“U.S. wants abolishment of UNSCR 1244”

A Belgrade daily writes that Washington has been preparing a plan to "solidify Kosovo’s independence".

Izvor: Blic

Wednesday, 05.05.2010.

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A Belgrade daily writes that Washington has been preparing a plan to "solidify Kosovo’s independence". At the same time, faster EU integration for Serbia, “and access to its funds”, would be pursued, according to the report in Blic today. “U.S. wants abolishment of UNSCR 1244” Washington’s plan is to enable a faster road to EU membership for Belgrade if it agrees to have UN Resolution 1244 abolished, political analyst in Washington Obrad Kesic said. The resolution was passed by the UN Security Council ending the 1999 war, and has been in force since. Kesic told the daily that America expects Belgrade to agree to this once the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gives its opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s unilaterally proclaimed independence. The ruling is expected later this year. Kesic said that the plan has been green-lighted by the U.S. administration, “which does not deal with the Balkans directly”. “This new UN resolution, which Washington supports, would cite the opinion of the ICJ, and it would be key for strengthening the independence of Kosovo. The big difference would be the limit on how long the resolution would be in force, because unlike Resolution 1244, which is automatically extended and can only be abolished with a UN vote, the new resolution would only be extended if supported by UN votes,” Kesic said. Technical, informal talks between Belgrade and Pristina, i.e., Kosovo Albanian officials, have already stared, writes the daily citing its Washington sources. According to this, in the last couple months, s”everal informal meetings between Belgrade and Pristina officials have been held, in which officials of the Foreign Ministry, Interior Ministry and Presidential cabinet have participated”. The talks focused on technical questions, on the level of operative cooperation, with the goal of creating a network of contacts between the governments and channel by which they would function in the case of a crisis breaking out, says the newspaper. According to the same report, these talks have been received as positive in Washington, while Kesic was quoted as saying that the U.S. believes that an atmosphere would be created after the ICJ decision that would enable talks regarding wider issues, “such as trade, customs and documents”. ta.

“U.S. wants abolishment of UNSCR 1244”

Washington’s plan is to enable a faster road to EU membership for Belgrade if it agrees to have UN Resolution 1244 abolished, political analyst in Washington Obrad Kesić said.

The resolution was passed by the UN Security Council ending the 1999 war, and has been in force since.

Kesić told the daily that America expects Belgrade to agree to this once the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gives its opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s unilaterally proclaimed independence.

The ruling is expected later this year.

Kesić said that the plan has been green-lighted by the U.S. administration, “which does not deal with the Balkans directly”.

“This new UN resolution, which Washington supports, would cite the opinion of the ICJ, and it would be key for strengthening the independence of Kosovo. The big difference would be the limit on how long the resolution would be in force, because unlike Resolution 1244, which is automatically extended and can only be abolished with a UN vote, the new resolution would only be extended if supported by UN votes,” Kesić said.

Technical, informal talks between Belgrade and Priština, i.e., Kosovo Albanian officials, have already stared, writes the daily citing its Washington sources.

According to this, in the last couple months, s”everal informal meetings between Belgrade and Priština officials have been held, in which officials of the Foreign Ministry, Interior Ministry and Presidential cabinet have participated”.

The talks focused on technical questions, on the level of operative cooperation, with the goal of creating a network of contacts between the governments and channel by which they would function in the case of a crisis breaking out, says the newspaper.

According to the same report, these talks have been received as positive in Washington, while Kesić was quoted as saying that the U.S. believes that an atmosphere would be created after the ICJ decision that would enable talks regarding wider issues, “such as trade, customs and documents”.

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