12-07-2007, 06:38 PM
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Kosovo on verge of Declaring Independence
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Kosovo set for 'supervised independence'
The failure to reach agreement on the future of Kosovo is expected to lead to a declaration of independence by Kosovo Albanian leaders.
The timing of that declaration is not clear but the Kosovo Albanians are under pressure from their international supporters to delay it until early next year.
A report from a troika of negotiators - from the US, the EU and Russia - has been sent to the UN Secretary General Ban to meet a deadline of 10 December.
"This is a document summarising the negotiating process and making clear that no agreement has been reached," said a British official. "The failure is not due to a lack of effort or energy. It is because there is no common ground."
Senior international diplomats say that Serbia has given assurances to the troika that it will not use force.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7132546.stm
I doubt this will bring peace in our time.
Bosnia is still a "solution" that a blind man can see starting another war as well.
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Kosovo talks end without a deal
Nato troops have been stationed in several flashpoints in Kosovo
Mediators in talks between Kosovo and Serbia have concluded that no agreement can be reached on Kosovo's final status ahead of a UN deadline on 10 December.
The troika of the EU, US and Russia spent 120 days trying to broker a deal.
Kosovo is still a province of Serbia, but ethnic Albanian leaders there have threatened to declare independence unilaterally after the deadline lapses.
Nato - fearing a violent Serb reaction - has said it will keep 16,000 troops in Kosovo to deter any clashes.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7133892.stm
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Western backing
"After 120 days of intensive negotiations, the parties were unable to reach an agreement on Kosovo's status," the troika said in a report obtained by the BBC.
"Neither party was willing to concede its position on the fundamental question of sovereignty on Kosovo," the report concludes.
Kosovo's independence ambitions have the broad backing of the US and several EU nations.
Foreign ministers from Britain, Germany, France and Italy have written to their counterparts in fellow EU member states saying that the time for negotiation is over, and that the EU must honour its responsibilities to Kosovo.
The BBC's Oana Lungescu in Brussels says the letter stops short of supporting unilateral independence for Kosovo, but that any future declaration from Kosovan leaders will receive western backing.
Nato spokesman James Appathurai said "the Nato point of view is ... that the process should now move - that there needs to be movement towards resolution".
Earlier, Nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Nato would "act resolutely against anyone who seeks to resort to violence".
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reiterated Moscow's demand for negotiations to continue beyond Monday.
Speaking in Brussels on Friday, Mr Lavrov said Serbia had "presented a whole series of specific proposals, compromise proposals" which merited further negotiations on Kosovo's status.
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Dangerous when the major powers play.
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