Negotiations require discretion, away from the glare of public scrutiny.

However, the need for discretion must be balanced with inclusivity so that the stakeholders are invested in the outcome and can persuade their constituents to support the result of negotiations.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, have been meeting behind closed doors to discuss a deal to normalise relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Thaci has floated the controversial idea of ‘border adjustment’. Other than Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, no one knows what Thaci and Vucic have discussed. Even members of Kosovo’s negotiating team are in the dark.