Rehn: No Kosovo decision until spring?

Finalizing Kosovo’s status will place in early spring 2008, says Olli Rehn in a corrected statement.

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Finalizing Kosovo’s status will place in early spring 2008, says Olli Rehn in a corrected statement. “Resolving Kosovo’s final status will be put off until the beginning of spring,“ Reuters reported earlier the European enlargement commissioner telling Finnish daily Uutispaiva Demari, and adding that a decision on Kosovo “had to be found“ as the current situation was “untenable.“ Rehn: No Kosovo decision until spring? But the agency has in the meanwhile withdrawn the story, saying that Rehn was misquoted by the paper, while his spokeswoman explained the statement did not say that the province's status solution will be "postponed until spring", but that it will be "finalized during the winter or early spring". Reuters reiterated that Rehn’s comments came only a day after Serbia called presidential elections for January 20, and says it is a “clear sign“ that the EU will postpone any decision on Kosovo until after that ballot. According to Reuters, European diplomats say that foreign ministers have agreed this week that, provided that the date of presidential elections is officially confirmed, the EU will avoid any moves that might play into the hands of nationalist forces in Serbia. The agency adds that a “key“ meeting of EU foreign ministers has been planned for March 28 and 29 in Slovenia. Olli Rehn (Beta, archive)

Rehn: No Kosovo decision until spring?

But the agency has in the meanwhile withdrawn the story, saying that Rehn was misquoted by the paper, while his spokeswoman explained the statement did not say that the province's status solution will be "postponed until spring", but that it will be "finalized during the winter or early spring".

Reuters reiterated that Rehn’s comments came only a day after Serbia called presidential elections for January 20, and says it is a “clear sign“ that the EU will postpone any decision on Kosovo until after that ballot.

According to Reuters, European diplomats say that foreign ministers have agreed this week that, provided that the date of presidential elections is officially confirmed, the EU will avoid any moves that might play into the hands of nationalist forces in Serbia.

The agency adds that a “key“ meeting of EU foreign ministers has been planned for March 28 and 29 in Slovenia.

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