UN MISSION HEAD ON KOSOVO CALLS ON TO DESIGN CLEAR PLAN TO DETERMINE STATUS OF PROVINCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.07.2007 16:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The head of the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo
Joachim Rucker urged the Contact Group on Kosovo to design a clear
plan for determining the final status of the province. Rucker has
just arrived in Brussels, where he has met with EU representatives.

The problem of Kosovo’s status returned to the Contact Group from
the UN Security Council, where negotiations around the corresponding
resolution reached a deadlock Rucker said, he had warned European
partners on possible negative consequences if the process to
determine the status of Kosovo will be once again dragged out in
future. Albanians of Kosovo were promised to settle the problem still
by October of 2006. "I underlined there exists a great tension and
anxiety in the province, people need clarity -and they deserve it,
as to the status and the process to determine it. That’s why it would
be useful to have a plan or timetable for further actions and not
just declaration of deadlines," Rucker said.

Members of the Contact Group are still arguing if the negotiation
process is limited to four months, which was supposed by the failed
draft resolution. Russia opposes any time limitations, the UN Press
Office reports.