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03OTTAWA1538	CANADA: SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE/IDP RETURNS TO KOSOVO [...] (U) Post delivered points contained ref A to Claudie Senay, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on May 19. 2. (U) In a follow-up discussion May 29, Senay said that Canada recognizes the importance [...]	2003-05-29 20:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA UNMIK

04AMMAN6211	UNMIK: JORDAN AWAITS INVESTIGATION RESULTS, [...] (C) Charge discussed the status of Jordanian police units in Kosovo July 22 with Samir Rifai, Minister of the Royal Court to King Abdullah. Charge expressed serious USG concern over the apparent pattern of improper and violent behavior of Jordanian police personnel in UNMIK. Even if the UN [...]	2004-07-22 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN6360	JORDANIAN REPLACEMENT OFFICERS EN ROUTE TO KOSOVO, [...] (C) Public Security Directorate (PSD) Chief Tahseen Shurdom told Charge on July 26 that four Jordanian officers are en route to Kosovo to replace the four that are currently subject of an internal UNMIK investigation for threatening U.S. soldiers in June. Shurdom said that he understood the [...]	2004-07-27 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN7405	JORDANIAN CIVPOL PROBLEMS IN KOSOVO: POSITIVE GOJ [...] (C) Charge shared reftel points with Foreign Minister Muasher on September 7, emphasizing our expectations for improved leadership, management, and the proper vetting of Jordanian officers participating in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Charge also highlighted the request for periodic [...]	2004-09-07 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI JO UNMIK
04AMMAN8858	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO CIVPOL: ROTATION [...] (U) Post received October 14 a letter (text faxed to NEA on 10/14 and provided below) from the head of Jordan,s Public Security Directorate (PSD),General Tahseen Shurdom. It provides the steps taken by the PSD in response to our request (ref). The PSD later informed post that it had replaced [...]	2004-10-27 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV YI JO UN UNMIK
04VATICAN1989	SERB AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO, ISLAM [...] (SBU) DARKO TANASKOVIC, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (SAM) AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE, PASSED THE AMBASSADOR MAY 19 SAM'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON KOSOVO (REF A) AND IMPRESSED UPON HIM HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SERBIAN MINORITY IN THE PROVINCE. TANASKOVIC DESCRIBED A GROWING EXTREMISM AMONG [...]	2004-05-21 13:11:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF MW PREL SOCI SR VT YI UNMIK
06ATHENS2251	KOSOVO: GREEK MFA ON STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with the director of the MFA's Balkans unit, Ambassador Michael Christides, on August 29 to review ref a points on the Kosovo status negotiations. Christides -- who will meet with DAS DiCarlo in Washington the week of September 4 -- favored a "transition period" in orde [...]	2006-08-30 10:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU GR
06BELGADE856	KOSOVO: ELGRADE PRESENTS NEGOTIATING PLATFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 13:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	REL PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI SR
06BELGRADE1813	SERBIA'S ELECTRICITY OFFER TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Working Group on Energy Cooperation met in Belgrade on October 26. As a result of the meeting, Serbia sent a formal proposal of an electricity donation for Kosovo on October 27 to Jolly Dixon, Chairman of the Working Group. The offer, considered to be a donation to avert a potential [...]	2006-11-03 14:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SR YI UNMIK
06BELGRADE522	SERBIAN POWER STILL A TURNOFF FOR KOSOVO [...] (U) Econoffs met with Assistant Minister of Energy Aleksandar Vlajcic and Head of the International Cooperation Unit Miroslav Kukobat at the Ministry of Energy on March 1 to discuss the recent energy crisis in Kosovo and the problems associated with Serbia's offer to export electricity. explai [...]	2006-04-03 10:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SR MW YI UNMIK
06BELGRADE856	KOSOVO: BELGRADE PRESENTS NEGOTIATING PLATFORM [...] (U) Summary and Recommendation: As expected, on May 30 senior negotiators Leon Kojen and Slobodan Samardzic presented the GOS' "Platform on the Future Status of Kosovo and Metohija" to COM/DCMs of the Contact Group missions in Belgrade. The platform defines the GOS' position on status of "mor [...]	2006-05-30 13:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI SR
06BRUSSELS2961	UPDATED BRIEFING ON KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Poloff met with Thomas Antoine, MFA Director for the Balkans, to provide an updated briefing on Kosovo status negotiations (reftel). Antoine expressed pessimism that a negotiated solution would be reached in 2006 while agreeing that every effort should be made to reach a settlement this [...]	2006-08-31 14:33:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU BE
06HELSINKI847	FINLAND RESPONSE TO UPDATED BRIEFING ON KOSOVO [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Balkans Director Juha Ottman Aug. 23. Because of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari's status as special envoy, the Finns tend to be very well briefed on Kosovo developments; nonetheless Ottman welcomed the US initiative to share o [...]	2006-08-23 15:01:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FI
06KIEV2068	UKRAINE/GUAM: U.S.-GUAM BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. delegation of EUR DAS Kramer and Vice-Presidential Deputy National Security Adviser Wood met with GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) representatives May 22. GUAM representatives favorably noted strong U.S.-GUAM past and present cooperation. Kramer congratulat [...]	2006-05-30 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG
06KIEV3532	UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL WORRIES THAT KOSOVO [...] (C) Polcouns updated MFA Acting Director General for Political Affairs Olexander Tsvietkov September 12 on the situation with respect to Kosovo, drawing on information from ref b. Knowing that the situation in Kosovo was to be discussed, Tsvietkov presented us with a non-paper, text in para 4 [...]	2006-09-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP
06KIEV382	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]	2006-01-30 15:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06LJUBLJANA565	SLOVENIA COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Slovenia (GOS) supports the goals of a negotiated settlement, though it is somewhat pessimistic that current negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo will achieve a final solution by the end of 2006. The GOS also has concerns about a possible destabilizing effect o [...]	2006-09-01 13:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK SI YI EU
06MOSCOW10438	RUSSIA AND KOSOVO: THE POLITICS OF DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia will seek to delay the conclusion of the Kosovo status process beyond year's end, arguing that a negotiated settlement will be more enduring than one forced on Serbia. The GOR does not like UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's draft status recommendations and might balk at agre [...]	2006-09-19 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW12819	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN POSITION ON UNSC VETO HARDENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late-November meetings in Moscow, Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku failed to get assurances that Russia would not use its veto when the Security Council takes up the status issue early next year. Russian officials have signaled that they might ultimately deploy a veto to block a UN [...]	2006-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEV UNMIK SR YI RS
06PARIS7086	SERBIA PUSHING FRANCE TO REOPEN SAA NEGOTIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: (S) Serbian Senior Presidential Advisor Vuk Jeremic held talks in Paris at the MFA and French Presidency on October 25-26 to push for a reopening of EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) negotiations with Serbia, lay out President Tadic,s vision for elections, and plead for [...]	2006-10-27 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI FR
06PRAGUE1053	CZECHS SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO, EU [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs agree with the U.S. position on Kosovo and Serbia on every material point. While the Czechs support the status talks, they are pessimistic about the outcome: Serbs will never willingly agree to an independent Kosovo. Czech MFA officials plan a visit to the Balkans the w [...]	2006-08-30 12:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU EZ
06PRISTINA1052	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERBS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Croatian MP Dr. Milorad Pupovac is discretely working at the behest of Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku to organize an all-Kosovo Serb Congress to unify Kosovo Serbs and help them better represent themselves. Kosovo Serbs are skeptical about this endeavor, and key leaders are spl [...]	2006-12-09 12:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1054	KOSOVO: ARMED MASKED MEN REAPPEAR IN WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Repeating a pattern we saw last year, armed masked men have sporadically reappeared on the roads of western Kosovo, illegally stopping people and conducting vehicle checkpoints. In 2005, these incidents began as supposed "political statements" but quickly turned into opportuniti [...]	2006-12-09 12:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM KJUS ASEC UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1057	KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INSCR report. 2. (U) Summary. Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but i [...]	2006-12-11 10:06:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1059	KOSOVO: LDK CONVENTION GIVES SEJDIU NARROW VICORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party elected Kosovo President Sejdiu as party president over former Speaker Nexhat Daci in an orderly vote at a December 9 party convention. But when Sejdiu presented his list of candidates for the party's powerful General Council, Dac [...]	2006-12-11 11:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1063	KOSOVO: DAS DICARLO AND EU COLLEAGUES REASSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and her European colleagues reassured Kosovo Albanians on status process timing and told Kosovo Serbs that Ahtisaari,s proposal will take into account their concerns. In private meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Ceku, Kosovo Assembly president B [...]	2006-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1064	KOSOVO: RAIL LINE CONNECTING SOUTHERN SERB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) and local media reported an explosion on a railroad bridge near the town of Vushtrri on a line that serves Kosovo's Serb community. The explosion damaged tracks and temporarily disrupted rail service, but no injuries were reported. A train carrying [...]	2006-12-12 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PTER UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1071	KOSOVO: COM DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COM used the inauguration of a USAID-funded school renovation project in Serb-majority north Mitrovica to underscore the U.S. commitment to the continued presence of a vibrant Serb community in Kosovo, with full legal rights and special protections for its cultural and religio [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV SOCI PREL UNMIK YI PHUM
06PRISTINA1072	KOSOVO: GORANI EDUCATION DISAGREEMENT ILLUSTRATES [...] (SBU) A long-simmering disagreement between Gorani leaders, Kosovar education officials, and Belgrade's Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK) highlights the complex situation of the Gorani, a Muslim minority who live in the southern part of Dragas municipality and speak a dialect o [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA1074	KOSOVO: TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK does not keep a list of terrorist organizations. Terrorist designations must be done through Administrative Directives issued by the Special Representative of t [...]	2006-12-15 15:24:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1075	KOSOVO: ACHIEVING CONSENSUS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo will hold central and local elections next fall under a new post-status electoral system. Results of our initial canvassing of Kosovo's political parties, elections experts and public opinion polling reveal a general consensus on the need for open lists, retention of a gen [...]	2006-12-15 17:35:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV EAID UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1087	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONSOLIDATES HOLD OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of its raucous convention ten days earlier, the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) General Council met on December 19 and swiftly (and peacefully) elected its 25-member party presidency. The body is comprised of solid supporters of President Fatmir Sejdiu, in [...]	2006-12-19 17:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1088	KOSOVO: 2006 ANNUAL TERRORISM UPDATE [...] (U) The following submission provides Post's contribution to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006." BEGIN REPORT 2. (U) The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) continues to administer Kosovo pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, and K [...]	2006-12-20 09:01:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1091	KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS: OMPF REQUESTS USG FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) has asked the USG to pay the salaries up to three forensic specialists to assist with ongoing exhumations, autopsies and identifications of war victims. OMPF is very concerned about the lack of local capacity to carry out [...]	2006-12-20 16:10:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK SOCI
06PRISTINA1095	KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS BEGIN IN EARNEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a slow start, the five working groups on transition meeting since late November and bringing together representatives of UNMIK, the preparation team for the post-status International Civilian Office, U.S. representatives, and the Kosovo government have picked up their pace. [...]	2006-12-22 12:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1096	KOSOVO: WORKING GROUP ON PUBLIC OUTREACH HOLDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOP called and hosted the organizing meeting of a new Working Group on Public Outreach, created under the ICO/UNMIK/U.S./PISG transitional framework now in place. (Note: Progress on overall transition efforts are reported septel.) Representatives from the Unity Team, govern [...]	2006-12-22 13:06:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1099	KOSOVO: NEW MISSING PERSONS COMMISSION NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Government's new missing persons commission met for the first time on December 13 to discuss its composition and competencies. While the establishment of the commission is a positive step on a political level, the government is currently unprepared to take on the h [...]	2006-12-22 17:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
06PRISTINA1100	KOSOVO: PISG CLOSER TO COMPLETING REMAINING CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are very close to finishing the five remaining priorities for Standards implementation tasked by the Contact Group (CG) in June 2006. Two more standards -- reconstruction of the Serb village of Svinjare in south Mitrovi [...]	2006-12-22 17:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1117	KOSOVO ASHKALI LEADERS THREATEN TO WITHDRAW FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Pristina District Court sentenced Kosovo MP and President of the Ashkali Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDAK) Sabit Rrahmani to five months in prison for fraud. Fellow PDAK party leaders do not deny the charges, but told us that Ashkali are being targeted for prosecution, an [...]	2006-12-28 13:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
06PRISTINA1118	KOSOVO: UN SAYS KPC AND KPS WILL REMOVE ILLEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PD/SRSG Schook told us on December 28 that the illegal construction within the Decani Monastery's Special Zoning Area (SZA) will be taken down in a joint KPS/KPC operation within the next 36 hours. Fr. Sava, a moderate Orthodox monk who resides at the monastery, had sought our h [...]	2006-12-28 14:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
06PRISTINA1121	KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON BORDER [...] (U) The following is a joint cable from U.S. Office Pristina and Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) SUMMARY: When Macedonian FM Milososki visited Kosovo on November 23, he reiterated the GoM's position calling for inclusion of the demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border in the UNSCR on Kosovo's fin [...]	2006-12-29 08:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS INR UNMIK YI KTIA
