INDEPENDENCE UNDER INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISION BEST MODEL FOR KOSOVO, U.S. SAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.12.2007 15:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A U.S. State Department spokesman, Gonzalo Gallegos,
said Monday the U.S. will back the plan drawn up by special UN envoy
Martti Ahtisaari giving Kosovo independence under international
supervision.
The United States will move forward with a UN plan granting Kosovo
independence from Serbia after the two sides were unable to reach an
agreement about the status of the breakaway province.
"We continue to believe that implementation of the Ahtisaari plan will
promote stability in the region and enable both Serbia and Kosovo to
move forward on the Euro-Atlantic path," Gallegos said.
The deadline for negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo’s ethnic
majority Albanian leadership expired on Monday without a deal, meaning
the United States and European Union could proceed with the Ahtisaari
plan. Russia, Serbia’s traditional ally, has threatened to block the
plan on the Security Council.
"Over the next few weeks the United States will work closely with our
international partners to resolve this issue. The people of Kosovo and
the region urgently need clarity about their future," Gallegos said,
RIA Novosti reports.