“Negotiations possible, not about status”

Carl Bildt says negotiations are possible between Belgrade and Priština, "but not regarding Kosovo’s status".

Izvor: Beta

Monday, 24.03.2008.

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Carl Bildt says negotiations are possible between Belgrade and Pristina, "but not regarding Kosovo’s status". Sweden's foreign minister said that at one point Belgrade and Pristina will have to return to the negotiation table, but it will not change the status of Kosovo “because it is already recognized by a majority of EU countries and that is what counts and what is decisive, because Kosovo is a European question, it is in our inner yard, not in Africa.” “Negotiations possible, not about status” Bildt told daily Vecernje Novosti that it is important for UNMIK to continue doing its job in Kosovo in the coming period of time, but in a "limited capacity" and not only in the northern part of the province. “The European Union believes that it already has legal grounds for sending a mission to Kosovo, because if we did not think so, we would not have passed the decision to send it. Our mission is based on the UN Security Council’s Resolution 1244,” Bildt said, answered the question of how the EU plans to secure legitimacy for its Kosovo mission, known as EULEX. He said that the question of northern Kosovo will be solved “slowly, patiently and wisely, without deadlines.” “We must speak openly about that, and about the situation in the Serb enclaves, which is worrying, but little is said about it. It should be reiterated that they are also Serbian citizens, since they have the right to dual citizenship,” Bildt said. Carl Bildt (B92 archive)

“Negotiations possible, not about status”

Bildt told daily Večernje Novosti that it is important for UNMIK to continue doing its job in Kosovo in the coming period of time, but in a "limited capacity" and not only in the northern part of the province.

“The European Union believes that it already has legal grounds for sending a mission to Kosovo, because if we did not think so, we would not have passed the decision to send it. Our mission is based on the UN Security Council’s Resolution 1244,” Bildt said, answered the question of how the EU plans to secure legitimacy for its Kosovo mission, known as EULEX.

He said that the question of northern Kosovo will be solved “slowly, patiently and wisely, without deadlines.”

“We must speak openly about that, and about the situation in the Serb enclaves, which is worrying, but little is said about it. It should be reiterated that they are also Serbian citizens, since they have the right to dual citizenship,” Bildt said.

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