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INDONESIAN NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY ANTARA

RI STILL STUDYING UN RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO'S FINAL STATUS

Released : Monday, June 25, 2007 1:38 AM

from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, June 22 (ANTARA) -
The Indonesian government is still looking into and studying a UN draft
resolution proposed by the United States and Europe on the final status of
Kosovo, International Security Director of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry,
Desra Percaya said here on Friday

"Indonesia's latest position on Kosovo's status is that it is still looking
into and studying (the case) because we are still seeking various contacts
and holding negotiations on the new proposal in Jakarta and New York," he
said

Desra Percaya said Indonesia hoped the final status of Kosovo would be
determined based on international law and the principles of the United
Nations Charter

He said there were two new draft resolutions proposed by several countries
which contained at least two things different from the contents of the
previous draft

The first difference, he said, was that Pristna and Beograd were given a
two-month deadline to conduct direct negotiations

"The second one is that a new reference was contained on a special principle
or uniqueness of the Kosovo case," he said

Percaya said to some extent there was truth in the special principle

"There should be no force in deciding the final status of Kosovo, and we
suggested it should be decided through peaceful means," he said

On Wednesday, the United States and Europe released a new UN draft
resolution which recommended a four-month moratorium before designing a plan
for the independence of the province of Kosovo, Serbia

But Russia which has veto right in the UN Security Council, still rejected
independence for Kosovo, while its ally, Serbia, agreed to accept it

If after 20 days the talks prove to have failed, the resolution would
automatically call for the implementation of an independence scheme made by
UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, except if the UN Security Council decided
otherwise after carrying out an evaluation

Kosovo has been under UN administration for almost eight years. If Russia
rejected the plan, the West must decide whether it would be continued or not




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