Feith: Priština rules Kosovo

EU's special representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith said on Wednesday that "the bosses of Kosovo" are institutions in Pristina. According to a Beta news agency report, Feith took part in a conference discussing international missions there, to say that Kosovo has a constitution, and will soon have its constitutional court and laws that will be adopted by the domestic institutions. Feith: Pristina rules Kosovo He also said that EU's mission EULEX will start deploying soon in the entire territory of Kosovo and explained that delays so far have been "of a political, not technical" nature. According to Beta, Feith said that should the mission fail, it will mean a setback "for Kosovo, for the independence project and the goals set earlier". "EULEX is not here to create partition, but the opposite, because this mission will function with the institutions of Kosovo, which are positive elements." He also told the gathering that the UN secretary-general's six-point plan "should not be focused on", since it is a process envisaged as assistance to EULEX's deployment. "The good news from the UN Security Council session is that nothing will happen without consultations with Pristina, and nothing will be imposed," Feith said. Belgrade, which previously rejected EULEX, negotiated the so-called six-point plan and accepted the EU mission's deployment under the conditions set out in UN chief Ban Ki-moon's latest Kosovo report, via a UN SC presidential statement in late November. But Kosovo Albanians rejected this plan, with NGOs organizing protests to denounce the reconfiguration of UNMIK and deployment of EULEX under the provisions of the six-point plan.

Feith: Priština rules Kosovo

He also said that EU's mission EULEX will start deploying soon in the entire territory of Kosovo and explained that delays so far have been "of a political, not technical" nature.

According to Beta, Feith said that should the mission fail, it will mean a setback "for Kosovo, for the independence project and the goals set earlier".

"EULEX is not here to create partition, but the opposite, because this mission will function with the institutions of Kosovo, which are positive elements."

He also told the gathering that the UN secretary-general's six-point plan "should not be focused on", since it is a process envisaged as assistance to EULEX's deployment.

"The good news from the UN Security Council session is that nothing will happen without consultations with Priština, and nothing will be imposed," Feith said.

Belgrade, which previously rejected EULEX, negotiated the so-called six-point plan and accepted the EU mission's deployment under the conditions set out in UN chief Ban Ki-moon's latest Kosovo report, via a UN SC presidential statement in late November.

But Kosovo Albanians rejected this plan, with NGOs organizing protests to denounce the reconfiguration of UNMIK and deployment of EULEX under the provisions of the six-point plan.