OSCE SEC. GEN. ON KOSOVO: NO ONE CAN BE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH EVERY ASPECT OF FUTURE STATUS
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2007 18:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The situation in Kosovo is in the center of OSCE’s
attention as well. Let me recall that we operate the biggest OSCE
field presence in Kosovo," OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de
Brichambaut said.
"It is actively involved in institution and capacity building,
monitoring of human and minority rights, democratization, rule of law
and elections. We are approaching the time for a major decision on the
future status of Kosovo. The OSCE is a status-neutral organization;
we have managed over the years to maintain an unbiased position,
and we are regarded by all Kosovo communities as such. However,
being unbiased does not mean a lack of commitment. On the contrary,
while the OSCE is not directly involved in status negotiations we are
contributing to the process creating conditions on the ground for the
implementation of the status settlement, whatever this might be. In
addition, we are ready to stay in Kosovo regardless of its future
status," he said.
"The question of the future status of Kosovo has no simple
solution. That is why we support efforts to find a just and lasting
formula which will contribute to the stability of the region. No
one can be perfectly happy with every aspect of the future status
settlement – that is the nature of compromise. One should also not
exclude that separatist regimes might try to use the Kosovo situation
as a precedent to serve their purposes, even though each conflict has
its own dynamic, history and specific features and therefore would
require a different approach and solution. It is hoped that a solution
(a compromise solution if at all possible) to the Kosovo future status
settlement will in the end be sanctioned by a new Resolution of the
UN Security Council," he said, Trend news agency reports.