What you expect ... all that countries which recognize kosovo are american poltroons ... nothing more, nothing less ....
Fresh from a visit to Kosovo, Kanerva said Kosovo is likely to declare independence very soon.
"So, in a way the moment has come," said Ilkka Kanerva.
Diplomats say the Kosovo is likely to declare independence as early as February 17. Kanerva told a gathering at Washington's Woodrow Wilson Center that the 27-nation European Union is set to approve sending to Kosovo a special mission to monitor the territory's supervised independence.
"That mission of approximately 1,000 people, working to create a civil society in Kosovo and promote the conditions and circumstances [of minorities] there," he said. "It is extremely important."
But the EU mission is denounced as illegal by Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica. He insists that only the United Nations has the authority to intervene in Kosovo, a de facto UN protectorate since 1999 when NATO bombing drove Serbian troops out of the province.
Russia, Serbia's ally, has blocked UN endorsement of an international plan for Kosovo's supervised independence. Kosovo is over 90 percent ethnic Albanian. Sixteen thousand NATO-led peacekeepers are in Kosovo.
Martin Sletzinger, the head of the Wilson Center's East European program, worries about Russia's capacity to cause trouble over Kosovo.
"I don't see how the Russians could physically stop the sending of the EU mission, but I think there are ways they can get European attention if they're unhappy, which would make some European Union countries at least think twice [about recognizing the new state]," said Martin Sletzinger.
Following independence, the European Union is to take over many of the administrative responsibilities currently vested in the United Nations. Kosovo's government is coordinating its independence declaration with both the United States and European Union. Most EU countries indicate they will quickly recognize Kosovo's independence, but Cyprus, Romania, Slovakia, Greece and Spain say they will wait and see.
Source: By VOA News
What you expect ... all that countries which recognize kosovo are american poltroons ... nothing more, nothing less ....
KOSOVA
It's about time to recognize the historical right of Kosova to have its destiny fulfilled-That is full independence. Kosova never was a Serbian province. It was there, since the times of birth of European civilization, a very distinct Dardanian/llyrian identity. Always populated by Dardanias who, although under constant pressure of forcefully migration by Tito's Yugoslavia & Milloshevic's Serbia, still make up 92% of the population. Serbs always have been a minority there. We know that Serbs appeared in Balkans (then llyria) only by the 6th Century AD. They have always been a minority and 'the story' of Kosova being the Heartland of Serbia is just a pure Serbian nationalist fantasy. Facts Speak Louder Than Words and Serbian’s Lies Will Collapse by Themselves. Serbs always have been considered as oppressors there, not just by Albanian majority, but also by other ethnic groups to. Serbs just occupied Kosova during the rise of the Serbian nationalism early 20th cent. from Ottomans, who by then were loosing the Balkans after 500 years of occupation. Now Kosova should be Free!