During the past 130 days of negotiations, the EU/U.S./Russia Troika of negotiators explored every realistic option for an agreement and, in their words, "left no stone unturned" in the search for a mutually-acceptable outcome. The Troika's mandate ends today with the submission of a report on their efforts to the U.N. Secretary-General. The United States regrets that leaders from Serbia and Kosovo did not reach agreement on the status of Kosovo during these talks.
At the beginning of this period of intensive engagement we stated that, if the parties could not reach agreement by December 10, then the plan put forward by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari, including his recommendation of supervised independence for Kosovo and package of measures to protect Kosovo's minorities, was the best way forward. We continue to believe that implementation of the Ahtisaari Plan will promote stability in the region and enable both Serbia and Kosovo to move forward on the Euro-Atlantic path. Over the next few weeks the United States will work closely with our international partners to resolve this issue. The people of Kosovo and the region urgently need clarity about their future.
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Released on December 10, 2007
(The State Department is completely insane on this!)
I wonder if Putin is up to providing troops or extensive logistical support to the Serbs?
The underlying Key to understanding everything in the region is -ISLAM. And that Clinton really screwed up badly, and Bush is continuing to support that screw up, along with all the backward elitist Marxist morons at the Useless Nations.
Why is it so hard for these fools to look up a little bit of History?
The US should get out of the Balkans NOW. After 54 years of being propped up militarily and economically are our Nato allies not strong enough to fight this war in their own backyard? US troops are needed in Afghanistan and Iraq, let the Europeans sort out this mess.
The State Department ought to be able to negotiate a solution to this problem. We just need intense discussions. /sarc
I share his perspective on this but:
this is leftist maniac George Galloway talking here folks
Serbia and Russia are correct. Ethnic Albanians need to go home. They have looted, burned, raped and pillaged far too long. Albanians only major export is Heroin. Followed by Hashish as the number two cash crop. The same program is up and running in Iraq and Afghanistan: Open borders, open borders, open borders.
The same thing will happen to the Southwestern United States in about twenty years if secret plans for Aztlan . . . Open borders, open borders, open borders.
Wake Up America !
Russia is in a much better position to get involved on the Side of Serbia than it was in the 90’s, I dont see us getting involved this time around.
The only solution to resolve this issue is that The United States back off from providing support to Islamofascists and respect the international law.
With support to terrorism in Kosovo, American war on terror is a joke.
So, let 'em fight, then.
Unfortunately, I think Galloway’s right (about an upcoming bloodbath).
If Nato and the US attack Serbia again, then they must also bomb France, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona and California.
Is this the same George Galloway who took money from Saddam?