The New York Times December 3, 2005 Saturday
Editorial/Letters
The Future of Kosovo
To the Editor:
Re ''In Meeting With Rival Factions, U.N. Envoy Paves Way for Kosovo
Talks'
' (news article, Nov. 26):
Recognition of Kosovar independence would only reward Albanian terrorism in
that region and encourage an independent Kosovo to pursue the annexation of
western Macedonia and areas in the Presevo valley in Serbia where there are
Albanian majorities.
It would also encourage separatist movements in other parts of Europe,
including Montenegro.
If Kosovo is allowed to be independent, then why not Republika Srpska, and
why not the Croatian-controlled region of western Bosnia? And why shouldn't
Bosnia have some of the Adriatic coast that belongs almost exclusively to
Croatia? And on and on, ad infinitum.
If Kosovo is not to be partitioned, then it must be autonomous within
Serbia.
Phillip Corwin
New York, Nov. 26, 2005
The writer is a former official in the United Nations' department of
peacekeeping operations.
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