People’s Daily Online
May 12, 2007
Kosovo issue solution should not set precedent for other areas: Romanian PM
Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Friday that Romania does not want the
way in which the Kosovo issue will be solved to set a precedent for other
areas with frozen conflicts, the Rompres news agency reported.
"Our concerns regarding Kosovo may be summed up: firstly, we do not want the
way of settling the Kosovo issue to set a precedent for other areas with
frozen conflicts, and secondly, we do not want the Kosovo solution to hint
at the manner of collectively approaching minorities’ rights," Tariceanu
said in Zagreb, where he was attending the Southeastern Europe Cooperation
Process Summit.
The UN Security Council is to decide on the status of Kosovo, which wishes
to break away from Serbia, on the basis of a plan proposed by UN mediator
Martti Ahtisaari.
This plan provides for the independence of the province, initially
supervised by an international mission led by the European Union.