UN envoy engaged by Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to mediate the "dialogue" between Prishtina and Belgrade on the reconfiguration of civilian presence in Kosovo Andrew Ladley has proposed the "administrative division" of Kosovo.
International and Kosovo government sources have confirmed for
Kosovo's daily Koha Ditore that the plan proposed on Friday by Ladley
amounts to practical division of Kosovo.
Ladley suggests separate ethnic police for Serbs in northern Kosovo and customs revenues to be kept by Serbs there.
Ban Ki Moon's plan on the reconfiguration of UNMIK foresees
compromises between Kosovo and Serbia in six fields: police, customs,
courts, transportation and telecommunication, administration of the
borderline and religious objects.
Two points that challenge Republic of Kosovo Constitution are
customs and police. Ladley's proposal is for the customs system to
operate separately from the rest of Kosovo and customs revenues to be
kept by local authorities in the north, meaning the parallel Serb
institutions led by Belgrade.
Koha Ditore says that Kosovo's highest government officials who
were earlier made aware of the content of the proposal did not allow
Ladley to even present his plan because it would formalize the division
of the north and breach the sovregnity and territorial integrity of the
Republic of Kosovo.
Kosovo leaders stated that they will not accept further compromises except the Ahtisaari Plan.
"We have committed to the implementation of the Ahtisaari Plan
and we won't accept further compromises, no matter who it comes from,"
stated Hajredin Kuçi, deputy prime minister of Kosovo.
Economic and police leaders of Kosovo have also considered the plan disastrous for Kosovo in the respective fields.
International community led by the Quint has yet to announce its stance on this latest plan.
Detkos
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... More likely this sounds like the Ban Ki Moon's amen to the confession of Serbian President Boris Tadiq,which was his direct plan of how to deal with the north of Mitrovica.The only difference is that UN's plan is going to work more gradually,while on the long run it's aiming Tadiq's plan for partition.By doing drastic changes on the ground,so by the time kosovar albanians leaders wake up their senses,it might get quite difficult for any sort of intervention. |
Owen
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... Presumably the next step is for Mr Ladley to offer Republika Srpska similar concessions. As Huh suggests the UN seems to have opted to support a process of ethnic micronisation. |
Huh
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... Great, UN leading the way to ethnic states in the Balkans. The only Balkan secret this noob NZ diplomat is not aware of is that it might not end with what he suggested after a couple of day of visit in Belgrade. Presevo Valley and Macedonia are watching this situation with great interest. |
qweasd
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... I think, to resolve the Kosovo issue, North Kosova and Mitrovica should be offered to Serbia in return for Kosovar independence. Serbia gets to keep its Serb-dominated lands and Kosovo gets indepedence. |
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