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Book by ex US Ambassador in Serbia: Dealing with Nebojsa Covic was challenging Igor Spaić 2–3 minutes _____ The former American ambassador to Serbia, William Montgomery, wrote in his book "When the applause dies down - Memories of the last American ambassador to Yugoslavia" (2016) that dealing with Serbia’s ex Deputy Minister Nebojsa Covic regarding the release of 150 Albanian prisoners from Serbian custody represented a challenge for the international community. As Kosovo Online reported, Montgomery, who served the post from 2001 to 2004, wrote that Covic did show that he is capable of moderate the behavior of extremist Kosovo Serbs if he wants to. After difficult negotiations and balancing on the edge of the possible with Daniel Everst, the head of the OSCE observation mission in the elections in Kosovo, and the UN high representative Hans Heckerup, the Serbian government agreed to encourage Kosovo Serbs to vote in the parliamentary elections scheduled for November 2001. in the memories of Montgomery. “After difficult negotiations and balancing on the edge of the possible with Daniel Everst, head of the OSCE Kosovo election observation mission, and UN High Representative Hans Haekkerup, the Serbian government agreed to encourage Kosovo Serbs to vote in parliamentary elections scheduled for November 2001,” he wrote. He noted that UN High Representative Haekkerup suddenly resigned at the beginning of January 2002, and that he was replaced by Michael Steiner. “From the point of view of the Serbs, the appointment of Steiner became a real disaster. From the very beginning of his mandate, he refused to establish any kind of business cooperation with Covic. He unilaterally canceled the agreement reached by Covic and Haekkerup, which encouraged the Serbian government to encourage Kosovo Serbs to vote in the 2001 elections,” Montgomery wrote. -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/00d101d9653d%2465de53e0%24319afba0%24%40gmail.com.
