EU backs dialogue, rules out new talks

Dialogue and close contact between Belgrade and Pristina are essential to Kosovo efforts, Beta quoted EU sources Sunday. But the agency added that new status talks will not be held, citing its diplomatic sources in Brussels directly involved in the matter. EU backs dialogue, rules out new talks As far as the EU is concerned, the above stems directly from the final report submitted by the Contact Group mediating Troika and the inability of the UN Security Council to reach an accord on Kosovo. According to the diplomats, the Kosovo process needs to end in a way that stabilizes the region. They added that they would not be surprised if UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon proposed in his Jan. 8 report that UNMIK be supplanted by an EU law enforcement and justice team tasked with implementing the principles of the Ahtisaari plan. These principles could undergo significant revision and would be carefully enforced by the EU, which would also pay close attention to safeguarding the Serb community and Serbian interests. It has been reported that the EU, U.S. and UN are collaborating on an undisclosed plan that would address all legal, operation, and political stages in the approval of a form of independence for Kosovo.

EU backs dialogue, rules out new talks

As far as the EU is concerned, the above stems directly from the final report submitted by the Contact Group mediating Troika and the inability of the UN Security Council to reach an accord on Kosovo.

According to the diplomats, the Kosovo process needs to end in a way that stabilizes the region.

They added that they would not be surprised if UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon proposed in his Jan. 8 report that UNMIK be supplanted by an EU law enforcement and justice team tasked with implementing the principles of the Ahtisaari plan.

These principles could undergo significant revision and would be carefully enforced by the EU, which would also pay close attention to safeguarding the Serb community and Serbian interests.

It has been reported that the EU, U.S. and UN are collaborating on an undisclosed plan that would address all legal, operation, and political stages in the approval of a form of independence for Kosovo.