First UN SC session on Kosovo

First UN SC session on Kosovo

Koštunica is set to repeat that the plan was unacceptable for Serbia, his advisor Slobodan Samardžić told the state television. Samardžić also said the prime minister would propose “ways to solve the deadlocked talks” at the meeting today.

Koštunica will relay Belgrade’s message to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon first. According to Samardžić, Koštunica will emphasize there were Security Council members who did not support Ahtisaari’s plan, but instead favored continued talks for reaching a compromise solution for Kosovo.

Protest over Sejdiu

Serbian ambassador to the UN Pavle Jevremović has sent a protest letter to the Security Council over Kosovo president Fatmir Sejdiu’s announced participation in today’s session. Jevremović stressed Resolution 1244 stipulated that only UNMIK could represent the province.

Slobodan Samardžić said it would be unacceptable for Sejdiu to address the Council.

“That would be in breach of Resolution 1244 and Kosovo’s Constitutional framework. According to those documents, Kosovo can only be represented by the UN special representative in international communication, not by members of the interim institutions. They can attend, but not represent Kosovo,” he said.

“We will insist on this, the letter’s been sent, I expect a bad precedent of that kind will not take place and that Ahtisaari, and then Koštunica as well as Council member states’ ambassadors will address the meeting,” Samardžić said.

Ceku to Security Council: Accept plan

Kosovo's prime minister Agim Ceku urged the UN Security Council Tuesday to endorse a plan recommending internationally supervised independence for the province, the AP reports.

"Ahtisaari will explain to the Security Council what he meant and why he proposed independence for Kosovo as the only workable, functional, practical solution for Kosovo," Ceku said.

"I expect (the delegates) to accept these arguments, to work hard and very quickly to adopt a new resolution and to endorse his proposal."

"It's not going to be easy," Ceku acknowledged, but he expressed hope that eventually the council will agree on a new resolution that would pave the way to Kosovo becoming an independent state.