Conflict in Priština negotiations team 19 May 2007 | 12:55 | Source: Beta *Priština -- Kosovo negotiation team meeting marred by verbal conflict between Seidiu and Suroi
* “Diverging attitudes between Kosovo President Fatmir Seidiu and reformist ORA party leader Veton Suroi resulted in a postponement of a long-expected decision on Kosovo state symbols”, reports Pristina daily Lajm. The daily writes that the conflict arose after an earlier argument over who would participate at the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Islamabad that took place from May 15 to 17. The summit in Islamabad accepted a proposal by Albania, a member of the Islamic Conference, to adopt a resolution that would support the plan of special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on supervised independence for Kosovo. The Kosovo team for negotiations initially did not plan to send their delegate, but then Kosovo President and leader of the negotiations team Fatmir Seidiu demanded Suroi went to the conference. Suroi rejected this, explaining that decisions such as these should be made by the team for negotiations with the consent of all of its members, not just the chairman of the team. * <http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=41286>** <http://www.b92.net/eng/news/your_comment.php?nav_id=41286>*
