osovo government spokesman Daut Dauti told BETA on Aug. 2 that Kosovo Premier Bajram Kosumi was ready to talk with his Serbian counterpart, Vojislav Kostunica, but without previously set conditions concerning the topics of discussion.
According to Dauti, the talks cannot be "the fruit of setting terms, especially not now, when the Serbian premier says that there are problems in the decentralization process and that he allegedly wants to come (to Kosovo) and solve them."
"Kostunica is neither in a political nor a legal position to solve problems in Kosovo," Dauti said, adding that the Kosovo government, in case it encounters problems in the province, can turn to UNMIK, the EU and the international community, assigned to help Kosovo institutions.
"There is not a single example to show that Serbia has aided certain processes in Kosovo," Dauti said.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
19 comments:
It sure doesn´t look good for Kosovas future;
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aug 03, 2005 9:01 AM
PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro-An explosion near a hospital in northern Kosovo slightly wounded a passer-by and damaged property in an ethnically divided town, police said Wednesday.
The blast occurred shortly before midnight Tuesday near a hospital in a southern district of Kosovska Mitrovica, some 45 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital, Pristina. The explosion damaged several vehicles parked in the area and shattered windows in nearby shops, police said in a statement.
The motive for the explosion was not known, the statement said, but Kosovska Mitrovica is divided between a Serb-dominated north and an ethnic Albanian south and it has been the scene of violent clashes in the past.
Kosovo officially remains a province of Serbia-Montenegro. It was put under U.N. administration in June 1999 following a NATO air war that pushed Serb forces out of the province after they cracked down on ethnic Albanians seeking independence.
REUTERS August 2, 2005
The remains of six Serbs who were abducted by the Kosovo Liberation Army following the deployment of KFOR in Kosovo and Metohija in June 1999 and then murdered were turned over to their families at the administrative crossing of Merdare. Serbian pathologist Dr. Slavisa Dobricanin, the director of the Coordinating Center for Kosovos Section for Exhumations and Identification, said that all six of the deceased were elderly people and that all had been first kidnapped and then shot.
The bodies of father and son Dragomir and Jovica Djukanovic from Prizren were turned over to their families. The two men were kidnapped on July 12, 1999 and their bodies were found at the Siroko site near Suva Reka. Kruna Zabunovic, born in 1931, of Urosevac was kidnapped on August 15, 1999 and her body was found at the Orthodox cemetery in Urosevac.
Husband and wife Stanoje and Dragica from the village of Josanica near Klina were kidnapped on June 14, 1999. Stanoje's remains were discovered near the village of Kramovik on the Klina-Djakovica road, while the body of his wife Dragica was found at the Muslim cemetery Brekovac near Djakovica.
Nikola Radivojevic was also kidnapped in the summer of 1999, on June 27 in Prizren. His body was found at the Orthodox cemetery in Prizren.
APAF 2 Aug
Friday night, an unknown person planted an explosive shell in the front yard of the house belonging to a Serb man, in the village of Cernica near Gnjilane. A hand grenade that was supposed to serve as a detonator was taped to the explosive device with electrical tape. Fortunately, the device failed to explode.
AS P BRUSSELS, Aug. 2, 2005
The European Union is deeply concerned over Kosovo's failure to implement a set of U.N. standards, particularly those related to the return of Serb refugees and decentralization.
European diplomatic sources told on Aug. 2 that the EU concerns emerged after a recent meeting between U.N. special envoy for standards implementation review Kai Eide and the Contact Group. They decided not only that the standards were not being implemented, but also that Kosovo Albanian leaders lacked the political will to do so.
According to the same sources, EU officials believe that pressure, from the United States in particular might prompt negotiations on Kosovo's status to begin next fall. The EU has also warned at the gloomy prospects for overall development in the province, not only when it comes to a more massive and safer Serb return and decentralization as a guarantor of that necessary process, but also the general situation in the Kosovo institutions, economy, and the attitude of the Albanian majority toward the rule of law, European standards, and everyday life in the province.
Dont worry, the albanians will let their true colors out eventually
9.22
Nobody is worrying anymore. The albanians have already shown their true colours to the whole world. Why do you think that everything is stalled every month ? 1,5 years ago, about 60% of the international community belived that Kosovo would be independent. Today, the figure is down to maybe 5%. And falling. We will see.
First the proper wasy to address the area is Kosovo & Metohija.
"The journalists with an anti-Albanian agenda conduct their business with a certain direction in mind, to find problems within Kosova's structure, be it politically, economically, socially, anything that assists in discrediting the Kosovar Government."
Now there are journalist with an anti-albanian agenda? In prior blogs you were critical of others when they dared to say this about Serbs. What possible agend could they have & why would they want to discredit the govt.? Are you scared that it might influence public opinion in the World?
How does it feel to have the shoe on the other foot?
"illegally funding these enclaves..."
Dont talk of illegal funding, your entire war against the Serbs was illegally funded and in violation of the arms embargo.
