"Belgrade opening dangerous front"

Belgrade has, by the looks of things, opened “a new, very dangerous front,“ writes the Guardian.

Izvor: FoNet

Tuesday, 13.11.2007.

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Belgrade has, by the looks of things, opened “a new, very dangerous front,“ writes the Guardian. Belgrade has opened this front by insisting on blocking a unilateral declaration of independence for its southern province after December 10, says the paper. "Belgrade opening dangerous front" By declaring Kosovo and the Republic of Srpska its main national interests in, what the Guardian terms, “an alarming manner reminiscent of the Slobodan Milosevic era,“ Serbia has literally “poked its finger into the eye“ of the world. In so doing, Serbia has caused a crisis with the West, even succeeding in “invoking“ joint protest notes from the U.S., British, French, German and Italian ambassadors, writes the London daily in an article concerning the parallels between the Kosovo and Republic of Srpska (RS) status settlement processes. The Guardian feels that 12 years after the end of the war in Bosnia, that took the lives of 100,000 people and left 1mn without a roof over their heads, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica’s government has, it seems, decided to play its “Bosnian card“ and drawn a parallel between the RS and Kosovo. However, despite the possible negative consequences, Britain and France, led by the U.S., appear determined to recognize Kosovo independence before New Year, regardless of Belgrade’s wishes, or for that matter, the support of Greece and Russia, that Serbia enjoys – on this issue at least. Meanwhile, Kosovo, in a recent European Commission report, was shown to be a territory still incapable of self-rule, writes the Guardian. It goes on to say that in both Kosovo and Bosnia, corruption, weak institutions and breaches of human rights are ever present. Ethnic tensions continue, while paramilitary formations are doing everything in their power to regroup and rearm. In countries such as those in the west Balkans, where the situation is still unstable and delicate, a recognition of Kosovo independence could have unpredictable consequences for the whole region, the daily says. “The international community needs to pay more attention to its own intended moves,“ the Guardian quotes one leading European official as saying, who adds that, “A dose of tension definitely exists. We must not let it lead to a second war in the Balkans.“

"Belgrade opening dangerous front"

By declaring Kosovo and the Republic of Srpska its main national interests in, what the Guardian terms, “an alarming manner reminiscent of the Slobodan Milošević era,“ Serbia has literally “poked its finger into the eye“ of the world.

In so doing, Serbia has caused a crisis with the West, even succeeding in “invoking“ joint protest notes from the U.S., British, French, German and Italian ambassadors, writes the London daily in an article concerning the parallels between the Kosovo and Republic of Srpska (RS) status settlement processes.

The Guardian feels that 12 years after the end of the war in Bosnia, that took the lives of 100,000 people and left 1mn without a roof over their heads, Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica’s government has, it seems, decided to play its “Bosnian card“ and drawn a parallel between the RS and Kosovo.

However, despite the possible negative consequences, Britain and France, led by the U.S., appear determined to recognize Kosovo independence before New Year, regardless of Belgrade’s wishes, or for that matter, the support of Greece and Russia, that Serbia enjoys – on this issue at least.

Meanwhile, Kosovo, in a recent European Commission report, was shown to be a territory still incapable of self-rule, writes the Guardian.

It goes on to say that in both Kosovo and Bosnia, corruption, weak institutions and breaches of human rights are ever present. Ethnic tensions continue, while paramilitary formations are doing everything in their power to regroup and rearm.

In countries such as those in the west Balkans, where the situation is still unstable and delicate, a recognition of Kosovo independence could have unpredictable consequences for the whole region, the daily says.

“The international community needs to pay more attention to its own intended moves,“ the Guardian quotes one leading European official as saying, who adds that, “A dose of tension definitely exists. We must not let it lead to a second war in the Balkans.“

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