US insists UNMIK complete Kosovo mandate

While the former US ambassador to the UN has considered the UNMIK mission in Kosovo successful, it is not considered in Kosovo. Analyst Driton Lajci is considering that EULEX came to Kosovo precisely because of the mess created by UNMIK. He's saying UNMIK later became an useless tool.

The request by former US Ambassador Nikki Haley to the UN to withdraw the UNMIK mission from Kosovo has caused great disappointment in Belgrade. But despite an anger caused in Belgrade, the position of the United States of America remains unchanged.

The US Embassy in Kosovo, in a response to Insider, has clarified that US policy remains the same as it does UNMIK's mission in Kosovo, says Inseder.

In response, it stresses that UNMIK has fulfilled its mandate in Kosovo long ago. It is emphasized that United Nations missions are intended to be sent to countries where they do their best work.

The US “Policy regarding the Kosovo UN Mission (UNMIK) is very clear and has not changed. As a majority of UN Security Council members have said, UNMIK has fulfilled its mandate since”.

“The United States regularly urges to make strategic reviews of all UN missions to help ensure that UN resources are sent to missions where they will do their best. With Ambassador Haley's letter, the United States is asking Secretary General to initiate such an examination and develop an exit strategy for UNMIK acknowledging that the mission has fulfilled its target”, the US Embassy in Kosovo said in response.

Analyst Driton Lajci considers mission UNMIK was viewed with scepticism at the beginning of its mission. His problem with this mission had been a lack of professionalism and dysfunction.

“UNMIK has been viewed with scepticism since the beginning, and expectations for this mission have been low. The problem with this mission has been inefficiency and its professionalism since its beginning. Although there was almighty competence and legitimacy in lawmaking and in other areas of constructive state, criticism of the mission just came and increased”, he said.

“A reason for the loss of trust in the population was scandals accompanying the mission, which led to lose credibility, as well as the fact that UNMIK treated Kosovo under Resolution 1244. Although the mission's role was critical in the transitional phase, the mission failed to meet expectations, so it failed to convince the population of its legitimacy over the territory of the Republic of Kosovo”, it has declared it to Insideder.

Despite the positive assessment the former American ambassador gave of the UNIMIC mission, however, Lajci claims otherwise. He considers fighting corruption in Kosovo not being adequately treated by UNMIK.

He says mission. EULEX came because I have to fix the mess left by UNMIK.

“Even the mission EULEX came to Kosovo with great expectations, where it found a tired society which was convinced the mission would fight corruption which characterised Kosovo since the end of the war and as a problem was not addressed properly by the U. NMICA of local trial”.

“EULEX similar to UNMIK was established on the basis of the 1244 framework and as such operates in Kosovo on a non-clear legal basis. This led to the mission EULEX is named an antidot, which would regulate the post left behind by UNMIKU”, he has declared.

The transformation of competencies from UNMIK to EULEX, Lajci considers it done on a wrong approach. He says it has been a political approach to satisfy Serbia's appetite.

It also stresses that UNMIK, after EULEX came to Kosovo, became an unnecessary tool.

“I think the transfer of competencies from UNMIK to EULEX has not been done on a logical approach, in contrast with the approach has been political. I say this because to satisfy Serbia's appetite and to position itself in a neutral position, the mission U n NMIKUS was not exhausted even after the introduction of EULEX mission”.

The “, although with various competencies, EULEX's arrival dimmed even further UNMIK's role and added calls for the completion of this mission. But as I said, it didn't happen and U. The NMIC was turned into an unnecessary and almost devoid of function so the presence of UNMIK's mission served in a way “to protect resolution 1244”, Lajci has declared.

Last week, Nikki Haley had sent letter to UN Secretary General Anthony Guterres to inform her of her resignation. In this letter she had also demanded that the United Nations end UNMIK's mandate in Kosovo.

He had ascertained that the mission UNMIK in Kosovo has been fulfilled and its position in our country was not necessary.

Unfortunately, UNMIK continues to remain unchanged despite progress and repeated statements from most of the Security Council, which say the mission has fulfilled the” mandate.

“saw a regular review of UNMIK's mandate and mission, parties and foreign politicians with opposing interests, continue to hold the UN's values, time and resources key, the former ambassador's letter sent to the UN secretary-general said.

The former US ambassador's request to the UN had immediately triggered reactions in Serbia. Serbia's own president, Aleksandar Vuciq, had considered Haley's request to be due to removing all traces from Resolution 1244.

On this request, she (Haley) wants to remove all traces of Resolution 1244 and international judicial order and show that their decision was the only possible, legally valid and nothing more”, Vuciq had declared,

According to President Vuciq, leaving UNMIK from Kosovo and the establishment of the Kosovo Army would make things difficult for Serbia, as with this move Serbia would no longer be able to choose either for choice or for nothing.

“UNMIK, as well as the formation of the Kosovo Army, would lead Serbia to a very difficult position in which we no longer have elections, nor the right to choose anything and the right to do anything but protect our country and our people”, Vuciq said further,