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RFE/RL Balkan Report
Vol. 11, No. 13

Monday, December 3, 2007
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the
western Balkans.

KOSOVO: WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT TALKS HAVE FOUNDERED?

As expected, a final round of internationally sponsored talks on
Kosovo’s future status has ended without agreement. The three days of
negotiations in Austria that concluded on November 28 were seen as a
final attempt by the European Union, the United States, and Russia —
known as "the troika" — to bring Belgrade and Pristina closer to a
mutually acceptable solution, but both sides remained entrenched in
their positions. RFE/RL correspondent Valentinas Mite spoke with the
head of RFE/RL’s Kosovo Unit, Melazim Koci, about what comes next.
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EXPER T SAYS KOSOVO HAS ‘CLEAR IDEA WHERE IT WANTS TO GO’

No breakthroughs regarding Kosovo’s future status have been made as
the "troika" of international mediators prepare to report to the UN
secretary-general. Representatives of the United States, Russia, and
the European Union on December 10 will issue their reports on the
latest round of negotiations regarding the breakaway Serbian
province. On the sidelines of an RFE/RL briefing in Washington,
correspondent Heather Maher asked Belgrade-based James Lyon, the
special Balkans adviser to the International Crisis Group, for his
predictions on what the coming days and weeks might bring.
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