Austrian denies he's EU's new Kosovo rep

Political Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry Stefan Lehne has denied reports about his appointment as the new EU envoy to Kosovo. The Pristina-based Albanian language daily Express reported on Monday that High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton was likely to propose Lehne as EU's new envoy in Kosovo. Austrian denies he's EU's new Kosovo rep So far, the duty in Kosovo was conducted by Dutch diplomat Pieter Feith, whose mandate expires on April 30. Feith holds another office in Pristina, that at the helm of the ICO. In a statement he gave the Austrian news agency APA on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Lehne said that there were no plans in that direction. The Austrian diplomat was a special envoy of the former European foreign policy leader Javier Solana for the talks on Kosovo in 2006 and 2007.

Austrian denies he's EU's new Kosovo rep

So far, the duty in Kosovo was conducted by Dutch diplomat Pieter Feith, whose mandate expires on April 30. Feith holds another office in Priština, that at the helm of the ICO.

In a statement he gave the Austrian news agency APA on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Lehne said that there were no plans in that direction.

The Austrian diplomat was a special envoy of the former European foreign policy leader Javier Solana for the talks on Kosovo in 2006 and 2007.