Zannier to meet with "parallel" Serb officials

UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier says he will meet with Kosovo Serbs political officials elected at the May 11 ballot.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 01.08.2008.

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UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier says he will meet with Kosovo Serbs political officials elected at the May 11 ballot. Zannier underlined that he wanted to speak with all those who could help resolve problems in Kosovo. Zannier to meet with "parallel" Serb officials "I’ll meet with them and tell them that they are part of the results that we don’t recognize, but that we need to solve problems,“ the UNMIK chief told Pristina daily Koha Ditore. He has committed to settling problems without trying to offend anyone, but to put forward his views, stating that he wants to bring Kosovo Serb representatives to the negotiating table. Asked whether this meant that he recognized the parallel structures, Zannier replied that he considered “those structures a result of the elections that UNMIK called invalid.” “That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he explained. Koha Ditore said Zannier was preparing an offer that would result in the formation of an ethnic Serb police force within the Kosovo police, but with special autonomy in the chain of command. Furthermore, the customs service in Kosovo could be modeled on that of Hong Kong, the UNMIK chief said, as a single territory with two customs zones. Zannier said he was proposing a similar solution for the judiciary as well. “These initiatives have the support of the Contact Group and Pristina as well, since it has been informed about everything,” he said. “As long as United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1244 is in force, the UNMIK chief is the top authority in Kosovo,“ Zannier underlined. The UNMIK chief said that talks he had begun with Belgrade were “very difficult“, reiterating that the dialogue revolved around the six points in the letter UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent to Serbian and Kosovo Presidents Boris Tadic and Fatmir Sejdiu. “Pristina-UNMIK-Belgrade talks over Ban’s six points are difficult, delicate, and complex,“ said Zannier, adding that he would, if Pristina and Belgrade failed to reach an agreement, “have the power to impose them“. Lamberto Zannier (Tanjug, archive)

Zannier to meet with "parallel" Serb officials

"I’ll meet with them and tell them that they are part of the results that we don’t recognize, but that we need to solve problems,“ the UNMIK chief told Priština daily Koha Ditore.

He has committed to settling problems without trying to offend anyone, but to put forward his views, stating that he wants to bring Kosovo Serb representatives to the negotiating table.

Asked whether this meant that he recognized the parallel structures, Zannier replied that he considered “those structures a result of the elections that UNMIK called invalid.”

“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he explained.

Koha Ditore said Zannier was preparing an offer that would result in the formation of an ethnic Serb police force within the Kosovo police, but with special autonomy in the chain of command.

Furthermore, the customs service in Kosovo could be modeled on that of Hong Kong, the UNMIK chief said, as a single territory with two customs zones.

Zannier said he was proposing a similar solution for the judiciary as well.

“These initiatives have the support of the Contact Group and Priština as well, since it has been informed about everything,” he said.

“As long as United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1244 is in force, the UNMIK chief is the top authority in Kosovo,“ Zannier underlined.

The UNMIK chief said that talks he had begun with Belgrade were “very difficult“, reiterating that the dialogue revolved around the six points in the letter UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent to Serbian and Kosovo Presidents Boris Tadić and Fatmir Sejdiu.

“Priština-UNMIK-Belgrade talks over Ban’s six points are difficult, delicate, and complex,“ said Zannier, adding that he would, if Priština and Belgrade failed to reach an agreement, “have the power to impose them“.

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