"Troika won't offer conclusions, solutions"

Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko says the Troika report on Kosovo will not contain any conclusions or recommendations.

Izvor: FoNet

Friday, 30.11.2007.

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Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko says the Troika report on Kosovo will not contain any conclusions or recommendations. The Russian Troika representative said this had not been envisaged by their mandate. "Troika won't offer conclusions, solutions" He told Russian agency RIA Novosti that work on preparation of the report had begun and that it would be presented to the UN Secretary General on December 10. “That doesn’t mean we have an easy task ahead of us, as a factual report does in no way mean a lack of content – much will depend on the choice of facts and on their delivery,“ he said. Meanwhile, in London, the Foreign Office has announced that a solution for Kosovo’s status needs to be found without any further delay. The Foreign Office said that, in the absence of a negotiated solution, the Martti Ahtisaari Plan offered the best prospects for a stable, multi-ethnic Kosovo. “We agree with the UN secretary general’s assessment that the status quo in Kosovo is no longer tenable. Long-term European stability and security demands a solution be found without any further postponements,“ said a spokesman. In a statement, London was said to have worked intensively with members of the Contact Group, Belgrade and Pristina to find a negotiated solution, firstly during Ahtisaari’s mandate as mediator, and latterly during the 120-day Troika-led talks. The Troika of Wisner, Ischinger and Botsan-Kharchenko (Fonet, archive)

"Troika won't offer conclusions, solutions"

He told Russian agency RIA Novosti that work on preparation of the report had begun and that it would be presented to the UN Secretary General on December 10.

“That doesn’t mean we have an easy task ahead of us, as a factual report does in no way mean a lack of content – much will depend on the choice of facts and on their delivery,“ he said.

Meanwhile, in London, the Foreign Office has announced that a solution for Kosovo’s status needs to be found without any further delay.

The Foreign Office said that, in the absence of a negotiated solution, the Martti Ahtisaari Plan offered the best prospects for a stable, multi-ethnic Kosovo.

“We agree with the UN secretary general’s assessment that the status quo in Kosovo is no longer tenable. Long-term European stability and security demands a solution be found without any further postponements,“ said a spokesman.

In a statement, London was said to have worked intensively with members of the Contact Group, Belgrade and Priština to find a negotiated solution, firstly during Ahtisaari’s mandate as mediator, and latterly during the 120-day Troika-led talks.

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