"Moreover, no armed or political group has threatened to expel them, displace them, reign in on their civil liberties, or anything of the sort."
THAT WAS THEN...
"The Serbian population in Kosovo should be removed as soon as possible. Serbian settlers should be killed." (Albanian fascist leader Mustafa Kroja, June 1942.)
THAT WAS THEN......AND THIS IS NOW
"He, like many KLA officers, says openly that he dreams of a Kosovo
without Serbs." (Description of KLA death squad commander "the Teacher", Agence France Presse, August 19, 1999)
During the war, the fact is the KLA ethnically cleansed Serbs. Period. Having it your way, no Serb would be left in the region and a Greater albania would be formed.
Nothing has changed.
"pleas for the Serbians to work side by side with them..."
It is one thing to actually work, it is another to use them as window dressing for political gains.
"There is no precedent for the Albanians to attack UNMIK"
False. IF you feel that things are moving too slow for your liking or that the notion of independence is slipping, the motive will exist. Anything short of independence will trigger a response from albanians starting fresh new fighting. WHo are you trying to kid? You even admitted that you would be willing to go to war again(which I doubt you did in the first place).
" It was the Serbian intention in the 1998-99 war to drive out the Albanian population and ethnically cleanse the province"
Did you sit down and talk with Milosevic regarding his intent? Or could it have been that his intent to put down the uprising of the 3000 KLA terrorists? You dont actually know what his intent was do you? You can only speculate, so leave it at that.
"In fact, the previous explosions at UN headquarters in Kosova that triggered international attention were found to be the responsibility of Serbians, rather than Albanians. When this discovery was made, luckily, the media attention died down and was never reported as widely as the initial explosions were."
Where again is your proof? Where was the proof that a gang of Serbs utilizing dogs chased 4 albanian children into the river where 3 died sparking riots throughout the region back in March of the prior year? Oh, thats right, that was a lie too...
""Kosovars must be afforded the right of self-determination," which is what the Croatian president said in his visit, and has been echoed by numerous decision makers, privately and publicly."
This is the last person that you should quote. If what he says it true, then why were the Serbs in Bosnia not allowed the right of self-determination? Why were the Serbs in the Krajina region not allowed the same? The same could be said about others around the world, so what makes Kosovo so special?
And as for the massive support that you have in US, dont kid yourself, there are plenty of others that are on the otherside that are not "extremists"
That is pure speculation just like the majority of your rants.
Good Luck, you will need it!
Don't compare Serbs in Bosnia with Albanians in Kosova about self-determination. The Serbs did it to themselves.
IF you were so condifent that Kosova will not independent you would not spent so much time trying to convince us 95% of the world.
Why were French pro Saddam? Similar reasonsoning explains why certain journalists have anti-Albanian agenda.
Hey Bazooka, why cant you compare them? Both are looking for self-determination and the Bosnian Serbs were denied that freedom.
What is the difference?
To the 4:12 Poster
"IF you were so condifent that Kosova will not independent you would not spent so much time trying to convince us 95% of the world."
No, im not trying to convince anyone the Kosovo will not be independent. What I believe doesnt matter. What I did do was to point out lies and inaccuracies being claimed by the blogger.
"Why were French pro Saddam? Similar reasonsoning explains why certain journalists have anti-Albanian agenda"
Please explain this comment, Im kind of curious.
Could it be that the French were pro Saddam because of the amount of money owed to them? Now what did they get, a canelled note due to forgiveness of debt. Big difference.
Two things. First the France and Saddam analogy was meant to tell you that if even countries that are taken to be "good" can side with bad people, then so can "neutral" journalist side with the evil. Everyone has an agenda, some care about the truth and the victim, while others (like that journalist) sides with criminals and assassins.
Second, you didn't convince me that the above blogger was lying. As a matter of fact I believe him more than you. He seems to have facts handy, rather than old rumors.
James Donalds,
Washington DC
DC
Alot of the info comming up here is bad.
Check out this exchange some time and see for yourself how credible they are.
example:
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2005/07/covic-kosovo-can-only-be-taken-from.html#comments
Jim Obrien
Dallas, TX
The last time I check your impeccable sources they turned out to be transparent as your arguement.
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2005/07/covic-kosovo-can-only-be-taken-from.html#comments
Is this enough?
Senator George Voinovich
Congressman Dan Burton
Congressman Rahm Emanuel
Rep. Steve Chabot
Rep Howard L Berman
Rep Howard L Berman CO-6
Rep Dennis J. Kucinich
Rep. Curt Weldon
Rep Robert Wexler
Rep. Joe Wilson
Rep Melissa Bean
Rep Mark Green
Rep Pete Visclosky
Rep Darrel Issa
Rep Corrine Brown
Rep Randy "Duke" Cunningham
Rep Chris Van Hollen
Rep Trent Franks
Rep Diane Watson
Rep Ken Calvert
Rep Zoe Lofgren
Rep Bob Ney
Rep Ben Chandler
Rep Mike Pence
Rep Brad Sherman
Rep Mike Bilirakis
Rep Tim Holden
Rep John Shadegg
Rep Joe Schwarz
You got told dudeee. What is the ratio of quotes presently? 1 pro serb with 20 pro Albanian or something like that? I am having hard time keeping track of them.
