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Kosovo leaders running out of patience 7 July 2007 | 12:31 | Source: Beta *PRIŠTINA -- Priština negotiating team launched a diplomatic offensive aimed it setting a deadline for Kosovo’s status settlement. * Priština daily Koha Ditore quoted officials in Priština that spoke on condition of anonymity as saying that Kosovo leaders will make it clear that their patience was wearing thin. “They will insist on defining Kosovo’s status with a new UN resolution, and otherwise suggest the optimum deadline they are willing to accept,” the daily wrote. Kosovo president Fatmir Sejdiu and Democratic Party of Kosovo leader Hashim Thaci met Friday in Brussels with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, while prime minister Agim Ceku and ORA Reformist Party president Veton Suroi are currently attending the Croatia Summit 2007 in Dubrovnik Ceku and Suroi are expected to hold talks with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried. Sejdiu and Ceku would soon also meet with EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, where Solana should officially present them with the probable concept for new round of talks with Serbia that would likely take place in Brussels. “If Ahtisaari’s plan failed, or if any change of the document is called for, we will demand an international conference for redefining state borders in the Blakans,” Koha quoted its sources. The daily also writes that Kosovo leaders would present their goals and strategy in written form next week, after consulting with the U.S., Great Britain, France and Italy.
