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Post by engers on Dec 7, 2007 7:26:12 GMT -5
Ischinger revolted by Simiæ comments _______________________________________________________ 7 December 2007 | 12:12 | Source: Beta LONDON -- Wolfgang Ischinger says Prime Ministerial Adviser Aleksandar Simiæ’s recent comments are “unacceptable and inexcusable.” Mr. Simiæ was quoted as saying: ‘When someone fails to respect the Security Council, then there’s nothing left for countries other than war.’ I consider this to be a clear breach of what President Boris Tadiæ himself pledged,” the Troika’s European representative told journalists in London. “I consider it unacceptable and inexcusable that, on the eve of the submission of the Troika report, one of the parties has expressed itself in such a manner,” said Ischinger. He said that he hoped that such statements had not been “authorized” and added that he expected it to be withdrawn and that the Serbian side would remain true to what it had told the Troika. Ischinger also warned that any further delays over settling Kosovo’s future status could increase security risks in the Balkans. He said that the Troika report would be submitted to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this weekend, adding that he believed that “the Troika has done everything it could.” “I believe that we’ve launched, discussed and assessed all the possible options. I think the talks have been exhausting. Nobody can say that a more effective approach could have been adopted,” concluded the Troika’s EU representative. _____________________________________________________________________ [ftp]http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=12&dd=07&nav_id=46004[/ftp]
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Post by vinjak on Dec 7, 2007 17:11:31 GMT -5
I think the talks have been exhausting. Nobody can say that a more effective approach could have been adopted,”LOL what a freakin hypocrite, Yes a more effective approach could have been taken, Both sides should have been abandoned by there allies, off course there could not be a comprimise when the Albanians have the US saying they support Independence, And Serbia has Russia supporting its stand..... WHAT SORT OF FREAKIN COMPRIMISE WHERE THEY EXPECTING These talks (negotiations) are/where a farce there was never ever going to be a agreement, which makes me expect we are all in for a suprise when a descision comes through.
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Post by donnie on Dec 7, 2007 17:33:17 GMT -5
Cannot agree with you more Vinnie. But I would not say that Ischinger is the biggest hypocrit, rather his Russian homologue and the Russian government; they are the ones who've been pushing for a "compromise" in terms of the status. This is idiotic in my opinion. Why?
Albanians will not accept anything less than independence; the way such an independence would potentially look like is a separate matter, but the main idea is the legal & political secession from Serbia and the ceasing of being a formally Serbian province. And Serbs will not accept anything that leads to the secession of Kosova; meaning Serbs too can be 'generous' in terms of the volume of autonomy they'd be potentially willing to grant. But to the point, there is either secession or there isn't. Either we remain under Serbia, whether as an autonomous unit or less, or we separate as an independent country, be it as a fully independent state (unlikely) or in the shape of conditional independence. One side will loose here.
Personally, from our part, I see a great diplomatic mistake (which more or less was an imposed mistake for our part, since the West can be quite 'persuasive') having been committed. With the Ahtisaari proposal and other compromises we made, we gave up alot of rights/power (whatever you wish to call it) to the Serbs, such as an unproportionate number of Serbian dominated municipalities, cultural 'rights' (or privileges) and so forth. This was done immediately, making the deal less tempting, and making this generosity (from our part) look like a cheap attempt to buy the Serbs ... when it was anything but 'cheap' (rather giving you the chance to allow the creation of a state with severed sovereignity and limited power, open to foreign manipulation/influence). Instead of giving the whole cake immediately, we ought to have given one piece with great protests, and then if not enough, an additional piece, and stop there.
Now, however, this mistake of ours can proove to be a greater mistake for your part. This granted that we're not obliged to implement the Ahtisaari package if we declare independence unilaterally; this was the deal, i.e. that we aren't responsible for adopting this system unless it passed the UN Security Council (which thanks to Russian opposition wasn't carried out). In this case, the power the Serbs would have wielded through the implementation of the Ahtisaari package will be lost, your influence narrowed and many Serbs may, consequently, depart from Kosova (as has been 'threatened' with).
If such occurs, we will have emerged as victorious as you can be in a situation such as this. This because we will enjoy independence nevertheless, albeit without a seat in the UN, yet nevertheless with much more real sovereignity, less exposed to manipulation and instigation from Belgrade which exercises great influence through the Serbian minority which continues to be exploited by the Serbian government for rather selfish and superficial interests (gain votes and maintain power ... only reason why people such as Tadic continue struggling for Kosova).
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