Data e Publikimit: 10/09/2004
http://www.ballkan.com/ Berisha-Rugova: Pavarėsia, zgjidhja e vetme
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ATDHEU - 09/09/2004 - Kryetari i PLL Spahiu takon presidentin Ibrahim Rugova
Spahiu: PLL do tė vazhdojė tė kontribuojė nė maksimumin e saj pėr Pavarėsinė e Kosovės
Presidenti i Kosovės Dr. Ibrahim Rugova zhvilloi mė 9 shtator njė takim pune nė Rezidencėn e Familjes Mbretėrore me Mbretin Leka I-rė, ku tė pranishėm ishin Princi Leka, kryetari i PLL z.Ekrem Spahiu dhe deputetėt e Grupit parlamentar tė LZHK. Kryelegalisti Spahiu nė fjalėn e tij u shprehu mirėseardhjen z.Rugova dhe anėtarėve tė delegacionit qė e shoqėron, si dhe bėri vlerėsimet dhe urimet pėr vizionin e tij dhe qendrimin konsekuent pėr pavarėsimin e Kosovės. Spahiu theksoi se PLL ka qenė, ėshtė dhe do tė jetė e vendosur pėr t'i kontribuar Ēeshtjes kombėtare dhe nė veēanti pavarėsimit tė Kosovės.
"Ne kemi patur njė kosto jo tė vogėl politike pėr qėndrimet tona pėrsa u pėrket trojeve etnike, por megjithatė nuk mund tė pranojmė qė tė shkelen pafundėsisht tė drejtat e shqiptarėve, nė emėr tė stabilitetit tė kėtij rajoni", - u shpreh z.Spahiu. "Ne jemi tė bindur se, sa mė shpejt tė arrihet Pavarėsia e Kosovės, aq mė shumė do tė ndihmonte nė stabilitetin e rajonit".
Spahiu u ndal edhe nė zgjedhjet e ardhshme nė Kosovė. Ai tha se ato janė tė njė rėndėsie tė veēantė, si pėr shqiptarėt e Kosovės, ashtu edhe pėr ndėrkombėtarėt. "Realisht ne kemi se ē'mėsojmė nga Kosova pėrsa u pėrket zgjedhjeve, pasi zgjedhjet e zhvilluara deri tani nė Kosovė, si pėr pushtetin qendror edhe pėr atė vendor, kanė qenė brenda standardeve demokratike dhe tė pranuara nga tė gjitha palėt konkurruese", ėshtė shprehur z.Spahiu. "Madje, - i ka ndėrmendur z.Rugova se, - ju keni qenė mjaft bujar edhe me partitė e tjera, kur i keni bėrė thirrje popullit tė mos votojnė vetėm pėr LDK, por edhe pėr partitė e tjera". "Fatkeqėsisht, nė Shqipėri ngjet e kundėrta. Kėtu votat manipulohen dhe pėr rrjedhojė nuk dalin pushtete legjitime".
"Por nisma dhe drejtimi i LZHK nga vetė Mbreti Leka I, - ka thėnė Spahiu - ėshtė mirėpritur nga shumica e shqiptarėve, dhe na jep shpresė qė edhe nė Shqipėri, mbas zgjedhjeve parlamentare, tė kemi njė qeveri tė dalė si produkt i votės sė lirė".
Spahiu ka nėnvizuar se "kjo do tė ishte shumė e dobishme jo vetėm pėr Shqipėrinė, por edhe pėr Kosovėn e hapėsirėn tjetėr shqiptare". "Sepse sa mė i fortė tė jetė shteti shqiptar, aq mė me ndikim do tė jetė ky nė procesin e pavarėsimit tė Kosovės".
Z.Rugova nė fjalėt e tij ka shprehur vlerėsimet e qendrimeve politike tė Legalitetit, si brenda vendit edhe nė diasporė.
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Data e Publikimit: 09/09/2004 http://www.ballkan.com/
Lajme nga Speciale Rugova-Moisiu: Pa Kosovė ska Shqipėri Nga Tirana, kreu i Kosovės u bėn thirrje serbėve qė tė marrin pjesė nė zgjedhjet e tetorit |
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 172, Part II, 9 September 2004
IS A REFORMULATION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY ON KOSOVA IN THE OFFING?
Leading diplomats from the international Contact Group on Kosova --
which consists of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France,
Russia, and Italy -- will issue a policy declaration during the
upcoming session of the UN General Assembly, Munich's "Sueddeutsche
Zeitung" reported from Berlin on 9 September. The move comes in
response to increasing UN and Western criticism of the current
"standards before status" policy, which many feel has turned into a
dogma leading to frustration among Kosova's ethnic Albanian majority
and complacency or arrogance within the UN civilian administration in
Kosova (UNMIK). On 7 September, German Defense Minister Peter Struck
told his parliament's defense committee that the time has come to
move more quickly on resolving the status question, a view that has
gained strength in the United States, the United Kingdom, and among
some top-ranking UN diplomats in the wake of the 17-18 March violence
in Kosova. The "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" wrote on 9
September that Struck's comments reflect frustration in the Defense
Ministry and the military at being given a thankless task in Kosova
while the Foreign Ministry pursues allegedly ineffective and
unimaginative policies. PM
KOSOVA'S PRESIDENT STRESSES STABILIZING EFFECT OF INDEPENDENCE.
