“Kosovo partition difficult to realize”

International and EU diplomats say that a new UNSC resolution, negotiations on Kosovo’s status or a partition of the province are all "difficult to realize". Beta news agency writes today that “diplomats believe that while new talks on Kosovo’s status once the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gives its opinion will not occur, technical dialog between Belgrade and Pristina could help Serbia’s EU integration”. “Kosovo partition difficult to realize” The ICJ is expected to announce its opinion in the case submitted by Serbia via the UN General Assembly, which calls for the court to evaluate the legality of the 2008 Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration, under international law. Most of the EU supports a policy of neutrality as far as Kosovo’s status is concerned, says the news agency, which “must remain the basis of Brussels’ policies, through the work of EULEX and special mechanisms for Pristina’s stabilization and association process”. One solution that “could lead to stability” would be “true autonomy “ for the Serbs in northern Kosovo, with a “much more secure status for Serbs in (central) Kosovo enclaves”, says the report, and adds that, “however, Belgrade’s policies will be crucial for this”. According to the agency's unnamed sources, information from the UN Security Council show that “sponsors of Kosovo's independence are attempting to make their stance more hardline before the ICJ decision is given, with the main focus on Kosovo’s unilateral independence proclamation being “irreversible”. U.S. diplomatic offices and other Kosovo independence proponents expect that the “non-obligatory opinion” of the ICJ will be one that each side will be able to use to support its position, says Beta. Officials from countries that have not recognize Kosovo believe that the fact that the unilateral proclamation represents a violation of international law, the UN Charter and decisions of the UNSC was the main reason why so many important countries in the world do not wish to recognize the proclamation, the news agency writes. The report adds that those countries are “also stressing the fact that the unilaterally proclaimed independence has not brought stability to Kosovo, or the region”. “Relations with Serbia are still fundamentally complex,” they believe, according to this, and add that the armed conflicts with ethnic Albanian groups in neighboring Macedonia, the “obvious problems” EULEX is encountering in Kosovo, organized crime and corruption in all government structures in Kosovo, the failing economic and social situation, are all signs of the problems that were brought on by the “independence extorted by the (ethnic) Albanian government in Pristina”. European diplomats in Brussels believe that the work of UNMIK must be supported, adding that the worst possible scenario would be for Kosovo to become a “frozen conflict”, Beta concludes.

“Kosovo partition difficult to realize”

The ICJ is expected to announce its opinion in the case submitted by Serbia via the UN General Assembly, which calls for the court to evaluate the legality of the 2008 Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration, under international law.

Most of the EU supports a policy of neutrality as far as Kosovo’s status is concerned, says the news agency, which “must remain the basis of Brussels’ policies, through the work of EULEX and special mechanisms for Priština’s stabilization and association process”.

One solution that “could lead to stability” would be “true autonomy “ for the Serbs in northern Kosovo, with a “much more secure status for Serbs in (central) Kosovo enclaves”, says the report, and adds that, “however, Belgrade’s policies will be crucial for this”.

According to the agency's unnamed sources, information from the UN Security Council show that “sponsors of Kosovo's independence are attempting to make their stance more hardline before the ICJ decision is given, with the main focus on Kosovo’s unilateral independence proclamation being “irreversible”.

U.S. diplomatic offices and other Kosovo independence proponents expect that the “non-obligatory opinion” of the ICJ will be one that each side will be able to use to support its position, says Beta.

Officials from countries that have not recognize Kosovo believe that the fact that the unilateral proclamation represents a violation of international law, the UN Charter and decisions of the UNSC was the main reason why so many important countries in the world do not wish to recognize the proclamation, the news agency writes.

The report adds that those countries are “also stressing the fact that the unilaterally proclaimed independence has not brought stability to Kosovo, or the region”.

“Relations with Serbia are still fundamentally complex,” they believe, according to this, and add that the armed conflicts with ethnic Albanian groups in neighboring Macedonia, the “obvious problems” EULEX is encountering in Kosovo, organized crime and corruption in all government structures in Kosovo, the failing economic and social situation, are all signs of the problems that were brought on by the “independence extorted by the (ethnic) Albanian government in Priština”.

European diplomats in Brussels believe that the work of UNMIK must be supported, adding that the worst possible scenario would be for Kosovo to become a “frozen conflict”, Beta concludes.