France: Let Serbia know, EU or Kosovo

France pushed for the EU and U.S. to let Serbia know it cannot have both EU membership and Kosovo, WikiLeaks has revealed.

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France pushed for the EU and U.S. to let Serbia know it cannot have both EU membership and Kosovo, WikiLeaks has revealed. One of the confidential U.S. diplomatic cables published by the whistleblowing website originates from the U.S. embassy in Paris, and is dated February 22. France: Let Serbia know, EU or Kosovo In it, Roland Galharague, deputy assistant secretary for continental Europe, urged the United States and the EU to work together and discourage Serbia from submitting a new resolution on Kosovo to the UN. The French official was reported as saying that Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic "seems to believe Serbia can win on Kosovo and win EU entry. We need to let him know this is not true." "Right now the Serbs are furious with us in response to the demarche the GOF (French government) delivered in Belgrade in early February about Serbia's possible plans for a UN resolution." "We delivered the message in very forceful terms," said Galharague, while Serbs interpreted the demarche as a major change in position, the cable reports back to Washington The EU had thus far maintained the position that the issues of Kosovo and Serbian entry into the EU were not formally linked, continues the cable, with the French official quoted as explaining, that "there was no formal conditionality". But now, said he, "the Serbs now understand that to be a member of the EU they must eventually recognize Kosovo." "We told them we do not want another Cyprus," said Galharague, but predicted the "Serbs will likely go ahead with the UN resolution in any case, and the USG and the EU will be forced to oppose it." "Furthermore, Galharague asserted, before the Serbs join the EU, they will need to resolve key issues with Kosovo in the fields of justice, police, customs, transport, agriculture," said the cable, and added that another issue that had to be resolved were "any differences over names and terminology." "The best way for Serbia to address issues related to Kosovo is by working with the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX)," advised the French official, and concluded: "at the end of the day, though, Serbia must recognize Kosovo if it wants to join the EU."

France: Let Serbia know, EU or Kosovo

In it, Roland Galharague, deputy assistant secretary for continental Europe, urged the United States and the EU to work together and discourage Serbia from submitting a new resolution on Kosovo to the UN.

The French official was reported as saying that Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić "seems to believe Serbia can win on Kosovo and win EU entry. We need to let him know this is not true."

"Right now the Serbs are furious with us in response to the demarche the GOF (French government) delivered in Belgrade in early February about Serbia's possible plans for a UN resolution."

"We delivered the message in very forceful terms," said Galharague, while Serbs interpreted the demarche as a major change in position, the cable reports back to Washington

The EU had thus far maintained the position that the issues of Kosovo and Serbian entry into the EU were not formally linked, continues the cable, with the French official quoted as explaining, that "there was no formal conditionality".

But now, said he, "the Serbs now understand that to be a member of the EU they must eventually recognize Kosovo."

"We told them we do not want another Cyprus," said Galharague, but predicted the "Serbs will likely go ahead with the UN resolution in any case, and the USG and the EU will be forced to oppose it."

"Furthermore, Galharague asserted, before the Serbs join the EU, they will need to resolve key issues with Kosovo in the fields of justice, police, customs, transport, agriculture," said the cable, and added that another issue that had to be resolved were "any differences over names and terminology."

"The best way for Serbia to address issues related to Kosovo is by working with the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX)," advised the French official, and concluded: "at the end of the day, though, Serbia must recognize Kosovo if it wants to join the EU."

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