve
the conflict through promoting core EU principles such as human rights
protection and non-violent conflict resolution.
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