Terri Davis: Whatever decision on status of Kosovo is, this region remains part of Europe

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Council of Europe will support any decision made by the UN Security Council on the status of Kosovo, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis stated. "The Kosovo problem is being settled in New York and we respect it and support UN Security Council's decisions," he stated to a press conference in Strasbourg. T. Davis reminded this January the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was going to discuss a report on the current situation around region's status. During preliminary discussions a decision was made to postpone debates, since the UN Security Council has not started works over that issue yet. "Whatever the decision on the status of Kosovo is, this region remains a part of Europe," Terry Davis underlined, RIA "Novosti" reports.



Last Friday the UN Security Council launched closed consultations on the draft resolution, which automatically grants Kosovo independence after 120 days assigned for talks between Belgrade and Prishtina.



During the current summer session PACE will discuss a report on investigating crimes, which fall under jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Prosecutor Karla Del Ponte will have a speech during discussions.