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Ahtisaari's proposal not ready for UN Security Council
Belgrade,
14 March 2007
Advisor to the Serbian Prime Minister and coordinator of the state negotiating team for talks on Kosovo-Metohija Slobodan Samardzic said that the UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's Comprehensive Proposal for Kosovo Status Settlement is not even close to being ready to appear before the UN Security Council.
Slobodan Samardzic
Author:
Tanjug
In an interview for today's edition of the Vecernje Novosti daily, Samardzic wondered whether the proposal will ever be placed before the UN Security Council.
He said that no proposal will reach the UN Security Council unless its member countries reach minimum consensus on acceptance and declaration of a new resolution, and Ahtisaari's proposal is unfit for that.
Samardzic thinks that new talks should be organised and ethnic Albanian side convinced to sit down and negotiate without first being given promises as to the outcome of the talks.
From the very beginning, Russia and China have been reiterating two things – that only the two contesting sides may reach the solution and that the negotiating process should not be artificially limited in any way, said the Prime Minister's Advisor.
The behaviour of Russia and China is not only principled, but there is also certain gradualness in their actions, as well as serenity.
"We should first expect somewhat more intensive consultations which should begin as soon as it becomes absolutely clear that these two states are not ready to make the final decision on an issue with such inevitably disastrous consequences", said Samardzic.
According to Samardzic, once these consultations begin, proposals of the Serbian side will finally get the political right and will have to be taken into consideration by other members of the Contact Group.
He added that the Serbian team is ready to continue negotiations on Kosovo-Metohija, which was emphasised at the last meeting in Vienna by Serbian President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.
Samardzic believes that if the Security Council does not accept the proposal, the chances that Kosovo independence will be acknowledged are relatively small because in that case, the EU should take up its share of affairs without the basis provided by a UN Security Council resolution.
If that becomes the case, the entire matter would completely sidetrack away from international law and order, concluded Samardzic.
He said that no proposal will reach the UN Security Council unless its member countries reach minimum consensus on acceptance and declaration of a new resolution, and Ahtisaari's proposal is unfit for that.
Samardzic thinks that new talks should be organised and ethnic Albanian side convinced to sit down and negotiate without first being given promises as to the outcome of the talks.
From the very beginning, Russia and China have been reiterating two things – that only the two contesting sides may reach the solution and that the negotiating process should not be artificially limited in any way, said the Prime Minister's Advisor.
The behaviour of Russia and China is not only principled, but there is also certain gradualness in their actions, as well as serenity.
"We should first expect somewhat more intensive consultations which should begin as soon as it becomes absolutely clear that these two states are not ready to make the final decision on an issue with such inevitably disastrous consequences", said Samardzic.
According to Samardzic, once these consultations begin, proposals of the Serbian side will finally get the political right and will have to be taken into consideration by other members of the Contact Group.
He added that the Serbian team is ready to continue negotiations on Kosovo-Metohija, which was emphasised at the last meeting in Vienna by Serbian President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.
Samardzic believes that if the Security Council does not accept the proposal, the chances that Kosovo independence will be acknowledged are relatively small because in that case, the EU should take up its share of affairs without the basis provided by a UN Security Council resolution.
If that becomes the case, the entire matter would completely sidetrack away from international law and order, concluded Samardzic.
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