Wisner: Kosovo decision won’t be annulled

Frank Wisner said that the U.S. and EU will not annul Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration.

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Wednesday, 27.02.2008.

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Frank Wisner said that the U.S. and EU will not annul Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration. “Despite the arguments of Prime Minister (Vojislav) Kostunica that the U.S. must annul the decision for recognizing Kosovo, neither we, nor the European countries, will do this,” said Wisner, who was the U.S. envoy in the Kosovo status discussions. Wisner: Kosovo decision won’t be annulled Wisner said that the Kosovo question should not be solved by setting the implications of the solution on Russian-American relations as the priority. “I do not think that the U.S. should agree with the perception and interest of another great power instead of finding the right solution to a question that needed to be taken care of. We would have a lot of problems then. Our interest was wider – to keep Europe whole and stable and create a different Balkans in which the number of NATO troops will begin to decrease,” Wisner said. We said that the international community had to make a choice. “Russia did not propose a solution and only started to threaten its veto last summer if the perception of its interests was not met,” Wisner said. Wisner said that Resolution 1244 did not make Kosovo independence impossible and that according to his understanding, and of many other experts, “no international laws were violated.” Nixon Center President Dmitry Simes attended the same panel discussion as Wisner, stating that Russia "will not use military force in the Balkans". “Russia will not create a military base in Serbia. Russia will not recognize the independence of Abkhazia or South Ossetia, because it wants their unity not independence. Russia also will not take the stance to not cooperate with the U.S., NATO and EU in fields of interest because of the Kosovo question,” Simes believes.

Wisner: Kosovo decision won’t be annulled

Wisner said that the Kosovo question should not be solved by setting the implications of the solution on Russian-American relations as the priority.

“I do not think that the U.S. should agree with the perception and interest of another great power instead of finding the right solution to a question that needed to be taken care of. We would have a lot of problems then. Our interest was wider – to keep Europe whole and stable and create a different Balkans in which the number of NATO troops will begin to decrease,” Wisner said.

We said that the international community had to make a choice.

“Russia did not propose a solution and only started to threaten its veto last summer if the perception of its interests was not met,” Wisner said.

Wisner said that Resolution 1244 did not make Kosovo independence impossible and that according to his understanding, and of many other experts, “no international laws were violated.”

Nixon Center President Dmitry Simes attended the same panel discussion as Wisner, stating that Russia "will not use military force in the Balkans".

“Russia will not create a military base in Serbia. Russia will not recognize the independence of Abkhazia or South Ossetia, because it wants their unity not independence. Russia also will not take the stance to not cooperate with the U.S., NATO and EU in fields of interest because of the Kosovo question,” Simes believes.

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