Jeremić: Talks continue beyond Dec. 10

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic believes the Kosovo talks will continue beyond December 10. “I think dialogue will continue between Belgrade and Pristina, but with the international community’s participation. I’m hoping for as institutionalized a procedure as possible, because at the end of the day, only the UN can offer legitimacy,” Jeremic told journalists Saturday. Jeremic: Talks continue beyond Dec. 10 Jeremic was speaking at the opening of a Council of Europe Network of Schools for Political Studies conference, entitled "Scope and Challenges of Regional Cooperation" organized by the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, in Belgrade. In his opinion, the next round of Troika-mediated talks in Vienna should determine the direction the process will take in finding a negotiated solution by the December 10 deadline. “I don’t think a negotiated solution can be reached by December 10, but I think we can bring some of our positions closer together,” predicted the foreign minister. Addressing conference participants, he stressed that, along with striving for European integration, “a very significant and multi-national reconciliation” was necessary for the whole south-east European region. “For Serbia, there’s no doubt that full Hague Tribunal cooperation needs to be completed, with all the remaining fugitives being brought to justice,” Jeremic underlined. Besides the foreign minister, other participants include Council of Europe Director General of Democracy and Political Affairs Jean-Louis Laurent, and Finnish ambassador to Serbia, Kari Veijalainen, along with other prominent personalities. Vuk Jeremic (FoNet) Ceku: Independence after December 10 Agim Ceku says the Kosovo Albanians won’t wait long until after December 10 to declare independence. However, the Kosovo prime minister said that Pristina would cooperate with the international mediating Troika until December 10, would respect its agenda, and would try to find common points with Serbia on the basis of which to build cooperation “between two sovereign states.” Although there is absolute unity within the Kosovo Albanian leadership as far as the province’s final status is concerned, yesterday demonstrated perfectly that there was still no consensus as to what steps should be taken after December 10, nor over the model to use to implement any declaration of independence. The negotiating team announced that they had still not determined what measures would be taken after December 10, although, according to team spokesman Skender Hyseni , the scenario would be defined by the end of the talks. He said that earlier models for status resolution “such as the German model of the earlier seventies” could not be applied. ORA Reformist Party leader Veton Surroi added to the confusion when he claimed that the German Cold War model would be an acceptable solution for relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Jeremić: Talks continue beyond Dec. 10

Jeremić was speaking at the opening of a Council of Europe Network of Schools for Political Studies conference, entitled "Scope and Challenges of Regional Cooperation" organized by the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, in Belgrade.

In his opinion, the next round of Troika-mediated talks in Vienna should determine the direction the process will take in finding a negotiated solution by the December 10 deadline.

“I don’t think a negotiated solution can be reached by December 10, but I think we can bring some of our positions closer together,” predicted the foreign minister.

Addressing conference participants, he stressed that, along with striving for European integration, “a very significant and multi-national reconciliation” was necessary for the whole south-east European region.

“For Serbia, there’s no doubt that full Hague Tribunal cooperation needs to be completed, with all the remaining fugitives being brought to justice,” Jeremić underlined.

Besides the foreign minister, other participants include Council of Europe Director General of Democracy and Political Affairs Jean-Louis Laurent, and Finnish ambassador to Serbia, Kari Veijalainen, along with other prominent personalities.

Ceku: Independence after December 10

Agim Ceku says the Kosovo Albanians won’t wait long until after December 10 to declare independence.

However, the Kosovo prime minister said that Priština would cooperate with the international mediating Troika until December 10, would respect its agenda, and would try to find common points with Serbia on the basis of which to build cooperation “between two sovereign states.”

Although there is absolute unity within the Kosovo Albanian leadership as far as the province’s final status is concerned, yesterday demonstrated perfectly that there was still no consensus as to what steps should be taken after December 10, nor over the model to use to implement any declaration of independence.

The negotiating team announced that they had still not determined what measures would be taken after December 10, although, according to team spokesman Skender Hyseni , the scenario would be defined by the end of the talks. He said that earlier models for status resolution “such as the German model of the earlier seventies” could not be applied.

ORA Reformist Party leader Veton Surroi added to the confusion when he claimed that the German Cold War model would be an acceptable solution for relations between Kosovo and Serbia.