Ahtisaari ends Kosovo visit

Ahtisaari is not alone in his desire to wrap the Kosovo issue up as soon as possible. Earlier it was Søren Jessen-Petersen who was to bite his tongue for having said about Serbs being guilty just off the top of his head. European diplomats seem to have forgotten that it's not the 90s already, when Serbs were to be blamed for everything. Today attempts to settle the Kosovo problem resemble the fooled and failed (let's admit it)Ramboue talks...

Ahtisaari ends Kosovo visit:
" decentralization issue is the key to survival of Serbs in Kosovo" Does this mean the independence for Kosovo is on the door steps? The way it looks yes, and i think the sooner the Serbs face the reality the better of they are and their future will be brighter and for all citizens of Kosovo.

Hello,

I believe that Kosovar Serbs has to be clever and to understand the situation now it is the last chance to take their situation under control because they are not represented on the proper way in the Kosovo status talks.
Decentralization us one of the biggest issues in Kosovo is going to turn in boomerang for Kosovo Serbs if the so not take under the control the situation, they have to keep in mind the this proposed municipalities with extra competencies in education, health, police, jurisdiction etc costs and there simply will not be enough money to pay for this at municipal level and Serbia would not be able to help because priorities will change and they will not be a part of daily political interest in Serbia as they are today and Kosovo Serbs will not be a good political market for politicians from Serbia. So is the last moment to help Kosovo Serbs to build them future in one democratic and independent Kosovo without pretending to build some artificial institutions which will not help them.

serbs will trust the government when they see equal distribution of public services. but right now everyone can see the obvious disparity between government facilities in albanian and serbian areas. new buildings are being erected in albanian municipalities while old buildings are being used in serbian municipalities for all government offices. no doubt serbians are apprehensive on their future in kosovo. is this what the Contact group conviction that the status would be acceptable to majority? to discriminate the minority???

It appears that Ahtisaari is trying his best in what seems to be a very delicate problem.
Kosovo Serbs are obviously making a historical mistake not participating in local institutions, or perhaps they are too sure that Kosovo will remain an autonomous region of Serbia. What if hypothetically Kosovo becomes indipendent, what choices they would make then, participate, or leave their land which as much is theirs as of the Albanians who are born there. Serbians ought to see themselves as Kosovars of a Serbian nationality, rather than alianate themselves with their destructive non-participative actions streaming from Serbia. Ahtisaari's comments about all "the Serbs being a guilty nation" are a misspoken blunder, and shouldn't be blamet all Serbs for what Milloshevic and his supporter's have done in Kosovo and elswhere in former Yugoslavia. However, sometimes a nation can be taken responsible even if they didn't participate in horrendous crimes that Milloshevic and his supporters have committed. How? A relative silence of Serbian nation during these wars. When a half million of Kosovo Albanians were forcibly deported, we didn't see any Serbs protesting in Belgrade or anywhere else in Serbia against Mr. Milloshevic.

I assume that's what Mr. Ahtisaari meant. I believe that the only manner Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs will find peace is by learning to live with one another in a multi-etnic society as it is in the States or Canada. If they wait for Belgrade Serbs to bring them peace, they'll get just more suffering and bloodshed.

Thankyou, Isaac

Ahtisaari ends Kosovo visit:
" decentralization issue is the key to survival of Serbs in Kosovo" Does this mean the independence for Kosovo is on the door steps? The way it looks yes, and i think the sooner the Serbs face the reality the better of they are and their future will be brighter and for all citizens of Kosovo.

Hello,

I believe that Kosovar Serbs has to be clever and to understand the situation now it is the last chance to take their situation under control because they are not represented on the proper way in the Kosovo status talks.
Decentralization us one of the biggest issues in Kosovo is going to turn in boomerang for Kosovo Serbs if the so not take under the control the situation, they have to keep in mind the this proposed municipalities with extra competencies in education, health, police, jurisdiction etc costs and there simply will not be enough money to pay for this at municipal level and Serbia would not be able to help because priorities will change and they will not be a part of daily political interest in Serbia as they are today and Kosovo Serbs will not be a good political market for politicians from Serbia. So is the last moment to help Kosovo Serbs to build them future in one democratic and independent Kosovo without pretending to build some artificial institutions which will not help them.

serbs will trust the government when they see equal distribution of public services. but right now everyone can see the obvious disparity between government facilities in albanian and serbian areas. new buildings are being erected in albanian municipalities while old buildings are being used in serbian municipalities for all government offices. no doubt serbians are apprehensive on their future in kosovo. is this what the Contact group conviction that the status would be acceptable to majority? to discriminate the minority???

Ahtisaari is not alone in his desire to wrap the Kosovo issue up as soon as possible. Earlier it was Søren Jessen-Petersen who was to bite his tongue for having said about Serbs being guilty just off the top of his head. European diplomats seem to have forgotten that it's not the 90s already, when Serbs were to be blamed for everything. Today attempts to settle the Kosovo problem resemble the fooled and failed (let's admit it)Ramboue talks...

It appears that Ahtisaari is trying his best in what seems to be a very delicate problem.
Kosovo Serbs are obviously making a historical mistake not participating in local institutions, or perhaps they are too sure that Kosovo will remain an autonomous region of Serbia. What if hypothetically Kosovo becomes indipendent, what choices they would make then, participate, or leave their land which as much is theirs as of the Albanians who are born there. Serbians ought to see themselves as Kosovars of a Serbian nationality, rather than alianate themselves with their destructive non-participative actions streaming from Serbia. Ahtisaari's comments about all "the Serbs being a guilty nation" are a misspoken blunder, and shouldn't be blamet all Serbs for what Milloshevic and his supporter's have done in Kosovo and elswhere in former Yugoslavia. However, sometimes a nation can be taken responsible even if they didn't participate in horrendous crimes that Milloshevic and his supporters have committed. How? A relative silence of Serbian nation during these wars. When a half million of Kosovo Albanians were forcibly deported, we didn't see any Serbs protesting in Belgrade or anywhere else in Serbia against Mr. Milloshevic.

I assume that's what Mr. Ahtisaari meant. I believe that the only manner Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs will find peace is by learning to live with one another in a multi-etnic society as it is in the States or Canada. If they wait for Belgrade Serbs to bring them peace, they'll get just more suffering and bloodshed.

Thankyou, Isaac