"This is the kind of Kosovo that we want"

"I am excited to be in Kosovo so I can make sure myself to what extent the projects supported by Britain help the development of the Kosovo Protection Corpus (KPC) and to what extent they help KPC facilitate the transformation and improvement of living conditions for all ethnic communities in Kosovo," Adam Ingram (British Minister of State for the Armed Forces)
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"Negotiations have not failed, I am optimistic'
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2006/04/us-envoy-says-kosovo-status-talks-have.html
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Serbia tells US envoy autonomy best solution for Kosovo
17/04/2006

(Belgrade, DTT-NET.COM)-Serbian government has rejected the independence for Kosovo and has told US special envoy that a substancial autonomy for UN admnistrated territory is the best solution and authorities are to table more detailes of the proposal in coming days.

The head of Serbia government Vojislav Kostunica told Frank Wiesner on Monday (the special US envoy for talks on the futur of Kosovo) that Kosovo problem must be resolved in "accordance with international law and modern democratic principles and UN documents, especially the 1244 resolution" of Security Council, Serbian government said in its website.

Kostunica has told Wiesner that a "substancial autonomy for Kosovo inside Serbia guaranties such a solution" and that soon Serbian authorities are to detail their offer to Ethnic Albanians.

Wiesner has called on Serbian authorities to alow Serbian minority participate fully in institutions of Kosovo and also to engage more constructively in UN mediated talks on self-rule powers for minorities.

"Ambassador Wisner will focus on strengthening relationships with Serbia's leaders and will urge them to play a constructive role in the ongoing negotiations to ensure a peaceful, democratic Kosovo that protects the rights of all its residents." US embassy in Belgrade wrote in its website before the meeting of the envoy with highest Serbian officials.

Serbian government has been criticised by western powers in recent days for inciting the boycott of Kosovo institutions by majority of Serb representatives and in several municipalities also refusing their salaries from public administration.

Wisner, who visited Kosovo during the weekend, has asked the Serb minority political representatives to join the Kosovo institutions expressing his disagreement with Belgrade's call to Serbs employed in the health and education sector in Kosovo to refuse salaries from the Kosovo budget.

Kosovo is officially part of Serbia and Montenegro union and is being ruled by UN since the war ended in June 1999. Ethnic Albanians, who represent around 90 percent of 2 million population insist on independence but Kosovo Serbs and Serbia refuse it.

In May Kosovo and Serbia negotiators are to meet for the fourth time at UN mediated talks in attempt to find a deal for Serbian minority rights, but both sides remain divided on the issue.

Serbian government wants to have a direct role and relation with current and new municipalities for Kosovo Serbs to be created, but Ethnic Albanian leadership says that any political and financial relation of Belgrade with Serb majority municipalities must be made in cooperation and through central institutions of Kosovo.

Major international powers from Contact Group for Kosovo (EU, Russia and US) have said that solution must be acceptable for Kosovo people.

UN envoy Martti Ahtissari has said last week in Brussels that talks on the status are to take place after the current ongoing talks on minorities in Austrian capital of Vienna.
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"Romania wants a compromise in the Kosovo case"
http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=25330


New Kosovo party vows to protect Serb community
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2006/04/new-kosovo-party-vows-to-protect-serb.html

Serbs to choose Kosovo return sites
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060418-103439-3974r

West Prepares To Evacuate 40,000 Serbs From Breakaway Kosovo
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=144&newsid=86704&ch=0

Pristina ready to develop relations with Macedonia
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2006/04/pristina-ready-to-develop-relations.html


"We will continue working towards our goal"
http://www.eciks.org/english/lajme.php?action=total_news&main_id=371

"This is the kind of Kosovo that we want"
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2006/04/kosovo-government-to-tackle-corruption.html