06PRISTINA211	AHTISAARI'S KOSOVO VISIT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The second visit to Kosovo of Martti Ahtisaari, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Talks, focused on creating an improved political situation for Kosovo's minority populations. He demanded progress on property rights, prosecution of crimes against Kosovo Serbs, and concre [...]	2006-03-10 09:54:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA216	KOSOVO: AGIM CEKU APPROVED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER; [...] (U) The Kosovo Assembly approved outgoing Kosovo Protection Corps commander General Agim Ceku as Kosovo's new Prime Minister and his slate of ministers with 65 votes in favor; 33 opposed and 5 abstentions. The vote followed along party lines with coalition members Democratic League of Kosovo [...]	2006-03-10 17:21:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA218	KOSOVO: AGIM CEKU APPROVED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER; [...] (U) The Kosovo Assembly approved outgoing Kosovo Protection Corps commander General Agim Ceku as Kosovo's new Prime Minister and his slate of ministers with 65 votes in favor; 33 opposed and 5 abstentions. The vote followed along party lines with coalition members Democratic League of Kosovo [...]	2006-03-10 17:21:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA219	LAST CHANCE FOR UN TO FIX KOSOVO TELECOM MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK has long ruled out any reconsideration of its October 2004 annulment, on grounds of serious procedural irregularity, of the award of Kosovo's second mobile phone operating license to the Mobikos consortium. The outgoing government of Bajram Kosumi has defiantly insisted on [...]	2006-03-10 19:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ETRD PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA229	KOSOVO: CEKU OFF TO GOOD START IN HIS FIRST DAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his acceptance speech on March 10 and interviews over his first weekend as prime minister, former Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) commander General Agim Ceku stressed Kosovo's future as a multiethnic state, but affirmed there can be no solution for Kosovo other than independence [...]	2006-03-14 16:34:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA232	SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 24 VISIT OF CODEL VOINOVICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo has a new, stronger government, and is starting to get serious about the compromises needed to ensure that status negotiations result in the independence they so desire. The Kosovo Albanian negotiating team has made a well-received proposal on decentralization, but need [...]	2006-03-15 18:19:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA240	KOSOVO'S NON-SERB MINORITIES LOOKING FOR MORE CLOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo's non-Serb minorities are trying to increase their role in the new Kosovo government and solidify their participation on Kosovo's delegation to status negotiations. Non-Serb minorities currently control the health ministry, fill a rotating seat in the Assembly Presidenc [...]	2006-03-16 16:10:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA242	NEW KOSOVO PRIME MINISTER ROARS OUT OF THE GATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In two meetings this week, COM found new Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku already deeply immersed in policy and quickly getting up to speed on economic issues that demand rapid resolution. He has gained the attention of his cabinet by announcing that the tenures of all ministers will [...]	2006-03-17 13:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA256	KOSOVO: RECOMMENDATION ON TREATMENT OF ROMA LEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. International community stakeholders have decided that Roma victims of lead poisoning can be safely treated at Osterode, UNMIK's temporary relocation facility. Notwithstanding the insistence of Roma leaders that their constituents will accept relocation only to their old Mitrov [...]	2006-03-21 18:12:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA259	KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS TO TAKE ON GREATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their March 12-15 visit to Kosovo, Department representatives agreed to provide up to USD 110,000 in funding through the Slovene International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim's Assistance (ITF) for badly-needed replacement equipment for the Kosovo Protection Corp [...]	2006-03-22 16:22:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL EAID PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA265	KOSOVO: PROGRESS NEEDED ON MISSING PERSONS CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Pristina and Belgrade delegations at the March 9 meeting of the working group on missing persons agreed that progress on the identification and return of remains from the 1999 conflict is too slow. Kosovo's delegation demanded the immediate return of the 180 remaining bodi [...]	2006-03-24 10:05:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA274	KOSOVO: POLICE TRYING TO CURB INTERETHNIC VANDALISM [...] (U) Since March 2004 no ethnic Serbs have returned to live in Zhiti/Zitinje, a village in multi-ethnic Viti/Vitina municipality in southeastern Kosovo. In September 2005 Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government completed the reconstruction of 33 houses in Zhiti/Zininje, 29 for eth [...]	2006-03-28 15:27:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA280	KOSOVO: SLOW GOING ON TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the fourth meeting of the stakeholders, UNMIK is in no hurry to transfer competency to the Kosovo government for law enforcement and the European Union is even less anxious to assume UNMIK's oversight role. Since the meeting, the PISG has named ministers of internal [...]	2006-03-29 13:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA285	KOSOVO PRESIDENT SEJDIU REACHES OUT TO MINORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Fatmir Sejdiu visited Dragas/Dragash and Orahovac/Rahovec municipalities and discussed (in Serbian) standards implementation, freedom of movement, inter-ethnic relations and economic development in public meetings with minorities. He plans to make more outreach trip [...]	2006-03-30 14:22:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA290	KOSOVO SERB PUBLIC SERVANTS FORCED TO CHOOSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 21, Belgrade-based chief of the Kosovo Coordination Center (CCK) Sanda Raskovic-Ivic told public sector Kosovo Serbs that Serbia will no longer pay salaries to employees who also receive salaries from Pristina. Many Kosovo Serbs believe that if they choose Pristina, [...]	2006-03-31 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA299	KOSOVO STANDARDS DELIVERABLE: PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG) have created the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) as a quasi-judicial forum for resolution of private real estate disputes. The KPA will replace the Housing and Property Directorate (HPD),the independent agency that [...]	2006-04-04 15:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA302	NEW KOSOVO GOVERNMENT PUSHES STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku has produced a 91 item "to do" list for the next three months on standards implementation. UNMIK's Office of the Strategy Coordinator has drafted a complementary list of 25 standards-related action items and tasked the Provisional Institutio [...]	2006-04-05 17:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA308	KOSOVO: STAKES HIGH AS LDK CHOOSES NEW LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The next president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (LDK) could reconfigure the government, the Assembly leadership, and a good part of the makeup of Kosovo's final status negotiating team. With the passing of Ibrahim Rugova, the LDK leadership has no organizational center and [...]	2006-04-07 17:19:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA310	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 14-15 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Coming on the heels of the April 6-7 visit of the Contact Group and the April 3 Vienna meeting on decentralization, Ambassador Wisner's April 14-15 visit presents an opportunity to push Kosovo Albanian leaders to come to closure on some decentralization issues (municipal partnersh [...]	2006-04-10 10:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA333	VISIT OF SENATOR VOINOVICH TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In meetings with Prime Minister Agim Ceku and President Fatmir Sejdiu during his March 24 visit to Kosovo, Senator George Voinovich urged the new leaders to reach out to Kosovo Serbs and to show them and leaders in Belgrade that Kosovo's government is serious about creating a K [...]	2006-04-19 15:23:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA335	KOSOVO: A UNIFIED CONTACT GROUP PRESSES STANDARDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Contact Group (CG) visited Kosovo April 6-7 to highlight CG unity and deliver a focused message about the importance of the standards and elements of an eventual future status settlement; by prior agreement, the CG did not address the status outcome itself. [...]	2006-04-20 14:13:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA336	AMBASSADOR WISNER URGES KOSOVARS TO BEAR DOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 14-16 visit to Kosovo, U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner congratulated the revamped Kosovo Albanian leadership team for its serious engagement in the Vienna final status process and for its outreach to the Kosovo Serb community. He urged the team to build [...]	2006-04-20 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA338	UNMIK FACILITATES OUTREACH TO NORTH KOSOVO SERBS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19 UNMIK hosted the first meeting of the Mitrovica Focus Group to encourage engagement between northern Kosovo Serb leaders and the international community. The regional CCK representative, the mayors of the three northern Serb-majority municipalities and the UNMIK adv [...]	2006-04-21 13:42:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA339	KOSOVO ROMA MOVE TO LEAD-SAFE RELOCATION FACILITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over 290 Roma from two lead-contaminated refugee camps in north Mitrovica have moved to the Osterode temporary relocation facility. All involved agree that a convalescence center to treat Roma with lead poisoning will be built there. The World Health Organization (WHO) has d [...]	2006-04-21 14:46:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA352	KOSOVO PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONTINUES MINORITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the first ever visit by a Kosovo President to Decani Monastery, President Fatmir Sejdiu toured the grounds and church on Orthodox Easter Sunday, and then discussed the protection of Kosovo's Serbian Orthodox heritage sites with Bishop Teodosije in Serbian. Other visitors in [...]	2006-04-26 13:08:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA363	KOSOVO: CEKU LAYS OUT STANDARDS PROGRAM TO AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an address to the Kosovo Assembly, Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku laid out the government's progress on standards implementation. The opposition vociferously accused the government of non-fulfillment of standards and accused the government of endemic corruption. Still indi [...]	2006-04-28 14:13:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA364	UNMIK LOOKING FOR ELUSIVE CONSENSUS ON MUNICIPAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SRSG and the OSCE head of office hosted an April 27 meeting of Kosovo political party representatives and interested international parties, including COM, to discuss whether Kosovo's municipal elections should take place in October 2006 as scheduled. Most political party p [...]	2006-04-28 14:13:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA365	BERISHA LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT BALANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first several weeks as president of Kosovo's Assembly, Kole Berisha has made great progress in making it more fiscally and procedurally democratic and less autocratic. Berisha has taken public steps to distance himself from the questionable fiscal practices and domineeri [...]	2006-04-28 14:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA366	CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) COM delivered reftel points to Contact Group (CG) heads of Pristina missions on April 28. COM's CG counterparts had been similarly instructed by their capitals. The group agreed to coordinate action with UNMIK as soon as possible following SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen's return to Kosovo [...]	2006-04-28 16:10:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA384	KOSOVO SERB POLITICIANS VIE FOR POWER IN PRISTINA; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After several tumultuous months, the Serbian Democratic Party -- the only Kosovo Serb party actively participating in the Kosovo government -- held an extraordinary party assembly on April 29 and re-elected Slavisa Petkovic as party president over the protests of a strong mino [...]	2006-05-05 16:38:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCRM PINR UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA392	KOSOVO'S DRAFT LAW ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM STILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Drafted by Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi's government in 2004, Kosovo's draft law on religious freedom remains a point of contention between the government and religious communities in Kosovo. Kosovo's Islamic Community opposes the internationally approved draft because it arg [...]	2006-05-09 16:52:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA410	BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES: KOSOVO PAST AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) removed Nexhat Daci as Kosovo Assembly president on March 10, 2006, and replaced him with Kole Berisha. Both will visit the United States in the coming week. Their diametrically-opposed leadership styles engender continued criticism for Da [...]	2006-05-12 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA421	KOSOVO: UNMIK ISSUES GENERALLY FAVORABLE TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK's latest formal assessment of Kosovo Government efforts to implement the Standards for Kosovo program, covering the period ending April 30, is generally favorable. The report lauds the quick initial engagement of Kosovo's new government on Standards which will provide a ba [...]	2006-05-16 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA426	KOSOVO: FINAL THREE PERCENT OF MARCH 2004 [...] (SBU) Most reconstruction of homes damaged in the March 2004 violence has long since been completed, albeit with some complaints about the quality of construction and frictions about the terms of reconstruction of outbuildings. Most of what has not been rebuilt is in the historic center of [...]	2006-05-18 15:32:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI PREF
06PRISTINA427	KOSOVO: NON-SERB MINORITIES AMBIVALENT ABOUT [...] (SBU) Kosovo's non-Serb minority leaders are glad to be involved in the status negotiations in Vienna and generally pleased with the work of the Communities Consultative Council, but are concerned about what they see as Belgrade's efforts to manipulate non-Serb minority issues for its own adv [...]	2006-05-18 15:55:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA439	KOSOVO: COM WARNS AAK AND PDK ON INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Chief of Mission passed the messages contained in reftels separately to Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) president Ramush Haradinaj and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) president Hashim Thaci on May 18. Haradinaj said that he had not heard of the presence of any Kosovo Albanian pol [...]	2006-05-19 17:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA448	RELATIONS BETWEEN DECANI MONASTERY AND LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the month since SRSG Jessen-Petersen extended the controversial protection zone around Decani Monastery, relations between the Monastery and the local Kosovo Albanian community have improved. KFOR has removed the fixed checkpoint outside the monastery and replaced it with [...]	2006-05-24 15:10:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA449	KOSOVO: CHANGES IN HARADINAJ'S POLITICAL PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ramush Haradinaj was handily re-elected president of the party he founded, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),during the party's May 20 convention. Other prominent AAK members lost votes as compared with their standing at the party's last convention in 2004, namely M [...]	2006-05-24 16:18:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA450	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 26 VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new Kosovo government, formed in March after the death of President Ibrahim Rugova in January, is focused on status negotiations, implementation of the "Standards for Kosovo" program, and the transfer of governing competencies as UNMIK winds down its presence in Kosovo. Alt [...]	2006-05-24 18:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA457	AMBASSADOR WISNER TELLS KOSOVO ALBANIANS THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 21-23 visit to Kosovo, Special Representative Frank Wisner starkly disabused Kosovo Albanian leaders of any notion that Kosovo independence can be considered a foregone conclusion. In plain-speaking meetings, Ambassador Wisner told the president, prime minister, and [...]	2006-05-26 15:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA461	KOSOVO: ICTY DEFENSE TEAM VISIT TO MASSACRE SITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The unannounced visit of two Serbian ICTY defense lawyers to a rural village that was the site of a 1999 Serb-on-Albanian massacre caused an uproar among village residents, virtually all of whom are relatives of the victims. Kosovo Albanians blocked the main village road and s [...]	2006-05-30 06:29:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA480	FUNDING FOR MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the recent confrontation between police and families of the missing in Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa demonstrates, missing persons remains a volatile issue in Kosovo (Ref A). The USG has helped fund both UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) and the Kosovo oper [...]	2006-06-05 16:45:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA481	KOSOVO: EU FINALLY GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Union has developed a draft discussion paper for an International Civilian Mission in Kosovo (ICM) that would form the basis for implementation of the final status settlement. The plan calls for a much smaller footprint than UNMIK's current presence, and places heav [...]	2006-06-06 13:23:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA484	KOSOVO SERB HARDLINERS CALL FOR SELF DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to the OSCE, 500-700 people participated in a June 5 demonstration in Zvecan against recent acts of violence against Kosovo Serbs. Local leaders announced a resolution by the Zvecan municipal assembly to end contact with the Kosovo government until the crimes are s [...]	2006-06-06 16:38:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA491	KOSOVO: PM CEKU ALREADY AT WORK ON CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 8 meeting with Contact Group (CG) heads of mission in Pristina, Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku received the 13 points of priorities for standards implementation as something that will help the Kosovo government focus its current efforts, not as criticism of its e [...]	2006-06-08 16:59:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA493	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP REVEALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Assembly formally unveiled a new work plan on June 7 designed to improve procedural and budgetary transparency. International advisors, including USAID, have been very involved in the development of this plan and heads of diplomatic liaison offices, including COM, p [...]	2006-06-09 14:52:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA495	RIFT WIDENS BETWEEN HARD-LINE AND MODERATE SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ever since moderate Bishop Teodosije welcomed Kosovo President Sejdiu to Decani Monastery on Orthodox Easter, the rift between Teodosije and hard-line Bishop Artemije has widened. After the visit, Artemije blasted Teodosije in the media, and the hardline Serbian National Coun [...]	2006-06-09 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR SOCI KIRF KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA498	UNMIK HEAD OF MISSION RESIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Soren Jessen-Petersen has resigned as Kosovo's Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the U.N. Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),effective June 30. Principal Deputy SRSG (PDSRSG) Steven Schook will become acting SRSG if a replacement is not in place by the e [...]	2006-06-12 17:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA506	KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI HOPES TO BEGIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Talks Martti Ahtisaari told Contact Group (CG) liaison office heads on June 10 that he expects to brief the UNSC in early July and then hopes to host the first direct talks between senior Pristina and Belgrade officials the week of July 17. He [...]	2006-06-13 15:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA507	KOSOVO: PROTOCOL ON RETURN WITH SERBIA SIGNED AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After almost two years of negotiations, the Provisional Institutions of Self Government in Kosovo (PISG),the Government of Serbia and UNMIK signed a Protocol on Voluntary and Sustainable Return on June 6, 2006. UNMIK pressed hard to get the protocol signed before SRSG Soren J [...]	