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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 7, No. 119, Part II, 25 June 2003

 

KOSOVARS CALL FOR MEDIATED TALKS WITH SERBS... Kosova's Prime
Minister Bajram Rexhepi said in Prishtina on 24 June that both
Prishtina and Belgrade can benefit from a dialogue, adding, however,
that representatives of the United States and the EU must participate
in any talks between Kosova and Serbia, RFE/RL's South Slavic and
Albanian Languages Service reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 23 June
2003 and "RFE/RL Balkan Report," 13 and 20 June 2003). He said that
any such dialogue would require "a broad political and institutional
consensus" among Kosovars as a prerequisite. PM

...WHILE PRESEVO ALBANIANS WANT TO BE INCLUDED. Officials of the
three political parties representing ethnic Albanians in southern
Serbia agreed in Bujanovac on 24 June that they want to take part in
any Prishtina-Belgrade talks and will do so as part of the Kosovar
delegation, RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service
reported. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic said the three
parties' decision is "not serious" and cannot contribute to a
peaceful resolution of the crisis in southern Serbia. PM