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EU TO CONTINUE KOSOVO DEBATES DECEMBER 14
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.12.2007 16:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU foreign ministers failed to agree on a common
position over Kosovo's looming declaration of independence and the EU's
subsequent mission at a meeting on Monday. The issue will be back on
the table when EU leaders meet for a summit on 14 December, said Manuel
Lobo Antunes, Portugal's Secretary of State for European Affairs.
"We are hopeful that the European Council will outline the way
of maintaining stability and security in the region," he said in
Strassbourg.
Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amada, whose country holds the
rotating EU presidency, said: "The EU partners do not have a common
position on Kosovo's status. We should be patient in this delicate
process.
We are moving towards a common position...Today we came another
step forward."
For his part, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told reporters
that there is only "one country who cannot accept" a solution for
Kosovar independence without a UN resolution; other foreign ministers
identified that country as Cyprus.
Spanish Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said that "a unilateral
proclamation of independence is not positive for Spain, but it will
wait to see what happens." Madrid fears that the Kosovo precedent
will encourage separatist spirit.
Observers remind that Russia's veto will block any resolution on
Kosovar independence.
Nevertheless, December 10, the EU Foreign Ministers agreed to send a
mission which would replace NATO forces in the province, RIA Novosti
reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.12.2007 16:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU foreign ministers failed to agree on a common
position over Kosovo's looming declaration of independence and the EU's
subsequent mission at a meeting on Monday. The issue will be back on
the table when EU leaders meet for a summit on 14 December, said Manuel
Lobo Antunes, Portugal's Secretary of State for European Affairs.
"We are hopeful that the European Council will outline the way
of maintaining stability and security in the region," he said in
Strassbourg.
Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amada, whose country holds the
rotating EU presidency, said: "The EU partners do not have a common
position on Kosovo's status. We should be patient in this delicate
process.
We are moving towards a common position...Today we came another
step forward."
For his part, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told reporters
that there is only "one country who cannot accept" a solution for
Kosovar independence without a UN resolution; other foreign ministers
identified that country as Cyprus.
Spanish Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said that "a unilateral
proclamation of independence is not positive for Spain, but it will
wait to see what happens." Madrid fears that the Kosovo precedent
will encourage separatist spirit.
Observers remind that Russia's veto will block any resolution on
Kosovar independence.
Nevertheless, December 10, the EU Foreign Ministers agreed to send a
mission which would replace NATO forces in the province, RIA Novosti
reports.