U.S. envoy says Kosovo status to be decided by end of 2006
www.chinaview.cn 2006-04-15 05:05:03
BELGRADE, April 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. envoy on Kosovo's future status talks Frank Wiesner said Friday that the official U.S. stance is that the future status of Kosovo must be determined by the end of the year, the official Tanjug news agency reported.
Wiesner, who is on a two-day visit to Kosovo, said in the provincial capital of Pristina that he would urge Belgrade to be cooperative and flexible in the talks on the future status of the Serbian breakaway province.
The talks, which were mediated by the United Nations, began in February in Vienna with technical discussions. Three rounds of talks yielded limited successes and the fourth round is scheduled for May 4.
Legally still part of Serbia, Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since 1999, when U.S.-led NATO bombing forced the withdrawal of Serbian forces from Kosovo. The future status talks are focused on whether Kosovo should become independent or remain part of Serbia.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, who comprise some 90 percent of the population, want outright independence, but Serbian leaders insist on maintaining nominal sovereignty over Kosovo, and want the province's minority Serbs to have more autonomy. Enditem
Editor: Luan Shanglin
BELGRADE, April 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. envoy on Kosovo's future status talks Frank Wiesner said Friday that the official U.S. stance is that the future status of Kosovo must be determined by the end of the year, the official Tanjug news agency reported.
Wiesner, who is on a two-day visit to Kosovo, said in the provincial capital of Pristina that he would urge Belgrade to be cooperative and flexible in the talks on the future status of the Serbian breakaway province.
The talks, which were mediated by the United Nations, began in February in Vienna with technical discussions. Three rounds of talks yielded limited successes and the fourth round is scheduled for May 4.
Legally still part of Serbia, Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since 1999, when U.S.-led NATO bombing forced the withdrawal of Serbian forces from Kosovo. The future status talks are focused on whether Kosovo should become independent or remain part of Serbia.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, who comprise some 90 percent of the population, want outright independence, but Serbian leaders insist on maintaining nominal sovereignty over Kosovo, and want the province's minority Serbs to have more autonomy. Enditem
Editor: Luan Shanglin
posted by redemption department at 12:42 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home