3 hours agoAustrian Ambassador: Kosovo partition opens Pandora Box
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Albert Rohan explains when they had agreed to lead the process of resolving Kosovo's status together with President Martti Ahtisaari in the fall of 2005, they knew very well that they had to deal with a problem, as he says, almost inconsistent. After six months of negotiations at the time between the Kosovo side and [...]
After six months of negotiations at the time between the Kosovo and the Serbian sides in Vienna, Austria, according to him it was obvious that neither side would change its fundamental position and it was impossible to reach an acceptable solution for the parties.
For this reason we decided to propose a solution, taking into account Kosovo's history, reality on the ground, the international community's views and arguments presented by both sides in Vienna”, Austrian Ambassador Albert Rohan suggests during an interview with the newspaper “Zri”.
Ten years after Kosovo has declared independence Albert Rohan is convinced that the Ahtisaari Plan was a fair compromise proposal through which, he says, the two sides would benefit: Kosovo its independence, while Serbia is the security and protection of the Serb community in Kosovo.
Ambassador Rohan during this interview for “Zrin”, among other things, has spoken about the idea of partitioning Kosovo, which was recently reported to local media..
