Friday, March 24, 2006

EU insists on full protection of Kosovo Serbs

The Article

23/03/2006

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku on Wednesday that his government must take immediate action to ensure the full protection of the province's Serb minority.

Kosovo's ethnic Albanian government must take action now to ensure the full protection of the province's Serb minority, the EU said on Wednesday (22 March), stressing this was essential for progress in the UN-led talks on Kosovo's future status.

"For a long time there has been a lot of talk but not much action," EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said after his meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku in Brussels. "I think we have to reverse that now, to talk less and act more."

A statement issued by Solana's office after the meeting said he had urged Ceku to accelerate government efforts "to produce concrete results" in the implementation of the standards set by the international community, covering such areas as rule of law, democratic institutions, human and minority rights, and economic development......(continued).........

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