2006-06-13 16:01:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA513	KOSOVO: THACI OK WITH ELECTION DELAY IF HIS PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hashim Thaci, the head of the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK),met on June 9 with heads of Contact Group diplomatic liaison offices in Pristina. He outlined his thoughts on what he called the failure of the current government to accomplish its domestic tasks, in part [...]	2006-06-15 15:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA518	SECURITY HEIGHTENED IN NORTH AFTER SERB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Municipal assemblies in all three of Kosovo's northern Serb-majority municipalities have passed resolutions calling for a cessation of existing minimal ties with the central government in Pristina. The resolutions express dissatisfaction with the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) a [...]	2006-06-16 17:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA519	KOSOVO: KFOR RE-ESTABLISHES PERMANENT PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13 the French contingent in charge of Multi-National Task Force-North (MNTF-N) reactivated a former Belgian KFOR camp in the northern Kosovo municipality of Leposavic. The camp will be manned by different national contingents on two-week rotations, beginning with the Fren [...]	2006-06-16 17:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA520	KOSOVO: BAD POLL NUMBERS FOR THACI SIGNAL REQUEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A new public opinion poll of non-Serb Kosovars suggests plummeting popularity for opposition leaders Hashim Thaci and his Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). The poll, taken by a nominally apolitical local consulting company, was issued days before Thaci made a rare request for [...]	2006-06-16 17:40:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA525	KOSOVO: UNMIK POSTPONES MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Outgoing SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen announced June 17 his decision to postpone municipal elections scheduled for this autumn for a period not to exceed twelve months. Jessen-Petersen's decision provides that elections cannot be held earlier than three months or later than six [...]	2006-06-19 13:59:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA531	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERB MODERATES FLOAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moderate Kosovo Serb politicians, led by Oliver Ivanovic, are floating a decentralization plan calling for seven new Serb-majority municipalities and the enlargement of an eighth. Briefing Contact Group representatives on June 16, Ivanovic said his plan differs from the proposal [...]	2006-06-20 17:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA532	SALI BERISHA TELLS KOSOVO ALBANIANS TO RECONCILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an emotional June 15-17 visit to Kosovo, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha reiterated his support for Kosovo's independence, voiced his confidence in Kosovo's current leadership and asked Kosovo Albanians to reconcile with Serbs. He also attempted to mend fences with [...]	2006-06-20 17:40:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA534	KOSOVO: VIOLENT DEATH OF ELDERLY SERB RAISES FEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An elderly Kosovo Serb returnee was found dead on June 20 from a gunshot wound to the head in western Kosovo's Klina municipality. Police tell us informally that the path of the bullet (entry through the front of the neck and exit through the top of the head) would ordinarily [...]	2006-06-21 18:37:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREF PREL PGOV PINR SCUL UNMIK YI

06PRISTINA539	KOSOVO'S NEXT UN ADMINISTRATOR: THACI WEIGHS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition party leader Hashim Thaci requested a meeting June 19 with COM to convey his concern that current UNMIK economic pillar head, Joachim Rucker, is rumored as a leading candidate to fill the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) position from which curren [...]	2006-06-22 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA554	KOSOVO: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES OVER ICTY VISIT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several widows from the Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa massacre say they first assisted a visiting UN convoy on May 25, but then grew suspicious when the convoy showed interest in the local Serb graveyard and the homes of former Serb residents. One widow expressed no remorse over [...]	2006-06-27 16:03:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA561	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY AUDIT REVEALS FISCAL MALFEASANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. An external audit of the Kosovo Assembly's budget under former Speaker Nexhat Daci has revealed serious fiscal irregularities. The audit states that Daci and his Assembly staff used Assembly finances for expensive armored vehicles, a convention/conference center in a suburb of P [...]	2006-06-29 15:24:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA564	KOSTUNICA VISIT TO KOSOVO SPARKS ONLY ISOLATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica visited Gracanica monastery in Kosovo on June 28 to commemorate Vidovdan. Despite receiving UNMIK permission to visit Kosovo only for personal, religious reasons, Kostunica used the opportunity to make a provocative speech in which he [...]	2006-06-29 16:30:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA567	KOSOVO: PM CEKU UP-BEAT ON FULFILLMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Agim Ceku gave Contact Group representatives a largely positive interim report June 27 on progress on the 13 priorities for standards implementation delivered to Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Governance (PISG) on June 8 (reftel). While the report sho [...]	2006-06-30 17:03:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA575	NORTH MITROVICA LEADERS CLARIFY MUNICIPAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two influential Kosovo Serbs from north Mitrovica clarified recent declarations issued by Kosovo's three northern Serb-majority municipalities and the Mitrovica advisory board ostensibly cutting off ties with the government in Pristina. UNMIK representatives say the declarati [...]	2006-07-07 13:55:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI PREF
06PRISTINA576	KOSOVO: NEGOTIATION TEAM RECEPTIVE TO POST-UNMIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to an invitation from President Fatmir Sejdiu, COM and Torbjorn Sohlstrom, the head of the EU mission in Kosovo, briefed the Kosovo negotiating team July 5 on initial thinking on a post-status, post-UNMIK international civilian mission. They stressed that any future [...]	2006-07-07 16:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA584	SERBIA REPATRIATES FINAL SETS OF HUMAN REMAINS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an emotional handover on June 30, Serbia repatriated to Kosovo the final sets of human remains found in known mass grave sites in Serbia. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is now working to perform autopsies on the remains and return the few that were i [...]	2006-07-11 17:52:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06PRISTINA587	TENSIONS BUILDING OVER NORTHERN KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. As all concerned enter the Kosovo final status home stretch, the north of Kosovo is increasingly coming into focus as the area where preferred status outcomes potentially collide. UNMIK officials say they have credible reports that Kosovo Serbs in the north are attempting to rei [...]	2006-07-12 18:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA598	NORTHERN KOSOVO SERB MAYORS NOT MASTERS OF THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The mayor of the Serb-majority northern Kosovo municipality of Zvecan insisted to USOP that his decision to cut ties with the Kosovo Government was a reasonable expression of frustration with the failure of the Kosovo police to solve crimes against Serbs. The mayors of the other [...]	2006-07-17 17:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA599	KOSOVO: ACTING SRSG PUSHES BELGRADE/WHO ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although medication is on hand, medical personnel have been trained, and construction of a clinic has been completed, treatment of Mitrovica-area Roma acutely ill with lead poisoning has not begun. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been waiting for more than three month [...]	2006-07-17 18:50:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA600	KOSOVO: PISG PROGRESS ON CG STANDARDS PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG) continue to make progress on fulfilling the Contact Group's 13 priorities for standards implementation. Prime Minister Agim Ceku announced July 11 that two of the 13 had already been fulfilled and the PISG completed ano [...]	2006-07-17 18:50:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA608	KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS FORENSICS HAMPERED BY LACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is faces severe staffing and funding shortages which are hampering its ability to resolve cases of missing persons. Despite fewer leads on potential new grave sites, OMPF is still very busy with a few ongoing exhumations [...]	2006-07-19 18:00:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06PRISTINA609	KOSOVO: REVIEWS OF PM CEKU'S FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first 100 days of the government of Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku have been on balance very successful. Ceku has focused his personal attention on Standards-related portfolios -- outreach to minorities, minority-focused legislation, property rights, security -- given priority [...]	2006-07-19 18:01:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA611	KOSOVO: DETAILS OF SLKM PROPOSAL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oliver Ivanovic views his Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM) plan for seven new Serb-majority municipalities and the enlargement of an eight existing municipality (Novo Brdo) as a bridge between the current proposals on new municipalities by the Serbian and Kosovo gove [...]	2006-07-20 16:49:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA614	MODERATE KOSOVO CHURCH LEADERS, UNOSEK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Father Sava told PolOff that he personally supports UNOSEK proposals for the protection of cultural heritage. He said the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),however, cannot support the proposals publicly so long as the government in Belgrade continues to oppose them. Sava critic [...]	2006-07-21 16:40:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA617	KOSOVO SCENESETTER FOR JULY 26-28 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wisner's visit, following almost immediately on the so-called Elephants' Meeting between Serbian and Kosovar senior leaders, will present an opportunity to help shape the approach of Kosovo Albanian leaders to what they expect will be the culmination of the final status [...]	2006-07-24 17:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PHUM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA630	KOSOVO: PM CEKU VISITS THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 22 visit to majority ethnic Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo, Prime Minister Agim Ceku declared that northern Mitrovica "is and will always be a part of Kosovo." He also requested that KFOR and UNMIK "insulate this region politically and practically from Serb [...]	2006-07-28 15:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA631	KOSOVO: PROTEST OVER VIENNA NEGOTIATIONS FIZZLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Only around 250-300 protesters showed up for a July 24 demonstration in Pristina called by Albin Kurti, the activist leader of the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),against participation by Kosovo government officials that same day in final status negotiations in Vienna with s [...]	2006-07-28 16:06:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA637	KOSOVO: UNMIK BELIEVES UK HOLDS INFORMATION TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The UN in Kosovo believes that the British SIS has in its possession of 700-page report with information that could lead to the conviction of four suspects in the murder of Serb civilians in 2001. UNMIK,s Department of Justice has asked the UK Office to make the report availa [...]	2006-08-01 15:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA639	COM URGES MODERATE KOSOVO SERB LEADERS TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During introductory meetings with moderate Kosovo Serb leaders Oliver Ivanovic, Bishop Teodosije and Father Sava, COM echoed recent comments by Ambassador Wisner about the importance of active and direct engagement in status negotiations during the coming weeks. Ivanovic, Teod [...]	2006-08-02 16:22:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA640	WISNER TO KOSOVARS: SIX WEEKS TO COME TO CLOSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on July 27 with President Fatmir Sejdiu and the entire Kosovo negotiating team, U.S. Special Representative for the Kosovo Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner stressed the need to stay unified and to use the next six weeks to bring Kosovar Albanian negotiati [...]	2006-08-02 16:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA645	KOSOVO: CONTACT GROUP MESSAGE TO PRISTINA WELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Keeping to the language worked out in Contact Group capitals, COM led other CG representatives (along with the heads of the local EU and European Commission missions) in a demarche on the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team") on the results of the July 24 high-level meeting [...]	2006-08-04 13:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA647	MODERATE OLIVER IVANOVIC CLAIMS TO BE LAUNCHING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Moderate Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic has filed papers with the OSCE to establish a new political party and has requested funding for a new NGO designed to reduce the influence of Belgrade political parties on Kosovo Serbs. However, his new party is a local branch of a [...]	2006-08-04 15:23:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA648	KOSOVO: CHIEF OF MISSION STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her initial calls on Kosovo's leaders, COM urged them to stay united and not let personal differences interfere with their seriousness of purpose in the Vienna status negotiations. President Fatmir Sejdiu vented his frustration at the antics of opposition leaders on the negot [...]	2006-08-04 16:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA653	KOSOVO: SERB RELUCTANCE TO RETURN TO SVINJARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The return of Serbs to the village of Svinjare is more complex than the rebuilding of houses destroyed and damaged by ethnic Albanians in the riots of March 2004. The rebuilding/repair effort is underway, though according to the UNMIK office that advises the Kosovo Protection [...]	2006-08-08 12:04:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA661	KOSOVO: LDK ASSERTS PRIMARY POSITION IN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A July 6 letter sent by the LDK party presidency to Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku continues to make news over a week after its existence was leaked to the press. The key issues in the letter were the assertion by the LDK that the party -- and not Ceku -- would have authority o [...]	2006-08-10 09:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA663	KOSOVO: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN BABIN MOST [...] (SBU) On August 6, the priest in the ethnic-Serb majority village of Babin Most (Obiliq/Obilic municipality) reported that unknown perpetrators vandalized and robbed his church. He said that several icons were damaged or stolen, along with 800 euros in church funds. On August 6 the Acting Chi [...]	2006-08-11 09:00:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI PHUM KRIF
06PRISTINA664	KOSOVO: COM TO UNITY TEAM MEMBERS: TIME'S UP [...] (C) Summary: COM met individually with members of Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) August 9-11 to lay down a direct and unambiguous marker: the time is now to come to closure with UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari on the issues of decentralization and minority rights. COM underscored USG [...]	2006-08-11 15:51:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK DPKO YI
06PRISTINA674	KOSOVO: PM CEKU UPBEAT ON COMPLETION OF CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Agim Ceku told heads of mission from the Contact Group (CG),EU and EC liaison offices August 15 that the Kosovo government has completed five of the CG's 13 priorities for Standards implementation and is on track to finish the remaining eight by October. He asses [...]	2006-08-17 15:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA689	KOSOVO: COM URGES NORTHERN MAYORS TO STAY ENGAGED, [...] (C) Summary: COM travelled to northern Kosovo August 18 to meet with the mayors of the three predominantly Serb municipalities and utilize press opportunities to convey the benefits of the decentralization process to Serb residents of the north. All three mayors were definitive in rejecting a [...]	2006-08-22 12:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK DPKO YI
06PRISTINA725	KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM BRIEFS KOSOVO ASSEMBLY ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unity Team (UT) members briefed the Kosovo Assembly in an open, televised session on the ongoing final status negotiations. The presentation was generally well received by MPs, although some expressed opposition to negotiated independence. Late distribution of the UT's material [...]	2006-09-01 17:55:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA726	KOSOVO: SERB LEADERS CLOSE THEIR EYES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serb leaders, particularly in the north, are abundantly aware that the likeliest outcome of the status process is independence. Nevertheless, they continue to deny that a status decision will apply to them. Some express hard-line views on secession and violence if indep [...]	2006-09-01 18:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA727	KOSOVO: EU RULE OF LAW PLANNING PROGRESSING, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Casper Klynge, head of the EU Planning Team (EUPT),told us recently he is grappling with mixed messages from Brussels and EU capitals on his follow-on rule of law mission's size and scope. Brussels favors a limited footprint, while capitals increasingly argue for a more operatio [...]	2006-09-02 10:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETTC KCRM PREL YI UNMIK DPKO
