New Kosova Report

UK respects Kosovo position on six-points plan

Friday, 21 November 2008

Kosovo President Fatmir Sjediu and the Prime Minister Hashim Thaci are on a three day visit to the United Kingdom. During their stay they will have meetings with UK statesmen to discuss over the latest issues. Yesterayday they met with UK PM Gordon Brown and the UK Secretary of State David Miliband.

On an interview for Radio Kosovo, Kosovo PM Hashim Thaçi following the meeting with the UK statesmen said that the plan of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon is dead and that only the four point Kosovo plan is "alive" and also stated that United Kingdom supports the establishment of EULEX in the whole of Kosovo territory and the application of the Ahtisaari package in its entirety.

British officials say that the meeting of the statesmen was one in line with the British support for the progress achieved so far and aimed to cement good relations between the two states.

Kosovo leaders during the meetings presented their standpoint and the four point plan related to the EULEX establishment.

On another interview, for the BBC Kosovo PM once again pointed out that the Ban Ki Moon Plan is absolutely unacceptable.

The British Ambassador in Kosovo Andrew Sparks told BBC in Albanian just before the meeting that "Britain encourages Kosovo to continue building a multinational state in accordance with the comprehensive Ahtisaari plan which is the basis of the agreement for independence.

On the issue of negotiations, the British diplomat said that there should be a way found in the whole of Kosovo to emphasize the positive, which is the full dedication of the Kosovo leadership for EULEX deployment in the entire Kosovo territory.

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Besim Bekteshi said:

	... Touche to the English diplomats u hit it right on the point. That is the way it should be. Help the people that want peace and freedom and in time they will help back to their dear Friends and Allies. One more time thank you England.
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Owen said:

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I attended President Sejdiu's talk on Kosova: Partner for Peace and Stability at the LSE last night. He was very smooth and confident in his handling of the question and answer session that followed until almost at the end when a question was asked about the urgent issue of the children in the Osterode/Cesmin Lug IDP camps. This seemed to be the only time he was outside his comfort zone.

I was rather taken aback by the way he responded to the questioner. To give him the benefit of the doubt before she got round to mentioning the camp the person who asked the question spoke about the problematic situation of the Roma and he may have got hold of the wroing end of the stick as a result but that was no excuse for losing his temper at her.

I was rather taken aback by the way that as an experienced politician he seemed unable to deal with her intervention more reasonably, and even though he may have misunderstood the point she was making it was unacceptable for him to follow up his generalised expression of concern for the children of Kosova with such a summary dismissal of the exceptional mortality and morbidity risk to which 324 specific children were being exposed in the camps.

That was disappointing and what was also disappointing was the way in which the questioner was subsequently berated by a Kosovar journalist who attacked her for raising the lead poisoning issue while so many Kosovar Albanians were still living in camps.

These children are suffering from lead poisoning to a degree that is unprecedented in the medical/scientific literatiure. It is not a matter for which Kosova should feel it is being blamed, the shame lies at the door of UNMIK, the camp administration and the international community which has the necessary facilities to provide treatment which Kosova lacks. This is why I fail to t understand the savage response evoked by what was fundamentally a request for an expression of concern and support.