PRIŠTINA -- UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier says he will meet with Kosovo Serbs political officials elected at the May 11 ballot.
Source: Tanjug
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"I’ll meet with them and tell them that they are part of the results that we don’t recognize, but that we need to solve problems,“ the UNMIK chief told Priština daily Koha Ditore.
He has committed to settling problems without trying to offend anyone, but to put forward his views, stating that he wants to bring Kosovo Serb representatives to the negotiating table.
Asked whether this meant that he recognized the parallel structures, Zannier replied that he considered “those structures a result of the elections that UNMIK called invalid.”
“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he explained.
Koha Ditore said Zannier was preparing an offer that would result in the formation of an ethnic Serb police force within the Kosovo police, but with special autonomy in the chain of command.
Furthermore, the customs service in Kosovo could be modeled on that of Hong Kong, the UNMIK chief said, as a single territory with two customs zones.
Zannier said he was proposing a similar solution for the judiciary as well.
“These initiatives have the support of the Contact Group and Priština as well, since it has been informed about everything,” he said.
“As long as United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1244 is in force, the UNMIK chief is the top authority in Kosovo,“ Zannier underlined.
The UNMIK chief said that talks he had begun with Belgrade were “very difficult“, reiterating that the dialogue revolved around the six points in the letter UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent to Serbian and Kosovo Presidents Boris Tadić and Fatmir Sejdiu.
“Priština-UNMIK-Belgrade talks over Ban’s six points are difficult, delicate, and complex,“ said Zannier, adding that he would, if Priština and Belgrade failed to reach an agreement, “have the power to impose them“.
“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he [Zannier] explained.
Ohh come on Zannier!! meeting the Serb representatives elected in the last election is a "proof" of your recognition to them.
Please do your "job" as mandated by the UNSC and not serving the interest of law breakers like Bush
(Serb Allay, 2 August 2008 08:08)
“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he [Zannier] explained.
The idea of independent and sovereign and not partitioned Kosovo roots, among the so-called international community, on the myth of selfgovernment and democratic procedures that lead to a multiethnic society where Albanians and Serbs walk hand in hand towards the sun. The reality of the myth, in the local context, showed a different picture, and no one ethnic Albanian, for instance and as far as I know, spent a word about the pogrom of March 2004.
On the other hand there is the international law that says that Kosovo is a province of Serbia. But its implementation, in the local context, faces the very basic and dramatic problem of consensus (K-Albanians simply do not want to be in Serbia).
So, I am more and more sure that Lambertone was nominated to implement a pragmatical solution with K-Albanians staying with K-Albanians in some areas and K-Serbs with K-Serbs in other areas (and his italianity surely helps in handling "pragmatically" both with the mythology of the independent and united Kosovo - to which a person like the Dutch Peter Feith, for instance, seems still subjugated - and with the international Law). In this framework the councils elected in the Serbs populated areas are necessary interlocutors.
(Giorgio, 1 August 2008 22:03)
Thank you, Mr. Zannier for effectively recognizing the legitimacy of the Serb Assembly. The sooner we put aside personal ideals and recognize practical realities, the sooner Kosovo can move forward.
Yes Adrian, the Serb Assembly does appear to be setting itself up as an RS in Kosovo. But we can't forget the enclaves in the center and the south. They have to cooperate with Pristina on some level simply due to their geographic locations (Strpce expecially), but as long as these sectors are allowed to manage their affairs by themelves or in conjunction with BG, we may see a frozen conflict that will settle into a de facto reality over the coming years.
(Mike, 1 August 2008 18:13)
“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he [Zannier] explained.
The idea of independent and sovereign and not partitioned Kosovo roots, among the so-called international community, on the myth of selfgovernment and democratic procedures that lead to a multiethnic society where Albanians and Serbs walk hand in hand towards the sun. The reality of the myth, in the local context, showed a different picture, and no one ethnic Albanian, for instance and as far as I know, spent a word about the pogrom of March 2004.
On the other hand there is the international law that says that Kosovo is a province of Serbia. But its implementation, in the local context, faces the very basic and dramatic problem of consensus (K-Albanians simply do not want to be in Serbia).
So, I am more and more sure that Lambertone was nominated to implement a pragmatical solution with K-Albanians staying with K-Albanians in some areas and K-Serbs with K-Serbs in other areas (and his italianity surely helps in handling "pragmatically" both with the mythology of the independent and united Kosovo - to which a person like the Dutch Peter Feith, for instance, seems still subjugated - and with the international Law). In this framework the councils elected in the Serbs populated areas are necessary interlocutors.
(Giorgio, 1 August 2008 22:03)
Thank you, Mr. Zannier for effectively recognizing the legitimacy of the Serb Assembly. The sooner we put aside personal ideals and recognize practical realities, the sooner Kosovo can move forward.
Yes Adrian, the Serb Assembly does appear to be setting itself up as an RS in Kosovo. But we can't forget the enclaves in the center and the south. They have to cooperate with Pristina on some level simply due to their geographic locations (Strpce expecially), but as long as these sectors are allowed to manage their affairs by themelves or in conjunction with BG, we may see a frozen conflict that will settle into a de facto reality over the coming years.
(Mike, 1 August 2008 18:13)
“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he [Zannier] explained.
Ohh come on Zannier!! meeting the Serb representatives elected in the last election is a "proof" of your recognition to them.
Please do your "job" as mandated by the UNSC and not serving the interest of law breakers like Bush
(Serb Allay, 2 August 2008 08:08)
Thank you, Mr. Zannier for effectively recognizing the legitimacy of the Serb Assembly. The sooner we put aside personal ideals and recognize practical realities, the sooner Kosovo can move forward.
Yes Adrian, the Serb Assembly does appear to be setting itself up as an RS in Kosovo. But we can't forget the enclaves in the center and the south. They have to cooperate with Pristina on some level simply due to their geographic locations (Strpce expecially), but as long as these sectors are allowed to manage their affairs by themelves or in conjunction with BG, we may see a frozen conflict that will settle into a de facto reality over the coming years.
(Mike, 1 August 2008 18:13)
“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he [Zannier] explained.
Ohh come on Zannier!! meeting the Serb representatives elected in the last election is a "proof" of your recognition to them.
Please do your "job" as mandated by the UNSC and not serving the interest of law breakers like Bush
(Serb Allay, 2 August 2008 08:08)
“That’s why there is no legal basis for these elections. They won’t be recognized, but I need to talk to those representatives," he [Zannier] explained.
The idea of independent and sovereign and not partitioned Kosovo roots, among the so-called international community, on the myth of selfgovernment and democratic procedures that lead to a multiethnic society where Albanians and Serbs walk hand in hand towards the sun. The reality of the myth, in the local context, showed a different picture, and no one ethnic Albanian, for instance and as far as I know, spent a word about the pogrom of March 2004.
On the other hand there is the international law that says that Kosovo is a province of Serbia. But its implementation, in the local context, faces the very basic and dramatic problem of consensus (K-Albanians simply do not want to be in Serbia).
So, I am more and more sure that Lambertone was nominated to implement a pragmatical solution with K-Albanians staying with K-Albanians in some areas and K-Serbs with K-Serbs in other areas (and his italianity surely helps in handling "pragmatically" both with the mythology of the independent and united Kosovo - to which a person like the Dutch Peter Feith, for instance, seems still subjugated - and with the international Law). In this framework the councils elected in the Serbs populated areas are necessary interlocutors.
(Giorgio, 1 August 2008 22:03)