Posted on 06/27/2007 2:01:15 PM PDT by kronos77
June 27, 2007 -- In a statement for the Serbian news agency, Tanjug, Serbian Prime Minister's Advisor Srdjan Djuric said that the government has received a proposal from the US Ambassador to Serbia, Michael Polt, in which the "US would withdraw from Kosovo".
"Serbian Government has for the first time heard a new interesting proposal presented by American Ambassador Michael Polt, that the US would withdraw from Kosovo along with the simultaneous American accepting of Kosovo remaining an integral part of Serbia,” said Djuric.
"Serbian Government is ready to talk with American officials on the presented proposal,” added Djuric.
American Ambassador Polt has not confirmed nor denied Djuric's statement.
RTS/Tanjug/UNMIK/
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070622-9.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 22, 2007
Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Western Balkans
White House News
On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, I declared a national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist violence in the Republic of Macedonia and elsewhere in the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in Kosovo. I subsequently amended that order in Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003.
Because the actions of persons threatening the peace and international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on June 26, 2001, and the measures adopted on that date and thereafter to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2007. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 22, 2007.
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I wonder if this is a preparation for a bigger objective.
US-UK idea was new UN SEC resolution calling on new talks that will en within 120 days and if no compromise is achieved, they would grant independance to Muslims in Kosovo.
So all Muslims should do is not to talk at all and they would get what they want.
Idiotical, but true, that was proposal of US and UK...
Rusia rejected.
Whats that!?
It’s a notice from the WhiteHouse News.
It’s an fyi only.
The way I read it, there’s nothing about
leaving Kosovo there.
Phieeeewww...
And I was worried that US declared war to US over Muslims... again...
LOL:)
But, this is Balkans, only thing for sure is that nothing is for sure...
Who is threatening the USA in the Balkans??? Albanians/KLA are our friends... SARCASM OFF!
WHAT?
I was referring to this oddity...
“now support a new round of talks without a predetermined outcome”
Why an oddity? Things are in flux... good.
NO more predetermined Ahtisary plan in effect. Good.
Does this mean old Georgie porgy is going to FINALLY respect UN Resolution 1244????
Or what?
The truly weird part of this is that the US is the one trying to commit "acts obstructing implementation of ... United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244"
UN Resolution 1244 says that "Serbia retains sovereignty over Kosovo" -- and yet Bush, Rice and Lantos have all been saying that Kosovo independence is a done deal! So does that mean that Bush, Rice and Lantos are all "threats to US security & foreign policy"? I think that it does!
If any witdrawal of US troops happens, that could be ground for it.
“Respecting 1244 resolution”
But, who knowns.
The fact the article says these talks will not have predetermined ends points to the thought that having talks with predteremined ends negates the point of having talks at all and makes me wonder why they put that phrase in there unless previous meetings were shams.
When they aren't shooting at us any more, we've won. When they're still shooting, it's a work in progress and no one has won yet. It ain't rocket surgery.
Bush’s welcome recently probably affected this.
This is a dumb standard of victory according to which anyone can "prove we haven't won" at any time by picking up a gun and pointlessly firing in the general direction of a U.S. soldier. According to this standard of victory, we didn't defeat in Japan in 1945.
I think the comment was on purpose.
This is a dumb standard of victory according to which anyone can "prove we haven't won" at any time by picking up a gun and pointlessly firing in the general direction of a U.S. soldier. According to this standard of victory, we didn't defeat in Japan in 1945.
Hardly the same as what is occurring in Iraq... I think anyone who doesn’t have an agenda to push can see the difference between multiple firefights/deaths/injuries every day and one crazed lunatic shooting at someone.
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