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| UN plan proposes KosovoÂ’s independence: PM |
| 2007-03-17 |
| PRISTINA, Serbia - Kosovo’s prime minister said on Friday that UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari has proposed giving the disputed Serbian province independence in a plan submitted to the United Nations overnight. “The proposal for the Kosovo status is (at the UN headquarters) in New York and it is as we expected it to be, because Ahtisaari was very clear in his proposal on Kosovo’s status,” Agim Ceku told reporters. “It remains now for Ahtisaari himself on April 3 to explain the content of his proposal to the members of the Contact Group and reasons which led him to propose independence for Kosovo,” said the ethnic Albanian leader. The UN Security Council will be asked in the coming weeks to consider a plan put forward by Ahtisaari following the failure of year-long talks between Serbia and Kosovo Albanians. The plan, which Ahtisaari revised after a final round of talks that ended deadlocked on Saturday, would grant Kosovo self-rule, its own flag and anthem and membership in international organisations. According to Albanian-language Kosovo media on Friday, the proposals sent overnight to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon contain a previously unseen annex that recommends granting Kosovo independence. “The plan for solving Kosovo’s status contains a concrete proposal for monitored independence,” said Sejdiu, adding it was crucial that the United States and European Union fully backed the process. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 That would complete the Clinton betrayal of Serbs. Kosovo Muslims are Ottoman pollutants of Europe. Serbs have been and are, an integral part of Western Civilization. Bosnia and Kosovo are nothing more than terror bases. |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-03-17 22:15 |
| #2 Once NATO withdraws, Serbs will show 'em independence. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-03-17 21:51 |
| #1 UN Plan Proposes Right there is where I stop Reading. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-03-17 21:27 |