A diverse group of 35 civil society organizations from Kosovo and Serbia, after a rally in Graçanica, have adopted a joint statement, calling for new constructive voices - voices that look to the future, keeping a keen eye on past; voices seeking partnerships and coalitions beyond the red lines that are supposed to define them; and voices that rise up publicly against divisive and demeaning rhetoric.

The continuous cycle of escalation and de-escalation in relations between Kosovo and Serbia, as announced in the communiqué, represents a failure of political imagination...