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OSCE to be Involved in Processes On-going in Kosovo – Chairman-in-office

Politics Materials 22 February 2008 17:29 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 22 February / Trend corr E. Huseynov / OSCE intends to get involved in the processes on-going in the Kosovo.

"I believe that OSCE should operate in Kosovo for protection of the rights of all communities," the OSCE Chairman-in-office Ilkka Kanerva said to Trend vie e-mail, on 22 February.

Since 1999, Kosovo region, which is formally a part of Serbia, has been controlled by the UN. On 17 Feb, the Parliament of Kosovo unanimously ratified the declaration on its independence. Some 30 countries, including the EU, USA, Germany, France, recognized Kosovo's independence. Belgrade described the declaration invalid and called on the international community to cancel it, as it contradicts with the international law. Russia stated that it is not going to recognize Kosovo's self-proclaimed independence. Moreover, Russian insists on an annulment of the decision of independence.

According to Kanerva, Kosovo's population and the other developing institutions need OSCE.

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