Austria hopeful Kosovo will not divide EU

Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer Tuesday voiced hope Kosovo will not divide the European Union.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 04.12.2007.

20:13

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Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer Tuesday voiced hope Kosovo will not divide the European Union. Gusenbauer was participating in a Vienna conference organized by the Economist magazine, when he said that the Kosovo issue was a European problem, while the main point of concern was in preventing the consequences of this problem from spilling over to other countries. Austria hopeful Kosovo will not divide EU "It is extremely important for us, as an EU member, that this European problem does not divide the Union, and we are trying to have a common stand or stand of a great majority of members if a consensus is not reached," Gusenbauer said. He said that the western Balkan states are in a "more difficult situation" than other countries that had joined the European Union, because they were exposed to dual transition - from peace to war and from the Socialist to market economy. The chancellor added that all countries must meet preconditions on which the speed of European integration depends. Advisor to the Serbian government Milan Parivodic said at a round table on Southeastern Europe that he believed Serbia would become a full-fledged EU member by 2012, while in order to do this, Belgrade expected to become a candidate in late 2008. As for Kosovo, he said Serbia gave special priority to the stability of the region, and added that this stability was in connection with the resolution of the Kosovo problem. Parivodic announced that Serbia would use all political and diplomatic means to keep Kosovo, and that it would not use force, "unless this were done by the other side".

Austria hopeful Kosovo will not divide EU

"It is extremely important for us, as an EU member, that this European problem does not divide the Union, and we are trying to have a common stand or stand of a great majority of members if a consensus is not reached," Gusenbauer said.

He said that the western Balkan states are in a "more difficult situation" than other countries that had joined the European Union, because they were exposed to dual transition - from peace to war and from the Socialist to market economy.

The chancellor added that all countries must meet preconditions on which the speed of European integration depends.

Advisor to the Serbian government Milan Parivodić said at a round table on Southeastern Europe that he believed Serbia would become a full-fledged EU member by 2012, while in order to do this, Belgrade expected to become a candidate in late 2008.

As for Kosovo, he said Serbia gave special priority to the stability of the region, and added that this stability was in connection with the resolution of the Kosovo problem.

Parivodić announced that Serbia would use all political and diplomatic means to keep Kosovo, and that it would not use force, "unless this were done by the other side".

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