Blair warns Serbs to accept different vision for Kosovo

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6a3a1564-04b0-11db-8981-0000779e2340.html ^

[kronos77]

Serbia must accept a "different vision" for the future make-up of south-east Europe or face increasing isolation and diminishing prospects of closer relations with the European Union, Tony Blair, the UK prime minister, will tell Vojislav Kostunica, his Serbian counterpart, tomorrow --- Belgrade is under pressure from the UK, US and the UN administration in Kosovo to accept independence as the "least problematic solution".

However, Mr Kostunica faces formidable domestic pressure not to abandon Serbia's historical claims to the province, now dominated by ethnic Albanians. Belgrade continues to offer "the widest possible autonomy" without conceding sovereignty. --- Serbian state-run newspapers recently exposed internal UN plans for dealing with a "new Serb exodus" of 70,000 people from Kosovo in the event of independence. ---

[Bokababe]

Apparently, NJ just passed a bill telling Turkey to "respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate" (in Istanbul):

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp

This tells me that the American people are not on the same page with the US State Department or with the Euros in giving Turkey -- and Islam-- whatever it wants.

[Bokababe]

And Blair just got his answer: http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.315256236&par=0

[kronos77]

As Bokababe posted link:

London, 27 June (AKI) - Serbia will under no circumstances accept an imposed solution for the future of its breakaway southern province of Kosovo, premier Vojislav Kostunica told his British host, prime minister, Tony Blair, on Tuesday.

At least someone got b*lls to stand gaainst islamism.