Former Kosovo PM says province "does not need violence"
Former Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi says violence is the last thing Kosovo needs at this moment.
Sunday, 04.11.2007.
16:56
Former Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi says violence is the last thing Kosovo needs at this moment. "Kosovo Albanians are not interested in any kind of conflict, and the Serb community does not need that either, since that outcome leads to nothing," Rexhepi told Novi Sad daily Dnevnik. Former Kosovo PM says province "does not need violence" "Quite simply, no serious person has any desire to see violence break out. Besides, KFOR is now much more vigilant now than it was in March 2004, so that extremists, either those imported or those from Kosovo, will not be able to cause conflict," he believes. Rexhepi added that the new round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina scheduled for Monday in Vienna, in a bid to solve the status of the province, "cannot lead to a positive step forward or narrowing of the differences between the two sides." "We have accepted the Ahtisaari plan for the beginning and that is the minimum below which we will not go. Therefore, we agree to Kosovo's supervised independence and will not accept anything less," Rexhepi told the newspaper. Asked whether Hashim Thaci, seen as the likely new premier, will offer Belgrade direct talks without international mediation, he said that something like that "stood no chance of happening." But when asked whether the assembly in Pristina will unilaterally declare the province's independence come December 10, Rexhepi also gave a negative answer. "No. I really don't expect that independence will be declared on December 10. I think it is much more realistic that we will wait for the convening of a new parliament and formation of a new government," he said. "Also, we have already clearly stated that we will not declare independence without unequivocal agreement from the U.S. and EU. Therefore, this move will come, but at a right time."
Former Kosovo PM says province "does not need violence"
"Quite simply, no serious person has any desire to see violence break out. Besides, KFOR is now much more vigilant now than it was in March 2004, so that extremists, either those imported or those from Kosovo, will not be able to cause conflict," he believes.Rexhepi added that the new round of talks between Belgrade and Priština scheduled for Monday in Vienna, in a bid to solve the status of the province, "cannot lead to a positive step forward or narrowing of the differences between the two sides."
"We have accepted the Ahtisaari plan for the beginning and that is the minimum below which we will not go. Therefore, we agree to Kosovo's supervised independence and will not accept anything less," Rexhepi told the newspaper.
Asked whether Hashim Thaci, seen as the likely new premier, will offer Belgrade direct talks without international mediation, he said that something like that "stood no chance of happening."
But when asked whether the assembly in Priština will unilaterally declare the province's independence come December 10, Rexhepi also gave a negative answer.
"No. I really don't expect that independence will be declared on December 10. I think it is much more realistic that we will wait for the convening of a new parliament and formation of a new government," he said.
"Also, we have already clearly stated that we will not declare independence without unequivocal agreement from the U.S. and EU. Therefore, this move will come, but at a right time."
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