EULEX head assesses northern Kosovo as “biggest challenge”
PRIŠTINA -- EULEX Head Xavier Bout de Marnhac has stated that the biggest challenge for his mission is northern Kosovo.
Source: Beta
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“The important thing is, when it comes to northern Kosovo, that we are capable of improving the rule of law in the area for the sake of those who live there,” de Marnhac told Beta news agency.
He said that the mission was in northern Kosovo present at two border crossings –Jarinje and Brnjak, at the Kosovska Mitrovica Court and that EULEX members patrolled the area.
“We are also trying to conduct investigations but I admit that it is very hard and I can repeat that the freedom of movement for EULEX and the entire international community is something that should be constant and without limitations. We are fully committed to improvement of the rule of law which we recently showed when a person was sentenced to nine years in prison,” he explained.
Commenting on Serbian institutions in Kosovo he said:
“We know that those structures operate, that there are parallel structures in many areas, such as education and security. I think that the issue should be resolved in the dialogue,” de Marnhac stressed.
He noted that certain agreements had been reached between Belgrade and Priština and that they should be implemented.
The EULEX chief said he was completely sure that a special team was capable of investigating the trafficking in organs extracted from kidnapped Kosovo Serbs but refused to give any details.
“We usually do not comment on ongoing investigations, we leave prosecutors to do their job and decide when something can be made public,” he pointed out.
According to him, EULEX’s mandate has been extended until June 2014 and Brussels is working on certain changes “in order to adjust the mission’s mandate to the reality in Kosovo”. However, he explained that there would be no significant changes.
Commenting on incidents in areas of Kosovo where Serbs lived, de Marnhac said that EULEX was carefully monitoring the situation “because the issue of Serbs’ security in Kosovo is a matter of perception of the public”.
When asked to comment on Belgrade’s accusations that EULEX was not status neutral, he said:
“I do not know what you mean by ‘neutral’. We now have a renewed mandate and we are trying to implement it the best we can. The mandate includes development of the rule of law in the north. If you are asking me whether the neutral status does not envisage the rule of law in the north, I say that it has to exist,” de Marnhac concluded.
If you are asking me whether the neutral status does not envisage the rule of law in the north, I say that it has to exist,” de Marnhac concluded.
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The rule of which law should be in the North? It depends on the Kosovo* and Kosovo North status.
(aaayyy, 30 September 2012 17:16)
Don't worry,Kfor will stay in the North for the next 50 years.Serbia already stoped paying your free sallary,so better think what kind of job to find.No more presents...!
(k.for, 30 September 2012 16:10)
"Funny how everytime some Serb tries to paint Kosovo as nothing but a drug hub, the same day they print an article how there is a huge drug bust in Serbia."
(too funny, 30 September 2012 07:25)
Sorry? You know why Kosovo became the drug hub? Exactly because there is NO drug bust in Kosovo, and the mafia clans connected to the politicians can operate freely without being bothered by the police.
(Comm. Parrisson, 30 September 2012 14:02)
Comm. Parrisson, 29 September 2012 16:30)
Funny how everytime some Serb tries to paint Kosovo as nothing but a drug hub, the same day they print an article how there is a huge drug bust in Serbia.
(too funny, 30 September 2012 07:25)
According to him, EULEX’s mandate has been extended until June 2014 and Brussels is working on certain changes “in order to adjust the mission’s mandate to the reality in Kosovo”. However, he explained that there would be no significant changes.
Bad. EULEX should adjust the mission to the reality in Kosovo, and the sad reality is: Kosovo became Europe's main drug hub, mafia groups can operate freely, and KPS (with its members belonging to the same clans) is unable or unwilling to break up those structures, arrest the criminals, and establish the rule of law. So it would be a job for EULEX.
I think this is a bigger challenge and more important for whole Europe than the few 'smugglers' in northern Kosovo who import goods from Serbia.
(Comm. Parrisson, 29 September 2012 16:30)
According to him, EULEX’s mandate has been extended until June 2014 and Brussels is working on certain changes “in order to adjust the mission’s mandate to the reality in Kosovo”. However, he explained that there would be no significant changes.
Bad. EULEX should adjust the mission to the reality in Kosovo, and the sad reality is: Kosovo became Europe's main drug hub, mafia groups can operate freely, and KPS (with its members belonging to the same clans) is unable or unwilling to break up those structures, arrest the criminals, and establish the rule of law. So it would be a job for EULEX.
I think this is a bigger challenge and more important for whole Europe than the few 'smugglers' in northern Kosovo who import goods from Serbia.
(Comm. Parrisson, 29 September 2012 16:30)
Comm. Parrisson, 29 September 2012 16:30)
Funny how everytime some Serb tries to paint Kosovo as nothing but a drug hub, the same day they print an article how there is a huge drug bust in Serbia.
(too funny, 30 September 2012 07:25)
"Funny how everytime some Serb tries to paint Kosovo as nothing but a drug hub, the same day they print an article how there is a huge drug bust in Serbia."
(too funny, 30 September 2012 07:25)
Sorry? You know why Kosovo became the drug hub? Exactly because there is NO drug bust in Kosovo, and the mafia clans connected to the politicians can operate freely without being bothered by the police.
(Comm. Parrisson, 30 September 2012 14:02)
Don't worry,Kfor will stay in the North for the next 50 years.Serbia already stoped paying your free sallary,so better think what kind of job to find.No more presents...!
(k.for, 30 September 2012 16:10)
If you are asking me whether the neutral status does not envisage the rule of law in the north, I say that it has to exist,” de Marnhac concluded.
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The rule of which law should be in the North? It depends on the Kosovo* and Kosovo North status.
(aaayyy, 30 September 2012 17:16)
According to him, EULEX’s mandate has been extended until June 2014 and Brussels is working on certain changes “in order to adjust the mission’s mandate to the reality in Kosovo”. However, he explained that there would be no significant changes.
Bad. EULEX should adjust the mission to the reality in Kosovo, and the sad reality is: Kosovo became Europe's main drug hub, mafia groups can operate freely, and KPS (with its members belonging to the same clans) is unable or unwilling to break up those structures, arrest the criminals, and establish the rule of law. So it would be a job for EULEX.
I think this is a bigger challenge and more important for whole Europe than the few 'smugglers' in northern Kosovo who import goods from Serbia.
(Comm. Parrisson, 29 September 2012 16:30)
"Funny how everytime some Serb tries to paint Kosovo as nothing but a drug hub, the same day they print an article how there is a huge drug bust in Serbia."
(too funny, 30 September 2012 07:25)
Sorry? You know why Kosovo became the drug hub? Exactly because there is NO drug bust in Kosovo, and the mafia clans connected to the politicians can operate freely without being bothered by the police.
(Comm. Parrisson, 30 September 2012 14:02)
Comm. Parrisson, 29 September 2012 16:30)
Funny how everytime some Serb tries to paint Kosovo as nothing but a drug hub, the same day they print an article how there is a huge drug bust in Serbia.
(too funny, 30 September 2012 07:25)
If you are asking me whether the neutral status does not envisage the rule of law in the north, I say that it has to exist,” de Marnhac concluded.
---…--
The rule of which law should be in the North? It depends on the Kosovo* and Kosovo North status.
(aaayyy, 30 September 2012 17:16)
Don't worry,Kfor will stay in the North for the next 50 years.Serbia already stoped paying your free sallary,so better think what kind of job to find.No more presents...!
(k.for, 30 September 2012 16:10)