06PRISTINA728	KOSOVO: UNMIK KPC COORDINATOR OFFERS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Coordinator Major General Chris Steirn (UK) offered COM his thoughts on the future establishment of a Kosovo defense force in a meeting September 1. Not surprisingly, Steirn argued that a future Kosovo security force was needed, both to avoid [...]	2006-09-02 13:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA729	KOSOVO: CONSTITUTION DRAFTING AND ELECTIONS TIMING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Discussion has begun, both locally and in UNOSEK and Contact Group venues, on the important post-status issues of constitution drafting and timing of elections. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari expressed to COM and EU reps in Pristina his view that the constitution must be drafted with [...]	2006-09-02 14:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA734	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU NOMINATED FOR POSITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a fast moving series of events over the Labor Day weekend, the influential presidency of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),Kosovo's largest party, decided September 5 to nominate President Fatmir Sejdiu as its candidate for the position of party president. Sejdiu is [...]	2006-09-05 20:02:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA736	KOSOVO: INCREASED VOLUME OF ALBANIAN ATTACKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent appearance of the Kosovo negotiating team before the Kosovo Assembly and public criticism of key elements of the final status talks have resulted in protests against decentralization in the affected municipalities, as well as attacks by political "pundits" in the media [...]	2006-09-06 17:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA748	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Unity Team still fractious and a growing tide of public criticism against the decentralization provisions of the UNOSEK plan, we are anticipating a rough political season in advance of the eventual status decision. What would normally have been a heated debate over the m [...]	2006-09-09 12:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA765	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo is in an important transition period with a decision on final status looming and the EU poised to assume UNMIK's Rule of Law (RoL) mission. Ambassador Williamson's September 15-17 visit offers a good opportunity to review current prosecution efforts and to shape the EU's a [...]	2006-09-12 16:53:00	Embassy Pristina	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA766	KOSOVO: SOUTHERN SERB MUNICALITY OF STRPCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serb leaders of Strpce municipality complain that despite running "the only real multi-ethnic municipality in Kosovo," their efforts are severely hampered by dwindling resources from Pristina. While admitting that they also receive financial transfers from Belgrade, these [...]	2006-09-12 16:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA779	KOSOVO: STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION PROCEEDS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo government claims to have fulfilled nine of the Contact Group's 13 priorities for Standards implementation. Our estimate is lower, though overall implementation has moved forward. We can expect that progress on the remaining outstanding priorities will be slower as t [...]	2006-09-16 09:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA780	KOSOVO: ORDINARY SERBS IN KOSOVO'S NORTH SAY THEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo,s Serbs face an existential question: stay on in post-status Kosovo or start over somewhere else. USOP officers traveled recently to Zvecan in northern Kosovo to try to gauge the views of ordinary Serbs. Most of our interlocutors predicted that Serbs would flee en masse i [...]	2006-09-16 09:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA781	KOSOVO: TURKISH LANGUAGE LAW MOTION REJECTED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A motion to make Turkish an official language of Prizren municipality and change the population requirement for official languages from 6% to 5% was rejected September 14 in a 48-41 vote of the Kosovo Assembly. Though Assembly votes are anonymous, all signs indicate the majority [...]	2006-09-16 15:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA782	KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS DIALOGUE: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Families of the missing gathered in Pristina and Gracanica on August 30 to commemorate the International Day of Missing Persons, protest lack of progress in resolving cases and bring public attention to the almost 2,300 persons still missing from the Kosovo conflict. Although [...]	2006-09-18 12:24:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA788	KOSOVO: WHY A SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF STATUS MATTERS [...] (C) Having read Embassy Belgrade's excellent cable (reftel) on the compelling reasons to stick to the planned timetable for resolution of Kosovo's status, we wanted to offer a few thoughts from the Pristina perspective on why a status decision this year remains critical to our objectives of s [...]	2006-09-19 06:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA802	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 26-28 VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The successful September 20 Contact Group ministerial with Secretary Rice at the helm was viewed here as further indication that the U.S. government will press for a timetable that delivers a status determination by the end of 2006. This remains the sole and almost obsessive foc [...]	2006-09-22 11:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA803	KOSOVO: SMALL NEW SERB PARTY DARES TO POSIT A [...] (C) SUMMARY. The newly-formed Autonomous Liberal Party (SLS) seeks to represent Kosovo Serbs who want to stay and integrate into Kosovo institutions and society, regardless of the outcome of the status process. Party President Slobodan Petrovic told us the SLS is more concerned with the impa [...]	2006-09-22 14:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA804	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES TURKISH LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed an amendment to the Law on Languages making Turkish an official language in Prizren. After initially rejecting the measure on September 14 due to infighting within the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party, the LDK got its house in order (at l [...]	2006-09-22 16:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA808	KOSOVO: DAS DICARLO AND EU REP LEHNE BRIEF ON ICO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina September 12-14, EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and EU rep Stefan Lehne briefed Kosovo Albanian and Serb leaders on the International Civilian Office (ICO) that will be established to supervise implementation of the status settlement. DiCarlo and Lehne underscored that plann [...]	2006-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA813	KOSOVO: AMB. WILLIAMSON URGES COOPERATION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with both international and Kosovar actors in the justice and political sectors, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson stressed the need for continued Kosovar and international focus on addressing outstanding war crimes cases. In a two-day visit [...]	2006-09-27 09:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA833	KOSOVO: A/S FRIED PRESSES KOSOVO LEADERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina September 26-28, EUR A/S Fried met separately with PM Ceku, President Sejdiu and the Unity Team and assured them of the USG's seriousness in pursuing the status process to its logical end, but stressed that the Kosovar Albanian leadership must show itself worthy of in [...]	2006-10-02 18:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA836	KOSOVO: DACI CAMP CAMPAIGNING HARD FOR LDK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci is waging an aggressive early campaign to become president of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). There are indications that Daci or his supporters may be using intimidation tactics to wrest control of the party at the grass roots lev [...]	2006-10-03 16:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA842	KOSOVO: COM TELLS GJILAN OFFICIALS TO END THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM condemned recent violence and urged support for decentralization in a meeting with Gjilan municipal officials from four political parties. She also delivered a message to the fractious ruling LDK party in Gjilan to stop its unhelpful (and violent) infighting. The Albanian [...]	2006-10-04 18:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA846	KOSOVO: PM CEKU "LOOKING TOWARDS STATUS" WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku briefed Pristina liaison office heads October 5 on his plans over the next several months for managing Kosovo Albanians' expectations for, and Kosovo Serbs' fear of, final status. Ceku said that implementation of Standards for Kosovo, particularly [...]	2006-10-06 16:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA847	KOSOVO: COM URGES CALM, CAUTION AMONG KOSOVAR [...] (C) With rumors swirling of a delay in the status process and statements by EU High Representative Solana and UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari appearing to confirm these speculations, COM counseled calm among Kosovar Albanian leaders the week of October 2. Meeting with the Prime Minister, the parl [...]	2006-10-08 11:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA853	FERIZAJ LEADERS AGREE TO REPAIR ROOF ON VANDALIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 6 Ferizaj/Urosevac Municipal leaders promised visiting poloff and a U.S. sergeant involved in civil-military operations in the area that they would pay for the August theft of the copper roof of the St. Uros church. (The thief, who was apprehended shortly after the [...]	2006-10-10 14:33:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA854	KOSOVO: UNMIK STILL WAIVERING ON THREE-MONTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the October 4 meeting of the Steering Group for Future International Arrangements, UNMIK presented a "work in progress non-paper" (forwarded to EUR/SCE) with timelines for transition and identifying an action office for many of the items. According to various UNMIK representa [...]	2006-10-10 16:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA862	KOSOVO: SERB ORTHODOX BISHOP TEODOSIJE EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met October 12 with Bishop Teodisije, the moderate Serb religious leader of Decani monastery, who feared that Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves in south were not prepared for final status. Teodosije asked that the international community do everything possible to encourage and en [...]	2006-10-13 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA863	KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY BOARD MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an October 10 meeting of the five-member supervisory board of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA),which includes USOP, KPA head Knut Rosandhaug confirmed that the rental property scheme by which illegal Albanian occupants pay rent to Serb owners had begun on October 2. Rosand [...]	2006-10-13 17:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA881	SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ensuring that the Serb community can remain and prosper in Kosovo is a key Mission goal and a vital test of Kosovo's commitment to multi-ethnic democracy. The Serb minority in Kosovo is not monolithic; those who live in the northern municipalities of Leposavic, Zubin Potok and [...]	2006-10-21 12:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA905	KOSOVO: REFERENDUM ON SERB CONSTITUTION PROCEEDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polling in the October 28-29 referendum on the new Serbian constitution proceeded peacefully throughout Kosovo. The Belgrade-based Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) reported after the polls closed that 90,036 voters in Kosovo (90.1 percent of the estimated 101,546 [...]	2006-10-30 11:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA906	KOSOVO: LDK REFUSAL TO DEBATE ASSEMBLY AUDIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling LDK party's refusal on October 27 to discuss an audit report highly critical of former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci caused the opposition to walk out of the Assembly and boycott further participation until the issue was resolved. The problem started when LDK Assembly c [...]	2006-10-30 14:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA909	KOSOVO: EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH PRESSES KOSOVAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR/SCE Office Director Chris Hoh reassured anxious Kosovo Albanian leaders that the USG still supports resolution of Kosovo's final status by the end of the year, but asked them to help manage expectations within the population if Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari decides a [...]	2006-10-30 16:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA921	KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER REAFFIRMS U.S. RESOLVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo October 24-26, U.S. Special Envoy Ambassador Frank Wisner delivered a three-part message to the top political leadership: maintain unity through and beyond final status; let the Kosovar people know now what lies ahead; and make certain the machinery of government is in [...]	2006-11-03 07:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA923	KOSOVO: KPC DEMINING CAPACITY IS IMPROVING, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is room for optimism as the 2006 demining season draws to a close. Despite earlier criticism by the international de-mining NGO, HALO Trust, of the demining capabilities of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC),an August 2006 study by the International Centre for Humanitari [...]	2006-11-03 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA924	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERB PROPOSES ALL-SERB ASSEMBLY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Apart from his work as owner and director of TV Mir, former Kosovo Serb politician Nenad Radosavljevic has suggested several mechanisms that he says will ensure that Kosovo Serbs can effectively participate in post-status institutions. In a recent meeting with USOP, he proposed [...]	2006-11-03 14:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA930	KOSOVO: LDK INTERNAL BATTLE PORTENDS CONTINUING [...] (C) Summary: The internal LDK struggle for power between two factions continues, with the process of party elections now in full swing. Though former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci appeared to take the early momentum with low-level party victories in eastern Kosovo, the LDK "old guard" under K [...]	2006-11-06 12:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA933	KOSOVO: OPPOSITION RETURNS TO ASSEMBLY AFTER AUDIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After repeated intercession by USOP, the opposition returned to the Kosovo Assembly after a one-week boycott, as the ruling LDK party finally got its house in order and agreed to discuss the Auditor General's fact-finding report on mismanagement under former Assembly Speaker Nexh [...]	2006-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA947	KOSOVO: UNMIK GETTING OUT OF THE RETURNS BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unlike the rest of UNMIK, which is planning its departure without undue haste, the Office for Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM) hopes to transfer all of its competencies except for responsibility for forced returns by the end of the year, a very positive development in o [...]	2006-11-11 13:20:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA948	KOSOVO: PLANNING FOR POSSIBLE SERB REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the leak to Serbian media in May 2006 of UNHCR's draft contingency planning on possible population movements after a decision on Kosovo's final status, UNHCR has continued to refine its thinking. Planning assumptions vary wildly, with estimates ranging from 10,000 to 112,00 [...]	2006-11-11 13:24:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA952	KOSOVO: KOSOVAR ALBANIAN LEADERSHIP ACCEPTS DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Though apprehensive about the political repercussions of a delay in the status process, Kosovar Albanian leaders represented in the Unity Team (the negotiating team participating in Vienna negotiations) uniformly accepted the announcement by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari that his p [...]	2006-11-13 10:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA965	KOSOVO: EVOLVING EU POLICE AND JUSTICE PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: The emerging outlines of the EU police and justice plan for post-status Kosovo make it apparent that security and law enforcement in Kosovo will be conducted on a fundamentally different basis after the settlement than under UNMIK administration. EU planning is painfully slow an [...]	2006-11-14 18:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA967	KOSOVO: SEJDIU AHEAD IN THE HOME STRETCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With all local branch elections now complete, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has a comfortable majority of delegates to be elected president of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Sejdiu's chief rival, disgraced former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, trails by a wide m [...]	2006-11-14 18:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA971	KOSOVO: MAYORS PRESSED TO ACCEPT DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM hosted a November 14 meeting of her Contact Group colleagues, joined by EU and EC reps, with mayors of 10 major Kosovo cities to emphasize the centrality of decentralization in the final status settlement. She urged them as key players in this process to implement decentrali [...]	2006-11-15 18:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA972	KOSOVO: KICKING THE CONTACT GROUP'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) gave us updated statistics on the KPA's rental property scheme and enforcement of property claims pending implementation -- two of the 13 Contact Group priority standards. Some 361 properties out of a total of approximately 5,400 admi [...]	2006-11-15 18:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA973	KOSOVO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REMAINS A PROBLEM, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trafficking in persons (TIP) continues to plague Kosovo, but UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) have taken some important steps to combat it, including undercover police operations, adoption of a two-year action plan to combat trafficking in human [...]	2006-11-16 06:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	GTIP KJUS KCRM PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA985	KOSOVO: BELGRADE'S COORDINATION CENTER VIEWED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Several prominent Kosovo Serbs shared with us their disdain for the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK),the Serbian state institution established ostensibly to take care of their needs. Moderates and hardliners alike called the CCK a "money laundering" operation, [...]	2006-11-20 14:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06SARAJEVO1776	RS PREMIER DODIK MUSES ON SERBIAN AND BIH [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of July 28 discussions with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on ICTY cooperation (REFTEL),Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and CDA Cefkin also raised Kosovo and asked about the upcoming Bosnian elections. According to Dodik, the Serbian pu [...]	2006-08-07 08:38:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK ICTY KAWC PGOV PREL AL YI BK
06SARAJEVO2111	BOSNIA: PM DODIK CLAIMS HE'LL MODERATE RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 11 meeting with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Ambassador delivered ref A letter from Under Secretary Burns to PM Dodik, and underscored USG concerns over Dodik,s comments on Kosovo during his recent visit to Belgrade. Dodik claimed his me [...]	2006-09-13 09:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK YI UNMIK
06SOFIA1241	BULGARIA'S VIEW ON KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Deputy FM Lyubomir Kyuchukov on 21 August. He confirmed Bulgaria's supportive approach to U.S. policy on Kosovo, while voicing Bulgaria's concern that the effect of a final settlement on regional security be given due consideration by all parties. In an Au [...]	2006-08-31 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN EU YI BU
