Ahtisaari's proposal unacceptable, Bishop Artemije
BRUSSELS, Feb 2 (Tanjug) - Bishop of Raska ad Prizren Artemije said
in Brussels on Friday, shortly after his talks with European Union (EU)
special envoy for Kosovo status Stefan Lehne, that the proposal of (UN
special envoy) Martti Ahtisaari was unacceptable for Serbs and Serbia
because it viewed Kosovo as being separate from Serbia.
We find as completely unacceptable any solution which leads towards
Kosovo's disintegration from Serbia, and we shall never acknowledge it,
Bishop Artemije said at the Headquarters of the European Union Council.
Lehne informed Bishop Artemije of the details of Ahtisaari's plan,
at a meeting which was attended by analysts of the Brussels Institute 4S and
the American Council for Kosovo, and pointed to the fact that the proposal
was yet to be debated on.
Bishop Artemije called on the EU to make a pressure on Kosovo
Albanians in the talks to follow, so as to make it clear to them that
independence was not the sole option for Kosovo's futue status.
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