Speaking on a visit to Tirana on 8 September, Kosova's President
Ibrahim Rugova urged that Kosova become independent "as soon as
possible," dpa reported. "This would bring peace to this part of
Europe and the world," he said, adding that independence "would bring
peace to the Albanians in the Southeast European region." Rugova
noted that continuing delays in defining Kosova's final status
promote instability and play into the hands of unnamed "extremists"
among Serbs and ethnic Albanians alike (see "RFE/RL Balkan Report,"
19 December 2003 and 20 August 2004). PM
STIRRINGS OVER KOSOVA
By Patrick Moore
German Defense Minister Peter Struck told his parliament's
defense committee on 7 September that the time has come for the West
to reconsider its policy toward Kosova. He is not alone in his views.
Support has grown recently among some key UN Security Council
members -- such as the United States and Britain -- for accelerating
the handover of some authorities to ethnic Albanian-led institutions
in Kosova while maintaining pressure for key reforms. A recent report
by Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide to Secretary-General Kofi Annan and
several statements by Danish diplomat Soren Jessen-Petersen, who is
the new head of the UN's civilian administration in Kosova (UNMIK),
indicate that the UN is moving in a similar direction.
These are not the only signs that some changes in the
international community's policy toward Kosova might be in the
offing. Struck argued that the international community's "standards
before status" policy on Kosova "is not the only solution"
regarding
the final status of the province.
He did not elaborate but questioned the efficacy of several
aspects of current international policy in Kosova. He noted, for
example, that it takes much money and many troops to protect often
small and isolated settlements inhabited primarily by elderly members
of ethnic minorities. Struck suggested that the current "security
policy has failed," adding that time has come to consider
establishing "more consolidated" Serbian enclaves.
Struck also promised a "thorough investigation" into the role
of the German KFOR troops during the 17-18 March violence. German and
some other European KFOR troops have recently come in for heavy
criticism from nongovernmental organizations and the German military
for their performance during the March unrest.
The minister himself is no stranger to controversy, including
charges that he has not always done his homework. Against this
background, it is not clear whether Struck's statements on 7
September were carefully planned or not.
His latest remarks nonetheless appear striking because in
another part of Berlin from where Struck was speaking, Foreign
Minister Joschka Fischer was telling a gathering of Germany's
diplomats posted around the world that the current international
policy in Kosova is working.
The discrepancy was noted by the "Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung," as well as by German parliamentary deputy Rainer Stinner of
the opposition Free Democratic Party (FDP), which advocates making
Kosova a protectorate of the EU with the U.S. role limited to KFOR
peacekeeping. Addressing the parliament on 8 September, Stinner said
that Struck's remarks showed that at least one member of the
government recognizes that the current policy on Kosova is at a dead
end, and that time has come to develop new ideas. Stinner called on
the parliament to discuss the matter in a full session.
Only a few days before Struck spoke, former German General
Klaus Reinhardt was quoted by the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" on 2
September as saying that new policy options for Kosova must be
developed by the EU and the United States. He charged that too much
emphasis has been placed on the military aspects of the situation in
the province and on the "standards before status" formula. He
recommended that the West develop a new strategy for the region as a
whole, suggesting that the lack of a clear plan for the final status
of Kosova is a big part of the problem.
U.S. Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro Michael Polt told
regional media of 6 September that the United States agrees with
Norwegian diplomat Eide that more progress needs to be made toward
clarifying Kosova's final status. Polt stressed that "standards
before status" remains Washington's official policy, adding, however,
that policy should be linked to action and not to "slogans."
Daniel Serwer of the United States Institute of Peace has
also said that resolving the status issue is essential for improving
the overall situation in Kosova. Indeed, many Balkan experts have
long argued that failure to resolve the status question will only
fuel instability, and that the violence of 17-18 March 2004 was a
wakeup call for the international community to act.
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 172, Part II, 9 September 2004
FORMER MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY. Kiro Gligorov,
who was Macedonia's president when it declared independence from
Yugoslavia in 1991, said on 8 September in a speech marking the 13th
anniversary of the independence referendum that the country's
political leaders must preserve and protect national unity, MIA news
agency reported. "Regardless of how small, poor, and pressured it is,
Macedonia is our one and only fatherland. We do not have another
fatherland," Gligorov said. In a clear allusion to claims that
government plans to cut the number of administrative districts could
lead to a polarization of Macedonia along ethnic lines, Gligorov said
that citizens must not allow new divisions to arise because history
showed that every time Macedonia was divided it suffered defeats (see
"RFE/RL Newsline," 1 September and "RFE/RL Balkan Report,"
13 and 27
August and 3 September 2004). In his speech before political leaders,
former and current members of parliament, and foreign diplomats,
Gligorov said that foreign support is always welcome but added, "We
must show that we are a state and that we are able to make decisions
for a better future on our own." UB