06SOFIA1273	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two issues dominate Bulgaria's political scene and calendar: a final verdict on EU accession, framed by the September 26 European Commission report on Bulgaria's readiness for membership; and Bulgaria's October 22 Presidential election. Seized by these two overlapping events, t [...]	2006-09-08 12:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KPKO SR YI EU BU
06TALLINN776	ESTONIA: KOSOVO STATUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 14:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU EN
06THEHAGUE1856	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...]	2006-08-24 09:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL
06THEHAGUE1895	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...]	2006-08-29 12:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL
06USUNNEWYORK1010	UNMIK/KOSOVO: AHTISAARI BRIEFS CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari briefed the Coordinating and Drafting Group (Contact Group plus Greece, Slovakia and Denmark) May 12 on his upcoming consultations in June and his plans for the parties to meet in Ju [...]	2006-05-18 14:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1035	AMBASSADOR WISNER'S MEETING WITH UNMIK SRSG SOREN [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting at the Brook Club in New York, Ambassador Wisner and UNMIK SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen discussed recent developments in the Kosovo status process and progress towards standards implementation. (Note: As the Brook Club does not allow note taking on its premises, thi [...]	2006-05-19 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1043	BALKAN PERMREPS MEET AMBASSADOR WISNER TO TALK [...] (C) Romanian Ambassador Mihnea Motoc hosted a dinner on May 16 for U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner to discuss the future status of Kosovo. Other invitees included the permanent representatives from Greece, Slovakia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and S [...]	2006-05-23 20:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI EU SR
06USUNNEWYORK1251	RUSSIA CHALLENGES POSITIVE JESSEN-PETERSEN REPORT [...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK),SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen praised new Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Agim Ceku for action on reforms and accelerated progress on standards implementation, [...]	2006-06-21 20:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1378	SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI BRIEFS UNSC ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Security Council met for a briefing by Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari on his progress on overseeing the Kosovo Future Status Talks. The unusual format for the day involved three separate events: a private meeting of the Security Council, closed consultations in wh [...]	2006-07-18 02:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1823	FIRST UNSC KOSOVO MEETING FOR JOACHIM RUCKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 13, in his first appearance at a Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),SRSG Joachim Rucker praised Kosovo's leadership for having "now achieved most of the priorities on standards implementation." Kosovo Pr [...]	2006-09-16 14:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK453	AHTISAARI BRIEFS UNSC ON KOSOVO FUTURE STATUS [...] (C) Summary: In closed UNSC consultations March 7, Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari briefed Security Council members on his work to date in the Kosovo Future Status Process. Delivering a candid message, Ahtisaari argued while the current government in Belgrade is not responsible for what Milo [...]	2006-03-09 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK SR YI
06USUNNEWYORK882	AMBASSADOR WISNER DISCUSSES KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 25 meeting in the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Secretary's Special SIPDIS Representative for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner communicated current U.S thinking on the road ahead for Kosovo in 2006 and solicited the Secretary [...]	2006-04-27 17:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
06VIENNA1385	KOSOVO STATUS: PRISTINA AND BELGRADE REMAIN FAR [...] (SBU) THIS IS A REPORT FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS SUMMARIZING THE MAY 4-5 TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION/ MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED REFTEL. 2. (SBU) PRISTINA AND BELGRADE OFFERED VASTLY DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ON [...]	2006-05-12 07:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1501	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI SPENT MOST OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS TRAVELING TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS AND WASHINGTON, AND IN [...]	2006-05-23 10:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1555	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 23 MEETING ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). A MORE DETAILED READOUT OF THE MAY 23 NEGOTIATION SESSION IS GIVEN REF. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) THE MAY 23 MEETING ON RELIGIOUS SITES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE WAS M [...]	2006-05-31 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1556	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI MET WITH SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA ON MAY 22; THE MEETING WAS CHARACTERIZED BY [...]	2006-05-31 13:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1733	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: JUNE 9 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI DISCUSSED THE KOSOVO FINAL STATUS PROCESS AND LIKELY RESULT WITH RUSSIAN AND CHINESE O [...]	2006-06-14 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA2442	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: AUGUST 10 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION AND COMMUNITY RIGHTS TOOK PLACE IN VIENNA ON AUGUST 7 AND 8 (READOUT OF TALKS GIVEN SEPTEL). UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...]	2006-08-17 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA2602	UNOSEK UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21-25 [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI AND HIS POLICY TEAM TRAVELED TO PRISTINA DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21 TO HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE UNITY TEAM IN AN EF [...]	2006-08-30 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU

06VIENNA2731	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: SEPTEMBER 8-9 TALKS MAKE LITTLE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) DESPITE A MORE POSITIVE SPIN IN THE MEDIA, TECHNICAL TALKS ON KOSOVO HELD IN VIENNA SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9 MADE LITTLE PROGRESS. THE MEETINGS C [...]	2006-09-13 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA3336	(SBU) UNOSEK: CONTINUING WORK AND OUTREACH DURING INTERIM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 10, FOLLOWING THE SERBIAN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD IN JANUARY, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE FUTURE STATUS PROC [...]	2006-11-15 15:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA857	UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF THE UN OFFICE OF THE [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. 2. (SBU) Summary: In addition to the second round of talks on decentralization in Vienna on 17 March, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for [...]	2006-03-21 16:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK
06VIENNA870	KOSOVO: READOUT OF MARCH 17 TALKS ON [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The March 17 talks on decentralization were largely free of polemics and stuck to the agenda of the financing of [...]	2006-03-23 11:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK
06VIENNA893	KOSOVO STATUS: SERBS AND KOSOVARS DRAW REDLINES ON [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In a March 17 meeting, top Serbian negotiators acknowledged to UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari that Kosovo's " [...]	2006-03-24 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK
06VILNIUS787	LITHUANIA FOLLOWING KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 08:05:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI LH
06ZAGREB1110	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS - CROATIAN VIEW [...] (U) Post briefed MFA contacts on reftel points on August 22 and 28. Asst MFA for EU and NATO Member States Neven Pelicaric told Charge at time that the GoC appreciated the USG's continued engagement on this sensitive issue. 2. (C) COMMENT: While PM Sanader has made repeated media comments [...]	2006-09-14 13:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB1182	CROATIA TO SIGN TRADE PACT WITH KOSOVO [...] Summary and Comment: Croatian Minister of Economy Branko Vukelic will sign a recently-concluded trade deal with Kosovo in Zagreb on September 28. Although Kosovo represents a relatively minor market for Croatia, trade between the two has been growing steadily in recent years. The deal comes a [...]	2006-09-28 13:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL UNMIK YI HR
06ZAGREB1307	AMB WISNER IN ZAGREB -- ENGAGING CROATIANS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Wisner's first visit to Zagreb is well timed, coming just days after President Bush's White House acknowledgement of Croatia's leadership role in regional stability during his meeting with PM Ivo Sanader. In addition, MP Milorad Pupovac, a leading represe [...]	2006-10-27 12:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB1322	CROATIAN COMMITMENT TO KOSOVO OUTREACH DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his October 29-30 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador Wisner secured the GoC's commitment to actively assist in the region in promoting acceptance of Kosovo's future final status package. In meetings with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar Kita [...]	2006-11-02 08:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ACCRA2567	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 16:12:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU GH
07ANKARA710	TURKEY ON KOSOVO: SUPPORT AHTISAARI PLAN; HOPE TO [...] (C) Turkey continues to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan, including his recommendation that Kosovo become independent. We delivered ref a points March 27 to MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili, who reiterated Turkey's long-standing position (reported ref b) in support of the pr [...]	2007-03-28 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI TU
07ANKARA89	TURKEY: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...] (C) Turkey continues to agree with the U.S. view of Kosovo's final status process and supports UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's timeline for moving forward toward resolution. Ambassador discussed the issue with MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan January 17, emphasizing (per ref a) o [...]	2007-01-18 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC
07BEIJING2217	KOSOVO: CHINA FEARS PRECEDENT SET BY INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) China fears the precedent that could be set by UN action granting supervised independence to Kosovo, according to Chinese scholars from a Ministry of State Security-affiliated think tank. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan to grant Kosovo independence without Serbian consent could someday [...]	2007-04-04 07:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK CH YI RS
07BERLIN1216	GERMAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) (Summary) We have had several opportunities over the past few days to take soundings from German officials and interlocutors outside government on how they view the way forward in Kosovo. As expected, they are preoccupied with maintaining EU unity and full of legalistic anxieties about t [...]	2007-06-18 12:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK RU YI GM
07BERLIN1823	GERMANS DOWNPLAY SUGGESTIONS OF SPLIT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: German opinion on Kosovo is moving in the right direction. Recognizing the unlikeliness of a positive outcome to the Troika process, officials at the Chancellery and Foreign Office have underscored to us that they are working toward the broadest possible support within the EU f [...]	2007-09-28 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM KV UNMIK
07BRATISLAVA227	SECURING SLOVAK SUPPORT FOR UNSCR ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In response to ref A, we believe that there is no need for additional phone calls or messages to Slovak officials regarding Kosovo. Per ref B, the Slovak MFA is eager to see an early draft of the UNSCR and give input that will help sell the final resolution to Slovakia's domestic audience. [...]	2007-04-17 16:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK LO
07BRATISLAVA33	KUBIS TO SERBS: DON'T BUILD YOUR NEXT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a January 18 readout of Foreign Minister Jan Kubis' January 15 visit to Serbia, PolDir Miroslav Lajcak told the DCM that Kubis gave three firm messages to Serb leaders (Tadic and Kostunica): --Do not build the next government around Kosovo; make Europe your priority; --Form a governmen [...]	2007-01-19 07:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI KO LO
07BRUSSELS1268	BELGIUM: ASSESSMENT ON KOSOVO UNSCR [...] (C) Embassy spoke April 16 with Thomas Antoine, the Belgian MFA's Director for the Balkans. Antoine said Russian Ambassador Lukov met with MFA officials two weeks ago to discuss Kosovo. Antoine indicated there was no lobbying, but Lukov did discuss Russian concerns about the proposals on Ko [...]	2007-04-16 13:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL RS UNMIK UNSC YI BE
07BRUSSELS215	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...] (C) Ambassador Korologos spoke with Belgian Foreign Minister DeGucht January 19 to urge support for UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plans and timeline for concluding the Kosovo future status process (reftel). DeGucht was receptive to our arguments and expressed support for Ahtisaari. [...]	2007-01-22 16:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC BE
07BRUSSELS995	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU BE
07COPENHAGEN283	KOSOVO: DENMARK SIGNALS FIRM SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried reviewed our approach on Kosovo March 22 with Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller and MFA State Secretary Ulrik Federspiel. In that exchange, Moeller reported that he had just traveled to the region in support of the Ahtisaa [...]	2007-03-28 09:25:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU DA
07COPENHAGEN68	DENMARK FIRM IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE [...] (C) Danish MFA Permanent Secretary (deputy FM) Ulrik Federspiel assured the Ambassador January 18 that Denmark stands together with the United States in backing UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plans and timeline for Kosovo status. Federspiel. It is essential, Federspiel agreed, to resist Russian [...]	2007-01-19 15:00:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU DA
07HELSINKI232	DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS -- FINNISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland increasingly expects Russia to block any UNSC action to implement UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's final status recommendations for Kosovo. The Finns are also dismayed by eleventh hour hesitation from some EU member states -- especially Italy, a Contact Group member. No EU co [...]	2007-03-27 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU FI
07JAKARTA1076	UNSC/KOSOVO: GETTING INDONESIA TO YES [...] (C) Summary. In response to Under Secretary Burns' request (ref A),I recommend that the Secretary, and even the President if necessary, contact their Indonesian counterparts to urge support for the Kosovo resolution. I have pressed the case with a former Foreign Minister, the Speaker of the [...]	2007-04-16 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KFLU TBIO YI ID
07JAKARTA1098	CHARGE URGES SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI KOSOVO PLAN [...] (C) Summary. On April 18, a key Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutor articulated a more nuanced position on Kosovo, which we interpret as an indication that Jakarta might be looking for a way to support a UNSC Resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. While reiterating that Indonesia opp [...]	2007-04-19 07:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK IR YI ID
07JAKARTA1150	AHTISAARI MEETINGS IN INDONESIA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari told A/DCM April 24 that President Yudhoyono (SBY) said that Indonesia would try to decide on the future of Kosovo rationally. Citing domestic concerns and the need to consult the legislature, SBY did not state a position. The Indonesians seem [...]	2007-04-24 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK SR ZL ID
07JAKARTA1187	UNSC: DISCUSSION WITH INDONESIA ON MINURSO, KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. On April 27, an Indonesian Department Foreign Affairs official indicated that the GOI was undecided about whether to support the Friends of the Western Sahara draft resolution on the MINURSO mandate (reftel),but said that as a matter of principle it was unlikely to do so in the [...]	2007-04-27 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK RU YI MO WI ID
07JAKARTA1779	KOSOVO - DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING NEW U.S.-EUROPEAN [...] On June 21, Charge pressed for Indonesia to support the new U.S.-European draft resolution on Kosovo in a meeting with Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. The discussion was reported in ref b. HEFFERN [...]	2007-06-28 04:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK PGOV YI RI
07JAKARTA871	UNSC/KOSOVO: DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON AHTISAARI [...] (C) Summary. According to an official at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, the GOI is still developing its position on independence for Kosovo. Despite long-held principles that would preclude support for an independent Kosovo, our contact conceded that the GOI would remain flexible [...]	2007-03-26 23:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI ID
07JAKARTA994	ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia will resist taking a clear position on the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo until the last minute and will look for UNSC consensus and a solution agreed by both Serbia and Kosovo. We see little prospect for Indonesian leadership on Kosovo, nor even tacit support for Kosov [...]	2007-04-09 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPAO UNMIK PGOV YI EU ID
07KYIV133	UKRAINE: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE: DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary/comment: In view of Ukrainian officials' previous concerns about the impact of Kosovo independence on "frozen conflicts" in Moldova and elsewhere, acting DCM drew on ref A background to brief DFM Veselovsky January 18 on the Kosovo settlement process. While underscoring that Ukrain [...]	2007-01-19 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OPDC UNMIK UN YI MD RS UP
07KYIV2831	UKRAINE: PEACEKEEPERS AND KOSOVO POST-INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) This is a request for Department guidance. Please advise on how we should respond to Ukrainian Defense Minister Hrytsenko's inquiry on contingency planning for possible Kosovo independence. 2. (C) During a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS David Kramer, Defense Minister Hrytsenko inquir [...]	2007-11-16 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK OSCE YI MD RS UP
