George Bush on Kosovo problem: "Goal - independence, time - now"
U. S. President George W. Bush stated to a press conference in Albanian capital Tirana that it is the time to stop "endless dialog" on the status of Kosovo. "The goal is independence, time - now," he underlined. Bush proposed to fix a deadline for adopting a resolution by the UN Security Council on Kosovo. Earlier at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered to postpone the solution of this problem for 6 months. The draft resolution, which is based on UN Special Envoy Marti Ahtisaari's plan and supposes de facto recognition of Kosovo's independence, was introduced in the UN Security Council at the end of May.
Serbia denied the Ahtisaari Plan. And Russia stated that he does not consider it possible to adopt a decision on the status of Kosovo without taking into account the opinion of the Serbian leadership. In his part Bush confirmed that the United States fully supports the Ahtisaari Plan. Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly has made it clear that in case of recognizing Kosovo's independence the world community will have to also recognize independence of self-declared republics on the territory of the former USSR, particularly of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, France Press reports.
Serbia denied the Ahtisaari Plan. And Russia stated that he does not consider it possible to adopt a decision on the status of Kosovo without taking into account the opinion of the Serbian leadership. In his part Bush confirmed that the United States fully supports the Ahtisaari Plan. Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly has made it clear that in case of recognizing Kosovo's independence the world community will have to also recognize independence of self-declared republics on the territory of the former USSR, particularly of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, France Press reports.
