Kosovo: Pristina representation, first disputes on EU deal
Kosovo and Serbia delegations walk out of conferences
A pedestrian walks near the graffiti reading 'Kosova Republic' in Pristina
Saturday, 17 March 2012
(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE - The first disputes surrounding Kosovo's representation at regional meetings, which was agreed in Brussels recently as part of talks between Belgrade and Pristina, have been registered in two different conferences today. The B92 television station reported that a Kosovan delegation walked out of a conference in Belgrade, the first of its kind, on cooperation of civil society in the Western Balkans and in Turkey, amid disagreement with some of the details of the agreement reached in Brussels. On the basis of the deal, Pristina's representatives can take part in regional meetings and forums using a card reading "Kosovo" with the addition of an asterisk, which refers to a note below. The note says that "Kosovo" in no way alludes to Kosovo's status and that the term is in line with the UN Security Council's resolution 1244 and with the opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo's declaration of independence. Representatives from the EU and the United Kingdom, who were attending the conference in Belgrade, attempted in vain to convince the Kosovan delegation to stay.
The Beta agency reports that the Serbian delegation attending another regional conference in Sarajevo walked out in protest at the way in which the Brussels deal on Kosovo's representation has been implemented. Serbia's Foreign Minister, who was quoted by B92, said that Belgrade's representatives had left the meeting in the Bosnian capital because Kosovo was not represented with the agreed footnote below the "Kosovo" label .
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