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US official says Kosovo's ban on dinar use may spark a 'humanitarian issue' for ethnic Serbs

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A senior U.S. official on Thursday said he was “very concerned” that Kosovo’s decision to ban the use of Serbian dinar in the north could cause “an emerging humanitarian issue” for the ethnic Serb minority.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar met with Kosovar Albin Kurti on his second day of the visit

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