Kosovo Rejects UN Proposal

Pristina _ Kosovo’s senior leaders announced that they will reject a plan that will regulate the future work of the UN Mission in Kosovo and hence pave the way for the deployment of the EU's Rule of Law Mission to the country.

In and extraordinary press conference Monday evening, Kosovo’s head of state, Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci said that the current plan, which has been agreed upon by Belgrade, breaches Kosovo's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

They said that the proposal breaches the Ahtisaari plan (for Kosovo's independence), seeks to re-establish UN Resolution 1244 which stipulates that Kosovo is a part of Serbia and is therefore not acceptable.

Earlier in the day the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner urged Kosovo's leaders to accept the proposal. Read more: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/14688/

The EU's representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana said on Monday that he expects there will be an agreement by the end of the week.

But Kosovo's leaders said that Pristina has been excluded from negotiations between the EU and Belgrade.

The fact that there is no agreement yet from Kosovo means that the UN Secretary General's expected statement on Kosovo and EULEX's deployment on Tuesday will be postponed.

On the other hand, EU representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Javier Solana declared after the meeting with the Council of Ministers of the EU on Monday that he expects an agreement for EULEX settlement until the end of the week.