It matters not what Albanian think or wish. Kosovo will not be independent. The whole international community knows that there will be trouble further on when Albanians realize they have lost. Kosovo Albanians are not scared of anything except the Serbian military and police. Those scare the hell out of them even if they would never admit it. This is the fact and obvious to most countries. Everybody knows that if Kosova should gain independence, the West will have to pay a higher price than to keep Kosova as it is. Otherwise, it would have gained independence long time ago. Many people on this blog think, wish, demand and recommend. The truth is something totally diffenrent as we will see. Probably would the best solution be independence in some form, but it will not be. We will see where it will end.
Ladies and gents, the above poster is a wana-be-war-criminal, since he implies that only the Serb war criminal machine can solve the Kosovar problem, the solution being murder of 2 milion Albanians.
Serbs are very civilized, my my...care for some Ice-cream oh ye Serb old Brother?
Why is this serb, 11:39 PM blogger, who is anonymous of course, keep typing this adress again and again?
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2005/07/covic-kosovo-can-only-be-taken-from.html#comments
I read those comments many times, and all I can see there is some rubish he posted.
You quote historian "Stevan K. Pavlowitch" as a reliable source, who is a critic of Noel Malcolm. Great! His name doesn't sound slavic at all, and I'm sure he is neutral. Yeah right!
Blaku destroyed your so called "arguments" all over. Yet you persist in showing the link again and again, as if you proved something. Kinda reminds me of the serbian habit of celebrating their defeats (like the Kosovo battle in 1389)...
The only thing you proved there was what kind of an imbecille you are.
First of all, write your name, if you dare, so that we can have a conversation.
And leave your serbian ideas where they belong, in the garbage.
Kosova is going to be independent, and there is nothing you or your allies can do about it. But I'm sure you'll continue to bitch and moan, like you always do.
Tosi
Sweden
Since our serbian bloggers keep posting different articles for their own ends, I thought I'd post this one
too:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/top/w06serbians.htm
Monastery beating charges
Nine indicted: Three attacked in Third Lake
NEWS SUN STAFF REPORT
Nine young men from out of state have been indicted by a Lake County grand jury for their alleged roles in the violent beating of three men at the Serbian Monastery by Third Lake on July 4.
According to police reports, the nine were in three cars "spinning doughnuts" in a grassy area. Another man, voicing concerns about the safety of children in the area, asked the nine to stop.
The nine got out of their cars and allegedly began beating the man, according to police. When two other men tried to come to the victim's assistance, the nine allegedly beat them, also.
One of the victims allegedly was hit in the head with a six-foot steel post, and suffered a concussion.
Two of the victims received hospital treatment for injuries.
The third, who reportedly was vomiting blood, refused treatment.
All nine of the alleged attackers were indicted Wednesday by the grand jury on charges of aggravated battery and mob action. The Class Three offenses, upon conviction, carry maximum sentences of five years in prison, but are also probationable.
One of the nine, Alexsander Kosevic, 18, of Milwaukee, has been charged with armed violence. The Class X offense carries, upon conviction, a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and is not probationable.
The other eight include Aleksandar Markovic, 19, Dusan Oljic, 19, Tevojsa Trivunovic, 19, and Goran Delipara, 19, all from Milwaukee plus Sretko Rakic, 20, and Bojan Delipara, 20, both from Greenfield, Wis., Stevica Veselinovic, 19, of West Allis, Wis. and Predrag Blecic, 19, of Hobart, Ind.
8/6/05
Well how about that?
That's the serbs in a nutshell, always violent.
Tosi
Sweden
"Kostunica is neither in a political nor a legal position to solve problems in Kosovo"???
Since when is it legal for provinces of sovereign countries to be run by criminal premiers? But, whether or not Vojislav Kostunica can solve Kosmet's problems, legally or otherwise, Kosovo je Srpsko!
Initially the Albanians responded to the repression with peaceful and passive resistance. In 1992 the people of Kosova held free elections in which they chose their leadership, expressed their determination for the independence of Kosova in the 1991 referendum, and in the same year the Kosovar parliament declared the independence of Kosova. They formed a parallel government, found means of continuing Albanian-language education outside of occupied premises and providing health care (most Albanian doctors were dismissed from state-owned hospitals by Serb installed authorities). albania media
The beating that occured did involve cars and people of course, but there was no doughnuts. Three guys received beating because they got drunk and beat up on younger person that was a friend to the other "nine" and so the others got involved. The story that the three put up is made up and full of lies. If anyone may have questions or wants to know what exactly happened, please write a comment on this site and i will write back.
Post a Comment