TERRI DAVIS: WHATEVER DECISION ON STATUS OF KOSOVO IS, THIS REGION REMAINS PART OF EUROPE

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.06.2007 16:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Council of Europe will support any decision
made by the UN Security Council on the status of Kosovo, Secretary
General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis stated. "The Kosovo
problem is being settled in New York and we respect it and support
UN Security Council’s decisions," he stated to a press conference in
Strasbourg. T. Davis reminded this January the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE) was going to discuss a report on
the current situation around region’s status. During preliminary
discussions a decision was made to postpone debates, since the UN
Security Council has not started works over that issue yet. "Whatever
the decision on the status of Kosovo is, this region remains a part
of Europe," Terry Davis underlined, RIA "Novosti" reports.

Last Friday the UN Security Council launched closed consultations on
the draft resolution, which automatically grants Kosovo independence
after 120 days assigned for talks between Belgrade and Prishtina.

During the current summer session PACE will discuss a report
on investigating crimes, which fall under jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Prosecutor
Karla Del Ponte will have a speech during discussions.