07LIMA1052	PERU: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 22:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PE
07LIMA1303	PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION [...] (BU) In numerous recent discussions regarding Kosovo, MFA officials have told us Peru remains uncomfortable with UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's future because it is opposed by UNSC permanent members Russia and China and also by a majority of the UNSC's non-permanent member [...]	2007-04-11 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07LIMA3860	PERU: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 16:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PE UNAUS UNMIK YI EU
07LJUBLJANA208	SLOVENIA STEADFAST IN SUPPORTING AHTISAARI [...] (C) Leon Marc, Head of the MFA's Division for South-Eastern Europe confirmed Slovenia's consistent support for UN Special Envoy Maarti Ahtisaari's Kosovo proposal in a March 28 meeting with PolEcon Chief. He said that the GOS would continue to be reserved in its public declarations in suppo [...]	2007-04-02 09:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA25	SLOVENIA AGREES ON KOSOVO, WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Just back from a weekend visit to Belgrade with FM Rupel, MFA Director of Western Balkan Affairs, Leon Marc, expressed the Government of Slovenia's unreserved agreement that there should be no daylight between the US and EU positions on the future status of Kosovo. Raising the pe [...]	2007-01-19 11:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK EUN YI SI
07MADRID598	SPAIN/KOSOVO: UN RESOLUTION KEY TO SPANISH TROOP [...] (C) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria PONS Irazazabal on March 29 to discuss Spain's support for the Ahtisaari Plan's proposals for Kosovo. Pons told DCM that Spain is committed to supporting the EU common position and strongly supports the [...]	2007-04-02 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU SP
07MOSCOW305	KOSOVO: RUSSIA TO BREAK WITH CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Welcoming a proposed visit by Special Envoy Wisner, the GOR's Special Envoy on Kosovo Botsan-Karchenko warned that Russia would break the Contact Group consensus on the Ahtisaari timeline at the January 26 Vienna meeting. The GOR will reject an "artificial" timeline, propose p [...]	2007-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
07MOSCOW4634	RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...]	2007-09-20 09:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07OSLO294	NORWAY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI RECOMMENDATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 12:04:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU NO
07PANAMA1053	PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 20:56:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI PM
07PANAMA1880	PANAMA: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM
07PANAMA300	PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 20:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC PM
07PANAMA461	PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Supportive of UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Ahtisaari's recommendations, Panama was engaging Russia to avoid a Russian veto and secure adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution that supported Ahtisaari's recommendations, including his proposal for Kosovo's supervised independence, Panama [...]	2007-03-27 21:57:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UNSC UN YI EU PM
07PANAMA523	PANAMA: ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (C) Panamanian PermRep to the UN Ricardo Alberto Arias' decision to vote against permitting Kosovar President Sejdiu to address the UNSC on April 3 did not reflect substantive Panamanian concerns about the way ahead on Kosovo, but rather Panama's legalistic approach to procedural matters, Aria [...]	2007-04-09 19:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM
07PARIS1588	FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...]	2007-04-19 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR
07PARIS2643	YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...]	2007-06-19 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2726	U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...]	2007-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR
07PARIS2787	A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]	2007-06-28 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2890	CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]	2007-07-05 07:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS363	A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...]	2007-01-31 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR
07PARIS3919	FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]	2007-09-18 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3972	FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...]	2007-09-21 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07PARIS636	GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...]	2007-02-20 07:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS
07PRAGUE322	CZECHS SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 15:19:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK UN YI EUN EZ
07PRETORIA1801	DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...]	2007-05-17 15:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR
07PRISTINA103	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK Brad Bell to visit Pristina February 8-10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is meetings with the Unity Team and USOP regard the Ahtisaari proposal. Control Officer for this visit will be Political/Economic Chief [...]	2007-02-07 14:36:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC UNMIK SR
07PRISTINA104	KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...]	2007-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA112	KOSOVO: "SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENT" PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: A planned protest by radical "Self-Determination" Movement members in Pristina February 10 turned deadly when two protestors were killed as a result of police efforts to block demonstrators from reaching and ransacking key Kosovo government buildings. Order was restored within [...]	2007-02-12 10:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA113	KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...]	2007-02-12 11:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA115	KOSOVO: THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN VOTING IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have seen in recent high-profile Kosovo Assembly deliberations, the use of secret ballots combined with weak party discipline and back-bencher discontent has greatly complicated our ability to get key legislation passed. Working with the leadership of the Assembly and oth [...]	2007-02-12 12:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA118	COM REACHES OUT TO KOSOVO SERBS IN TOWN HALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a town hall meeting in Gracanica, Kosovo Serbs shared their practical concerns about implementation of the Ahtisaari package, economic development, security, and returns with the COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom. COM described the many provisions in the doc [...]	2007-02-13 17:31:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA141	KOSOVO: DACI CONVENES "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The break-away faction of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) held its first political convention on February 17, endorsing ex-Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci as its leader and approving his hand-picked slate of deputy presidents. The party chose the name "Democratic League [...]	2007-02-26 14:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA142	KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...]	2007-02-26 17:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA151	KOSOVO: USOP HELPS BUILD KOSOVO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite initial hurdles, the Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) is taking shape under USOP leadership and will help fill a gap in prosecutions for sensitive cases. One special prosecutor started work in January, three others transferred on February 28, and a fifth was s [...]	2007-02-28 15:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA159	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Status fever continues to grip all residents of Kosovo, with ethnic Albanians focused on the conclusion of the Ahtisaari process and Serbs grimly wondering how they will cope once the outcome is clear. With careful management and assiduous courting of both Albanian and Serb leade [...]	2007-03-01 18:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA161	KOSOVO: MEDIA CAMPAIGN/PUBLIC OUTREACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since President Ahtisaari's February 2 presentation of the final status settlement package for Kosovo, efforts to explain the package to both Kosovar Albanians and Serbs include a USAID-funded media campaign, televised educational programs, radio call-in shows, community round [...]	2007-03-02 16:18:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KPAO
07PRISTINA162	KOSOVO SERB JOURNALISTS LOOK TO UNOSEK AND USG TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion on March 1 with COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom, Kosovo Serb journalists shared their concerns about the lack of protections for Serb media in the status package, and offered their proposal for additional guarantees. COM assured them [...]	2007-03-02 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL EAID KDEM SOCI UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA163	UPDATE ON KOSOVO PRIORITY STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are finding it difficult to close the book on the remaining Contact Group (CG) Priorities for Standards. We believe all CG offices here would agree that at least nine of the 13 Priorities are complete and that the onl [...]	2007-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA164	KOSOVO: CASE EMERGING AGAINST ALBIN KURTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, following the violent February 10 protest led by the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),in which two people were killed and approximately 80 injured, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) detained SDM leader Albin Kurti for 30 days based on the ruling of an international pr [...]	2007-03-02 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA168	KOSOVO: SDM MARCH 3 PROTEST PEACEFUL, RESULT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Self-Determination Movement (SDM),virulently opposed to President Ahtisaari's final status package for Kosovo and continued UNMIK presence, held a peaceful protest March 3 in the center of Pristina that attracted fewer than 3000 participants. No serious incidents, injuries [...]	2007-03-05 12:14:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA169	KOSOVO SERB HARD-LINERS AND MODERATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In what was clearly an orchestrated effort, Kosovo Serb hardliners prevented moderate Serb leaders from holding the founding session of the Serbian National Assembly (SNS) on March 4 in Gracanica. The meeting was originally the brainchild of noted Croatian Serb activist Milorad [...]	2007-03-05 15:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK
07PRISTINA180	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly's ad-hoc Investigative Committee presented its report on financial wrongdoing to the full Assembly, which dutifully adopted it on February 22. The report was essentially a watered-down version of the Auditor General's earlier findings, and was even less firm in [...]	2007-03-08 08:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA181	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 08:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA187	KOSOVO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Post has identified the five most influential women in the Kosovo, per Ref A, as well as three Kosovo women who are influential among their respective minority communities. Political officer Heidi Barrachina is POC for women's issues at post: (381) 38-549-516 x3104; barrachinahh@state. [...]	2007-03-12 11:50:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK PHUM SOCI KWMN
07PRISTINA188	KOSOVO: VILLAGE LEADERS WILLING TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 7 visit by the USKFOR Polad to Debelde, a town affected by the 2001 border agreement between Macedonia and the then-FRY, suggests that village leaders there talk a tough game on not giving up their land, but are actually quite willing to discuss compensation. Indeed, thes [...]	2007-03-12 12:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA19	KOSOVO: KILLING OF POLICE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officer Avni Kosumi was shot and killed on January 3 near the Serb village of Babin Most in Vushtrri municipality, 10 miles north of Pristina. Since the shot may have come from the direction of the village, the KPS searched homes in the area, once by [...]	2007-01-10 16:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA194	KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...]	2007-03-13 11:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA20	KOSOVO: 2006 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 2006, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) completed extensive renovations on seven Serbian Orthodox religious sites damaged or destroyed during the March 2004 riots. Work on an eighth site will continue into early 2007 due to the complexity of the works. Th [...]	2007-01-10 16:45:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA200	KOSOVO: DISCIPLINED ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its February 9 marathon session that ended in only half-hearted support for the Ahtisaari proposal and the work of the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team"),the Assembly on March 14 warmly received the report of three Unity Team members on the last "elephan [...]	2007-03-14 18:07:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA206	KOSOVO: NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER INTENDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New UNMIK Police Commissioner Richard Monk told COM March 14 that he will work to maintain UNMIK Civpol's strength throughout the transition period to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) rule of law mission. The same day, EU Planning Team Head Casper Klynge said the [...]	2007-03-16 15:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA208	KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...]	2007-03-16 17:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA21	KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...]	2007-01-10 17:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA224	KOSOVO GOVERNING COALITION GROWS PROGRESSIVELY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Weak leadership, opposition enticements, and the departure of AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj for the Hague have all combined to progressively undermine the governing coalition of Kosovo, which continues to limp along despite intensified pressure from a variety of sources. The inte [...]	2007-03-21 13:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07PRISTINA259	KOSOVO: RECENTLY LAUNCHED PILOT KPC REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK's Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) launched a pilot reintegration program for 80 separated Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members in January 2007. The program, which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is managing, assists participants with finding new jobs or [...]	2007-04-04 09:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA261	KOSOVO: UNIFIED ASSEMBLY DECLARES OVERWHELMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a show of overwhelming unity, the Kosovo Assembly declared its support April 5 for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's report, committed to implement fully its provisions, and welcomed without reservation the international civilian and security presence that will be established in Ko [...]	2007-04-05 12:51:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA264	KOSOVO: ANOTHER PRIORITY STANDARD FULFILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government approved a report requested by Prime Minister Agim Ceku evaluating the costs to repair 23 commercial properties (18 owned by Serbs or other minorities and 5 owned by Albanians) damaged during the March 2004 anti-S [...]	2007-04-06 16:40:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA27	KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH WORKING GROUP PREPARES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Working Group on Public Outreach, chaired by OSCE Ambassador Wnendt and supported by USOP, has agreed to a two-phased approach in relation to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's presentation of the final status package: an initial, "simple message" campaign -- via billboards and PSAs -- [...]	2007-01-12 14:13:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
07PRISTINA273	KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS MOVE FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nine transition working groups set up by UNMIK, the core team for the post-UNMIK International Civilian Office, USOP, and the Kosovo government have focused attention on necessary actions required to be taken by the Kosovo government in time for UNMIK's departure. The first [...]	2007-04-11 15:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA281	KOSOVO: GROWING PRESSURE ON AND FROM KOSOVO SERBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent instances in which Kosovo Serb officials have refused to accept U.S. assistance if Kosovo Albanians are involved in the projects or in the provision of USOP/USAID security suggest that these communities are coming under increased and deliberate pressure from Belgrade and t [...]	2007-04-12 08:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA29	KOSOVO: DACI AND HIS SUPPORTERS CREATE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly president Nexhat Daci and his supporters announced January 12 the creation of a new political "entity" called the Democratic League (LD). Daci told reporters the Democratic League will be "a continuation of the party created and run by former President Ib [...]	2007-01-12 17:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA293	KOSOVO: UNMIK REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) UNMIK CivPol Commissioner Richard Monk has asked USOP for assistance in persuading the governments of Denmark and Norway to extend the tours of two civilian police officers deemed mission-essential. We concur with Monk that the extension of these two officers, and possibly additional pers [...]	2007-04-13 12:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA303	KOSOVO: CODEL ROHRABACHER SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo April 14-15, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) conveyed a strong message of support for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's package, saying it was past time for Kosovo's status to be resolved. In meetings with Kosovo officials, UNMIK, OSCE and US KFOR, Rohrabacher also stressed th [...]	2007-04-18 11:03:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA304	KOSOVO DELEGATION PRAISES EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Directors Malcolm Brown and Ekrem Hajdari, upon return from their highly rewarding participation in a U.S.-funded conference, queried us on the status of what they described as an EXBS offer to provide Kosovo with a mobile scanner in 2007. They were delighted wi [...]	2007-04-18 11:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA323	KOSOVO SERBS REACT POSITIVELY TO USG-FUNDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, COM inaugurated three USAID projects in Serb-majority northern Kosovo. These included renovations to both the Technical Sciences faculty and the technical high school in northern Mitrovica, along with the construction of a new water reservoir and water distributio [...]	2007-04-24 16:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA331	KOSOVO: NEW APPROACH NEEDED TO HELP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A year after the opening of Osterode camp, a USG-funded medical treatment facility for lead-poisoned Roma in northern Mitrovica, 134 Roma ) including 69 children ) still live in the highly contaminated Cesmin Lug camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thirty-one children [...]	2007-04-26 15:41:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREF SENV YI KCRS UNMIK
