Kosovo council dissatisfied

Beta news agency, Belgrade, July 29, 2005 21:56

BELGRADE -- Friday - The Serbian government's Kosovo Council had adopted a document entitled "Standards for Kosovo - an evaluation of the level of implementation."

In a discussion held regarding the document, which was prepared by the Kosovo Coordination Center, many concrete facts where stated which confirm that the standards in Kosovo are still very far from fulfilled, especially when looking at basic human rights for non-Albanian communities and the creation of multi-ethnic environments, the government states.

The Kosovo Council also went over the initiative of Kosovo governor Soeren Jessen-Petersen, specifically the parts which discuss his pilot project for decentralization, which the council believes the Serbian community in Kosovo cannot accept. The council feels that this proposal does not give the Kosovo Serbs any minimal guarantees for bettering the position of the Serbian community; not even on the local level.