UN Mission head on Kosovo calls on to design clear plan to determine status of province

PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo Joachim Rucker urged the Contact Group on Kosovo to design a clear plan for determining the final status of the province. Rucker has just arrived in Brussels, where he has met with EU representatives.



The problem of Kosovo's status returned to the Contact Group from the UN Security Council, where negotiations around the corresponding resolution reached a deadlock Rucker said, he had warned European partners on possible negative consequences if the process to determine the status of Kosovo will be once again dragged out in future. Albanians of Kosovo were promised to settle the problem still by October of 2006. "I underlined there exists a great tension and anxiety in the province, people need clarity -and they deserve it, as to the status and the process to determine it. That's why it would be useful to have a plan or timetable for further actions and not just declaration of deadlines," Rucker said.



Members of the Contact Group are still arguing if the negotiation process is limited to four months, which was supposed by the failed draft resolution. Russia opposes any time limitations, the UN Press Office reports.