07PRISTINA336	KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...]	2007-04-30 09:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA348	KOSOVO: BALKAN WATCHERS' CONFERENCE BRINGS USG [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade-US Office Pristina message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16-18, Balkans watchers from Embassies Berlin, Paris, Rome, Skopje, USEU, and USNATO participated in familiarization visits to both Belgrade and Pristina. Co-hosted by Embassy Belgrade and US Office [...]	2007-05-03 15:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI

07PRISTINA349	KOSOVO: 3,000 RALLY IN PRISTINA FOR FORMER PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: An estimated 3,000 people rallied peacefully in Pristina during lunch hour on May 2 in support of ICTY indictee and former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Some high-level officials of Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party participated, as well as prominent m [...]	2007-05-03 16:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA362	KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...]	2007-05-07 15:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA379	KOSOVO ALBANIANS COMMEMORATE KOSOVO'S NEW MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo government officially recognized April 27 as Missing Persons Day. By changing the date from the internationally-observed August 30 to the anniversary of one of the largest massacres of Kosovo Albanians in 1999, the government scored some unnecessary PR points again [...]	2007-05-15 12:38:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA380	KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM SET TO APPROVE INTERIM PASSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much prodding from UNMIK and USOP, the Kosovo government has scrapped plans to produce an expensive biometric passport in favor of an interim solution, far more practical, that essentially represents a revision of the current UNMIK travel document. UNMIK sources tell us the [...]	2007-05-15 15:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA386	KOSOVO CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION UNDER ATTACK BY SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. The work of Kosovo's highly successful Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) is grinding to a halt due to attacks from the hardline Serbian government representative on the commission, in coordination with the intractable Ser [...]	2007-05-17 15:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA392	KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a May 10 briefing in Pristina on what it said was an "urgent requirement" to fund the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),an UNMIK organization, for one year after status. KPC Coordinator Major General Syk [...]	2007-05-18 16:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA404	KOSOVO: SERB RETURNS HAMPERED BY A COMPLEX MIX OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 16,458 cases of known minority returns to Kosovo since the 1999 conflict out of an estimated population of 230,000 displaced persons. Current impediments include most prominently lack of employment opportunities, concerns (real and exaggerated) over security, poo [...]	2007-05-22 14:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF UNMIK EAID YI
07PRISTINA407	THE ROAD AND THE WALL: GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two issues that have seen recent negative developments -- plans to construct a road near the Decani Monastery, linking western Kosovo to Montenegro, and controversy over the building of a security wall around the Pec Patriarchate -- foreshadow the difficulties regarding implement [...]	2007-05-22 15:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA413	KOSOVO SERB AND ALBANIAN FAMILIES OF THE MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in over a year, family members of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians met jointly with representatives of the Government of Serbia, the PISG, and UNMIK at a May 16-17 conference in Macedonia, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons [...]	2007-05-25 09:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA414	KOSOVO: REAL WORK ON NOVEMBER ELECTIONS NEEDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Transition Working Group on Elections has finished work and submitted a report of its four months of deliberations at the May 21 meeting of the Strategic Group on Transition, headed by UNMIK SRSG Joachim Ruecker. While there was early agreement on proportional voting based on [...]	2007-05-28 15:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA428	KOSOVO: POST-INDEPENDENCE SERB-RELATED CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The eventual declaration of Kosovo's independence, as we have always anticipated, will pose a number of challenges on the ground given continuing Belgrade and Kosovo Serb refusal to countenance any settlement based on the Ahtisaari plan or to accept the end of Serbian sovereignt [...]	2007-06-01 16:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA444	KOSOVO: FIVE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS RECEIVE A TOTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo media reported on May 29 that the Pristina Regional Court sentenced five people accused of trafficking in persons (TIP) to a total of 19 years in prison, ranging from 7.6 years for the group's ringleader to 2 years for a Moldovan woman whom the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) [...]	2007-06-05 17:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	GTIP KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA453	KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...]	2007-06-08 17:19:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA464	KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...]	2007-06-13 11:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA477	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina June 14-17, USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Amb. Frank Wisner delivered a message to Kosovo Albanian national and local political leaders, businesspeople, media, academics, and religious figures that the quality of Kosovo's independence is as important as the speed at whi [...]	2007-06-19 14:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA489	KOSOVO: EUPT PROPOSES BROAD TRAINING CONCEPT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent weeklong course in Finland for candidates for the anticipated Kosovo European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission covered ESDP concepts, the goals of the Kosovo ESDP mission, an overview of rule of law sectors in Kosovo, Kosovo-specific case studies, and the missi [...]	2007-06-22 13:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINS YI UNMIK KCRS
07PRISTINA490	KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media attacks against Kosovo's fragile Unity Team (UT),composed of leading governing and opposition figures, are becoming an almost daily occurrence, as public frustration mounts over the continued uncertainty of final status. In the face of what is perceived here to be backsli [...]	2007-06-22 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA492	KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...]	2007-06-25 07:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA50	KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...]	2007-01-19 17:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA502	KOSOVO: UNMIK SEEKS SUPPORT FOR OBSERVER STATUS TO [...] (U) Acting DSRSG Paul Acda wrote to COM June 21 asking for United States Customs Service's support for UNMIK's request for observer status to the Brussels-based World Customs Organization. 2. (U) The text of Acda's direct request to WCO General Director Michel Danet follows. BEGIN TEXT: [...]	2007-06-29 09:45:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KHLS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA503	KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...]	2007-06-29 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA504	KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...]	2007-06-29 14:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA506	KOSOVO: FAST-TRACKING PLAN UNDERWAY FOR TRANSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the Ahtisaari Plan, the Kosovo Assembly must pass a number of laws during the established 120-day transition period. The Assembly's normal pace of doing business is inadequate to do this, so the OSCE, EAR, and NDI, working together as the Assembly Support Initiative (ASI [...]	2007-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA51	KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ON AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its work to garner public support for the final status package in advance of the expected February 2 visit of UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari, the Public Outreach Working Group, composed of OSCE, USOP/USAID, UNMIK, ICO, the Kosovo government and governing and opposition political [...]	2007-01-19 17:49:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA521	KOSOVO: SERB CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of delay, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) met June 21 and approved five new tenders. RIC Project Manager Francisco Montanes is very pleased with Vera Pavlovic Luncharsky, the new Serbian Government re [...]	2007-07-06 12:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA525	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SHARE ARMY ROTC [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) For the last two years, the American University of Kosovo (AUK) has been running a Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC)-type program in conjunction with the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC). AUK is affiliated with the Rochester Institute of T [...]	2007-07-09 08:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS MASS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA534	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN [...] (U) Your visit to Kosovo comes at the final phase of a prolonged period of negotiation over Kosovo's status, a process led by UN Special Envoy and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. The status negotiation process began in January 2006 with the articulation of basic principles by the [...]	2007-07-10 16:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA536	KOSOVO: EXBS ADVISOR FOR KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) USOP concurs with ISN/ECC's selection and assignment of Robert Burright to the position of Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program advisor in Kosovo. USOP also concurs with the plan to hire Burright as a pers [...]	2007-07-11 14:17:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA54	SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: NO INCIDENTS, RADICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs voted peacefully at polling stations throughout Kosovo in the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. There were no significant incidents. Preliminary results indicate that Kosovo Serb support for the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has fallen markedly since th [...]	2007-01-22 14:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA542	KOSOVO: ABNORMALLY WARM AND DRY WINTER EXPOSES [...] (U) Summary. Many regions of Kosovo suffer from water scarcity, poor drinking water quality, and absence of waste water treatment. An unusually mild and dry winter has halved fresh water inflow into artificial lakes and reservoirs in most of Kosovo, and led to widespread water cut-offs. Sever [...]	2007-07-13 09:30:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID PGOV UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA543	KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...]	2007-07-13 09:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA544	KOSOVO: SECURITY WORKING GROUPS SLOWLY LEAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: The sub-Working Groups on Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Issues and Security Institutions, two of the six sub-Working Groups (sub-WGs) created by the Working Group on Security (WGS) to carry out its mandate to plan for implementation of Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari final status pac [...]	2007-07-13 09:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PINS PREL YI KCRS UNMIK
07PRISTINA545	KOSOVO: OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR RETURNS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A broad spectrum of participants, including the municipal mayor, numerous internationals, and a large group of Serb IDP association leaders, took part in a discussion of the returns process at a conference held July 2 in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality. Highlighting the recent [...]	2007-07-13 09:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA557	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...]	2007-07-16 12:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA56	KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...]	2007-01-23 12:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA577	KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA KPS CHIEF EVINCES GUARDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Mitrovica Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Commander Milija Milosevic, speaking for the first time directly with USOP on July 18, maintained that his officers would continue to do their job regardless of the outcome of Kosovo status. Eager to show goodwill, he asserted that, at [...]	2007-07-26 11:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA591	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINAL STATUS DEBATE ENDS WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly held a marathon July 31 session to hear an update on final status from Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) upon the latter's return from Washington. Speaking of the expected 120-day period of further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, President Sejdiu said the UT would [...]	2007-07-31 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA592	KOSOVO: NORTHERN POLITICIANS DISCUSS STATUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two Serb politicians from Leposavic and Zubin Potok evinced a desire to cooperate with the international community on security and stability, but also continued reluctance to cooperate with the PISG. Both stressed that relations with KFOR are currently good and emphasized their [...]	2007-07-31 15:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA593	KOSOVO: SIGNS OF HARDLINE SERB CONSOLIDATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent disturbing moves by Serb hardliners linked with the Belgrade's Coordinating Center for Kosovo (CCK) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) provide evidence that Belgrade is working to sow fear and mistrust between Kosovo Serbs and their Albanian and international interlocu [...]	2007-07-31 15:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA594	KOSOVO: AT DONOR URGING, UNMIK COMMITS TO CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: UNMIK committed to closing the Cesmin Lug Roma camp, which CDC has consistently maintained is unsafe for human habitation. In a July 23 meeting with UN, USOP and donor representatives, PDSRSG Schook gave the instruction that alternative sites be found for the current Cesmin Lug [...]	2007-07-31 15:54:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV EAID KCRS YI KV UNMIK SENV PHUM
07PRISTINA611	KOSOVO: PDK HANGS TOGETHER DESPITE DIFFERENCES, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As a possible election season approaches, the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is hanging together despite internal fault lines. PDK MPs are frustrated with the Unity Team and have criticized party president Hashim Thaci's leadership. Thaci himself is reportedly b [...]	2007-08-08 05:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM UNMIK KV YI
07PRISTINA616	KOSOVO: KLINA PROPERTY DECISIONS FINALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the mayor and CEO of Kline/Klina municipality to challenge two high-profile Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) decisions in favor of Kosovo Serbs sent disturbing signals about the property restitution process (especially for Kosovo Serbs) and the general rule of law [...]	2007-08-09 13:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA617	KOSOVO: DEPORTATION OF FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to UNMIK's Office of Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM),more than 47,500 people have been deported to Kosovo since 2000, with Germany alone accounting for 8,454. Concern is growing among internationals, the PISG, and the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian (RAE) c [...]	2007-08-09 13:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA621	KOSOVO: AUDITOR'S REPORT ON ASSEMBLY SEES IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly has shifted from lavish misuse of government funds in 2005 to less glaring weaknesses in procedural controls in 2006, according to an independent audit released August 9. Although the Auditor General was not satisfied with the Assembly's fiscal management in [...]	2007-08-13 15:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA622	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...]	2007-08-13 16:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA636	KOSOVO: FAMILIES OF MISSING PERSONS ASK TROIKA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 families of Kosovo Albanians missing since the 1998-99 conflict asked local Troika representatives, made up of Charge, Russian Charge Kurbatskiy, and ICOPT head Jonsson, to pressure Belgrade to unlock its files and reveal the fate of their relatives. The Troika assur [...]	2007-08-21 13:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA640	KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...]	2007-08-23 12:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA643	KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING [...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...]	2007-08-24 13:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA644	KOSOVO: MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER THACI WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition leader Hashim Thaci reiterated to us August 23 his position that elections had to happen during their constitutionally-mandated timeframe and noted that Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) had already agreed to holding them by the third week of November. Thaci promised that [...]	2007-08-24 14:14:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA669	KOSOVO: DEMINING REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) published a report in July 2007 on landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Kosovo and the local capacity to address it. The report, the result of a February GICHD mission to Kosovo to review prog [...]	2007-09-06 15:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA671	KOSOVO: SPECIAL PROSECUTORS' OFFICE MAKES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) now has six prosecutors pursuing complex cases and beginning to file indictments in serious cases; however, it is facing significant obstacles that threaten its future viability. Among these are a lack of resources and unhelpful atti [...]	2007-09-06 15:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA677	KOSOVO: TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's energy sector is dominated by Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK),a publicly-owned, vertically integrated monopoly that provides ninety-eight percent of Kosovo's electricity. With help from contractors provided by USAID, KEK has made significant improvements in its operatio [...]	2007-09-10 13:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA68	KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...]	2007-01-25 18:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI
