Ischinger: UN Security Council won't reach agreement on Kosovo December 19
The UN Security Council will not reach agreement on Kosovo December 19, said Wolfgang Ischinger, EU representative in the Contact Group Troika for Kosovo.
"The situation hasn't changed much since June or July, when Ahtisaari's plan was rejected. Taking into account Pristina's intention to proclaim independence in the near future, the EU was supposed to support the decision and send correct signals to its neighbors, first of all to Serbia," he said.
"The outlook of EU membership is one of the factors uniting Serbs and Kosovars," he added.
Amb. Ischinger thinks Serbia will not use force against Kosovo even if independence is proclaimed unilaterally. Belgrade will immediately announce the decision illegal, according to him.
"Resolution of the Kosovo issue will become the index of Europeans' legal capacity. It was clear that the troika attempts the impossible," the German diplomat said.
"As to Moscow's position, it just wants to prevent NATO's enlargement," he said, Deutsche Welle reports.
"The situation hasn't changed much since June or July, when Ahtisaari's plan was rejected. Taking into account Pristina's intention to proclaim independence in the near future, the EU was supposed to support the decision and send correct signals to its neighbors, first of all to Serbia," he said.
"The outlook of EU membership is one of the factors uniting Serbs and Kosovars," he added.
Amb. Ischinger thinks Serbia will not use force against Kosovo even if independence is proclaimed unilaterally. Belgrade will immediately announce the decision illegal, according to him.
"Resolution of the Kosovo issue will become the index of Europeans' legal capacity. It was clear that the troika attempts the impossible," the German diplomat said.
"As to Moscow's position, it just wants to prevent NATO's enlargement," he said, Deutsche Welle reports.
