UN Kosovo Envoy Buying Kosovo
8 July 2006 | 11:32 | FOCUS News Agency
Pristina. In his wish to preserve his position European Union's Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari has sent a new unexpected proposal to Serbia: to recognize Kosovo’s independence and in return receive money and concessions. In the language of diplomacy this is called a “shopping list”, Serbian newspaper Vecerne Novosti reads. From diplomatic sources the newspaper found out that the so-called shopping list includes five points:
1. Serbia to join in NATO’s Partnership for Peace program (without being obliged to capture General Ratko Mladic)
2. An agreement Serbia to join the European Union (also without being obliged to hand in Mladic)
3. Financial aid from the US
4. Access to EU funds
5. Increase of direct foreign investments.
Marti Ahtisaari’s proposal to the southern Serbia region does not sound bad at all – at least on paper. But it means: “Give Kosovo up and we will give you everything else!” the newspaper comments.
According to an anonymous government source there is no official document for Ahtisaari’s shopping list.
