Still no deal on troubled EULEX

The Transatlantic Forum in Brussels yesterday, gathering a large number of high officials, discussed the issue of Kosovo.

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The Transatlantic Forum in Brussels yesterday, gathering a large number of high officials, discussed the issue of Kosovo. One ranking diplomat told Beta news agency after the event that it was "mostly western European states at the UN that recently blocked a deal on giving the EU mission to Kosovo some sort of a green light". Still no deal on troubled EULEX The mission, dubbed EULEX, has ran into serious problems, the agency reminds. Although it started deploying in Kosovo, the legal grounds on which Brussels has made this decision remain unclear. At the same time, an invitation from the UN, under Resolution 1244 provisions, would provide it with legitimacy. But Russia is seen as blocking agreement on this at the UN Security Council. Asked whether his statement was completely contradictory to what the EU heads are advocating when they demand that Belgrade and Kosovo Serbs accept EULEX, the unnamed diplomat said that the " offered deal was not explicit enough for the main actors". Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladmir Chizov, confirmed for Beta that the last UN Security Council meeting did see attempts to provide "some sort of international legitimacy" for the mission via a presidential statement. "But this was rejected," Chizov said. Sweden's foreign minister, Carl Bildt, also addressed the issue, when he said the UN and EU expert teams were conducting negotiations in a bid to find the way out for EULEX and its status in Kosovo.

Still no deal on troubled EULEX

The mission, dubbed EULEX, has ran into serious problems, the agency reminds.

Although it started deploying in Kosovo, the legal grounds on which Brussels has made this decision remain unclear. At the same time, an invitation from the UN, under Resolution 1244 provisions, would provide it with legitimacy.

But Russia is seen as blocking agreement on this at the UN Security Council.

Asked whether his statement was completely contradictory to what the EU heads are advocating when they demand that Belgrade and Kosovo Serbs accept EULEX, the unnamed diplomat said that the " offered deal was not explicit enough for the main actors".

Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladmir Chizov, confirmed for Beta that the last UN Security Council meeting did see attempts to provide "some sort of international legitimacy" for the mission via a presidential statement.

"But this was rejected," Chizov said.

Sweden's foreign minister, Carl Bildt, also addressed the issue, when he said the UN and EU expert teams were conducting negotiations in a bid to find the way out for EULEX and its status in Kosovo.

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