“Failure in Kosovo will damage EU”

Javier Solana on Thursday urged EU member states to accept responsibility for Kosovo and Serbia.

Izvor: DPA

Thursday, 29.03.2007.

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“Failure in Kosovo will damage EU”

"If we fail in stabilizing Kosovo and Serbia that would ... greatly reduce our other possibilities and action in the rest of the world," Solana told the European Parliament in session in Brussels.

"If we can't properly, effectively and speedily solve the problems in our own neighbourhood, it is going to be much more difficult for us to do anything like that further afield," he added.

Following the status settlement of Kosovo, the EU would be faced with "enormous responsibilities", Solana said, adding: "Kosovo is on our continent, it has a European prospect."

The EU has said it stands ready to play a key role in Kosovo under the United Nations plan for supervised independence for the Serbian province. A planned EU assistance mission to Kosovo is expected to total more than 1,500 members.

Solana said the planned operation would be "the most important mission that the EU has had in the whole of the history of its foreign and security policy."

The EU operation could be launched as soon as the UN Security Council passes a resolution on Kosovo, he added.

Kosovo is estimated to need international assistance of up to 1.5 billion euros  for the first three years after status settlement.

The 27-nation bloc's police operation in Kosovo is expected to include up to 600 officers, with a robust mandate to deal with possible unrest and violence.

The overall EU operation, however, will total 1,500 members, including police trainers and magistrates who will work on improving the rule of law in Kosovo.

NATO's current 16,000-strong force in the province will also remain in the territory to ensure security.

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