03 June 2008 Prishtina _ Kosovo is now independent and Serbia must learn to live with it, a former United States envoy and adviser to presidential hopeful Barack Obama says.

Robert Gelbard, currently an adviser to the US presidential hopeful, Barack Obama said Serbia had the possibility to change the situation in Kosovo in its interest but now there is no going back.

“Kosovo is now a sovereign state. The new Serbian government knows that it should live with Kosovo and no matter what, a dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtina as two good neighbors is necessary,” Gelbard, who represented the US government during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo, told Voice of America.

“It is neither Russia nor China who can dictate any move on the issue; they understand that Kosovo is independent and sovereign,” he said reminding that both Serbian and Kosovo authorities should start talking to each other as future developments will depend on such an approach.

Asked what the stance of Obama is on Kosovo, Gelbard explained that he had already made his vision for both countries known.

“Obama has clearly made his stance upon Kosovo’s declaration of independence. He said that Kosovo as an independent and sovereign country has a big responsibility to protect the minorities… and Serbia must strengthen its democratic institutions,” Gelbard added.

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Proud American!

Communism/Socialism is similar to legalizing burglary and murder!

So what????

That means Serbs like your self will be pissed off for generations.

Amen

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Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

Hey, kid... Cool off a bit. Otherwise you'll get banned very soon.

If Ahtisari was like you, I would leave because I lack sufficient rhetoric skills to fight a guy like you

Serbia used to be to the Balkans what Blacks are today in America. Slaves first than because our Catholic methods we made *the Serbs* human, now *the serbs* are looking to the east again but *the serbs* are not taking any more European land. Remember that. You will be 90 years old and that statement will be still true.

EDIT.

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Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

What "your catholic methods"? Who are YOU? By the time Serbian medieval state started to emerge in the Balkans, Byzantia (orthodox) was the synonym for civilization and the successor of the great Roman empire.

When German king Barbarosa visited Serbia in the 12th century, and came to Stefan Nemanja's castle, everybody was disgusted by the way he ate his meal. He had never before heard of a fork, and ate with his bare hands. Serbian medieval rulers used golden spoons, forks and knives.

So much for catholics and their "civilization"...

Were you invited to the dinner, too

Good thing is that we had a country then (a very strong one into which Albanians were just starting to arrive from Azerbeijan) and historians to write down what they saw and learned. Sad thing you Albanians didn't even know what a pen was back then.

Good thing the Americans invented internet.

man's got a point. The Roman Empire was kept on life support by Byzantium until well into the 11th century.

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