07PRISTINA683	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...]	2007-09-12 12:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA686	KOSOVO: USOP WORKS TO REASSURE STRPCE SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nestled in the Shar mountains, Strpce municipality - the southernmost Serb-majority area in Kosovo - holds great potential for economic development, but is also faced with several critical issues: delayed privatization of a potentially lucrative ski area that has stalled economi [...]	2007-09-14 10:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA687	KOSOVO ELECTIONS: 64 PARTIES, INCLUDING SOME SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After extending the deadline twice, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) received applications late September 12 from 64 political parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates for the November 17 elections at the central and municipal levels. Albanian p [...]	2007-09-14 14:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA694	KOSOVO: USOP INTERVENTION STOPS SERB PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY (C) Despite USOP's recent intervention in a pair of property disputes involving Kosovo Serbs in Klina (reftel),the municipal government has since attempted to repossess the property known as the "Youth Center." After initial attempts to use expropriation (similar to eminent domain i [...]	2007-09-19 13:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA697	KOSOVO: TREPCA AND THE NEED FOR SOUND ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August, the Kosovo Assembly was poised to pass an ill-advised resolution mandating that the debt-ridden Trepca mining and minerals company be designated a publicly-owned enterprise (POE) rather than a socially-owned enterprise (SOE). The move would have been a disastrous one, [...]	2007-09-21 14:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA698	KOSOVO: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SLOWLY TAKES [...] (C) Summary: Operating for more than a year, the embryonic Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is gradually taking over the law enforcement competencies of UNMIK, starting with civil status and registration, production of documents, emergency management, and vehicle registration. Those remaini [...]	2007-09-21 14:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA705	KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]	2007-09-26 08:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA706	KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]	2007-09-26 08:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA707	KOSOVO: TRANSITION PLANNING MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first Strategic Transition Group meeting since the August recess, SRSG Ruecker on September 20 urged a renewed focus on the transition process and reaffirmed UNMIK's support for the Ahtisaari plan as the blueprint for moving ahead on transition implementation. Progress r [...]	2007-09-26 12:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA711	KOSOVO: VIOLENCE OVER PROPERTY SALES LEAVE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The multiethnic north Mitrovica neighborhood of Little Bosnia, or Bosniak Mahalla, is on edge as a result of a series of recent criminal incidents, including explosions, an arson attack and newly-planted unexploded ordnance (UXO). The incidents date back to January 2007 and appe [...]	2007-10-01 14:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA714	KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]	2007-10-02 16:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA715	KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]	2007-10-02 16:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA734	KOSOVO: ROMA CAMPS CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The lead-contaminated Roma IDP camp Cesmin Lug remains open more than three months after UNMIK committed to closing it (reftel). Funding is running out at Osterode, the alternate and safer camp, for services essential to preserving the health of Roma children vis-a-vis their lead [...]	2007-10-09 08:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KZ
07PRISTINA74	KOSOVO: KOSOVARS ANXIOUS AND EXPECTANT, BUT CALM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovar Albanians eagerly anticipate the upcoming Feb. 2 visit by UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari, believing that his arrival will mark the final phase in the status determination process. The Kosovar Albanian "Unity Team" of negotiators from the major political pa [...]	2007-01-27 16:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA749	KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATES US KFOR/USAID PROJECT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the inauguration of a joint USKFOR/USAID community development project in the Serb enclave of Partes (Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality),COM and other visitors witnessed genuine appreciation from local Serbs for USKFOR/USG efforts on their behalf. This project, the first officia [...]	2007-10-19 13:54:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA75	KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...]	2007-01-29 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA756	KOSOVO: K-ALBANIAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The six Kosovar Albanian political parties with a realistic chance of passing the five-percent parliamentary threshold are scrambling to prepare for the coming election campaign, which formally begins on October 26. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hopes to remain the larg [...]	2007-10-25 17:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA757	POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF BELGRADE DISCONNECTS KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Various scenarios exist if Serbia, in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, chooses to disconnect Kosovo from its energy grid. Our USAID energy experts tell us that the most likely scenario would have Kosovo muddling through, but only if both its aging l [...]	2007-10-26 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA760	KOSOVO: NORTHERN SERB LEADERS HARDEN POSITION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. There were no surprises in our recent meetings with hardline northern Kosovo Serb leaders. We emphasized the leaders' responsibility for security and sought to maintain open lines of communication. For their part, our interlocutors were consistent in asserting that Kosovo Serb [...]	2007-10-29 15:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA768	KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...]	2007-11-05 16:35:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA775	KOSOVO: HOW TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars will head to the polls on November 17 for the first election in three years. An unofficial NGO parallel count might provide results within hours of polls closing, and thus lead to immediate coalition discussions. The Council of Europe (CoE) has 150 short term observers on [...]	2007-11-09 16:21:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KV UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA777	KOSOVO: BELGRADE INCREASES RHETORICAL AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent statements - public and private - by Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic and others in the Ministry's hierarchy demonstrate Belgrade's intention to increase pressure on Kosovo's Serbs to toe the line, strengthen parallel structures, and -- as a likely outcome -- [...]	2007-11-14 15:39:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA778	KOSOVO: EU PLANS FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the August 2007 escape of seven of Kosovo's most dangerous criminals from Dubrava Prison (reftel),which highlighted security problems in Kosovo's penitentiary system, the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) shared with USOP its assessment of Kosovo's prisons [...]	2007-11-14 15:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA782	KOSOVO: CALM CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three-week campaign period ended on November 15 with most talk of Kosovo's status being successfully kept out of the fray. The pre-election deal struck among the main K-Albanian parties held and kept the tone of discussion of non-status issues positive for much of the campaig [...]	2007-11-16 17:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA786	KOSOVO ENERGY: PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL BELGRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Planning for the potential of Belgrade disconnecting Kosovo from its energy grid, Kosovo energy transmission experts have begun quiet talks with their Macedonian, Albanian and Greek counterparts to coordinate action to preserve the stability of the regional energy system. In oth [...]	2007-11-20 16:22:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA793	KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI'S TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial resumed on November 15. The atmosphere, again, was circus-like, with Kurti trying to make political statements and the presiding judge repeatedly yelling at him to "get to the point" and "move on." It star [...]	2007-11-26 13:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA804	KOSOVO: ELECTION RESULTS ALLOW FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the preliminary results in and 3,297 ballots counted for Serb parties contesting the Assembly vote, Kosovo Serb participation in the November 17 elections appears greater than in 2004. The ten Assembly seats set aside for Serbs were split between six small Kosovo Serb part [...]	2007-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA806	KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presenting a unified front, USOP, the EU Rule of Law planning team (EUPT),UNMIK's Department of Justice (DOJ),UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together persuaded the Ministry of Justice to scrap its [...]	2007-12-06 17:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA81	KOSOVO: BREAK-AWAY "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE" FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the break-away Democratic League (LD) on January 12, LD leader and former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci and his allies have tried to portray the party as a significant force that has hived off a good portion of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Ho [...]	2007-01-29 15:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA810	KOSOVO: EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE SERBIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite negative consequences for its own economy, Serbia appears determined to implement an economic blockade against Kosovo when independence is declared. While the length and degree of a blockade is impossible to predict, complete closure of every Serbia-Kosovo checkpoint to a [...]	2007-12-07 17:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
07PRISTINA811	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS BRING IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Ruecker certified the results of the November 17 Kosovo Assembly election on December 5. Among the Albanian parties, seat distribution of the 120-seat Assembly comprises the following (previous number of seats in parentheses): Hashim Thaci's PDK 37 (30),President Sejdiu's L [...]	2007-12-07 18:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA813	KOSOVO ELECTIONS: PDK WINS MORE MAYORSHIPS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to preliminary results issued December 9 by the OSCE, Hashim Thaci's PDK party won 14 of the 23 municipalities up for grabs in the December 8 mayoral run-offs in Kosovo. President Sejdiu's LDK party won 6 -- including Pristina -- while Ramush Haradinaj's AAK party won [...]	2007-12-10 15:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA821	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting USOP's candidates selected for the Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS 08-01). The program takes place from January 7 to April 5, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but will also include a trip to the U [...]	2007-12-14 13:02:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA826	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting Mr. Bajram Sherifi, the USOP candidate selected for the Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-02). The program takes place from January 14 to February 23, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but w [...]	2007-12-19 16:09:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA829	KOSOVO'S WATER SYSTEM: INTERDEPENDENCE OF NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazivoda reservoir, located in the northern Serb-majority municipality of Zubin Potok, is Kosovo's largest body of water and a vital resource for both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb communities. The lake supplies drinking water to areas of northern Kosovo and essential cooling [...]	2007-12-20 16:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
07PRISTINA85	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL FEBRUARY 2 [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Brad Bell, U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK, February 2, 2007 to travel with UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari, who will present his Comprehensive Proposal for the Future Status of Kosovo to the negotiating teams in both Pristina and Belgrade. [...]	2007-01-31 12:21:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC UNMIK SR
07PRISTINA91	KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATE AID PROJECT, URGES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the inauguration of a U.S.-funded town hall and road rehabilitation project in northern Kosovo on February 1, COM urged Kosovo Serbs to listen carefully to Ahtisaari's proposal, saying that it will contain significant rights and guarantees for Kosovo's Serbs. In a priva [...]	2007-02-02 12:25:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA93	KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...]	2007-02-02 18:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA96	KOSOVO: POSITIVE KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction by Kosovo Albanian leaders and the media to the final status package, as presented in Pristina by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari on February 2, has been positive. The Unity Team welcomed the package and issued a statement saying they were committed to continuing the process [...]	2007-02-05 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07REYKJAVIK334	KOSOVO: ICELAND AGREES AHTISAARI PLAN ONLY REAL OPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 17:35:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNMIK NATO UN YI IC
07REYKJAVIK80	ICELAND APPROVES OF AHTISAARI'S WORK ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 17:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC
07REYKJAVIK93	ICELAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PROPOSAL ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 10:05:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC
07RIGA227	LATVIA SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 14:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU LG
07ROME625	ITALY ISSUES DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF AHTISAARI'S [...] (U) On March 26, the Italian MFA issued a statement in support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo and pledged to work toward finding a status solution for Kosovo in the UNSC. The statement also welcomed the role of NATO and EU in ensuring the stability of the region. Text of statement [...]	2007-03-27 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU IT
07SARAJEVO117	BOSNIA: MEASURED REACTIONS TO KOSTUNICA AND [...] (C) Recent comments attributed to Serbian officials, including Premier Vojislav Kostunica and Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic, linking Kosovo with the status of the Republika Srpska add fuel to the constant drumbeat of statements from Srpska PM Dodik about a referedum for Srpska independence. T [...]	2007-01-18 09:43:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BK PREL UNMIK YI SR
07SKOPJE50	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE [...] (C) In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Milososki confirmed the GOM's support for Ahtisaari's Kosovo final status timeline (reftel),and agreed on the importance of close coordination between the U.S., the EU and the UN on the matter. The Ambassador assured Milososki [...]	2007-01-19 15:48:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV MK
07SOFIA172	BULGARIA READY TO HELP AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahtisaari deputy Albert Rohan asked Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin February 7 to try to convince Bucharest to be more supportive of Ahtisaari's plan. In a subsequent conversation, Prime Minister Stanishev's Foreign Policy Advisor flagged for us the issue of the Kosovo-Macedoni [...]	2007-02-09 14:48:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI BG

07SOFIA400	BULGARIA CONTINUES TO BACK AHTISAARI, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Kalfin told the Ambassador March 26 that "independence is the only option" for Kosovo and undertook to work toward an EU consensus in support of Ahtisaari's proposals. In meetings with Serb and Kosovar leaders the week of March 19, PM Stanishev preached realism and patience, [...]	2007-03-27 15:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK YI SR BU
07STATE166909	DEMARCHE INSTRUCTION ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The Department requests that Embassies in current and new (2008) non-European members of the UN Security Council Countries (except Beijing) deliver the following demarche on Kosovo at the highest appropriate level before December 17. This message is info onl [...]	2007-12-14 01:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07STATE168395	INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC SESSION ON KOSOVO, DECEMBER [...] (C) USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for use during the UN Security Council session on Kosovo on December 19, 2007. Our Quint partners (UK, Germany, Italy, France) have agreed to a low-key approach. We seek to avoid a contentious meeting, which could make it more difficult for UN [...]	2007-12-18 23:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UNSC UNMIK
07STATE45355	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for ambassadors in Accra, Brazzaville, Pretoria, Jakarta, Doha, Panama and Lima -- please see para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On April 3, UN Special Envoy Marti Ahtisaari presented to the UNSC his proposals for Kosovo's future status, including a recommendatio [...]	2007-04-05 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07STATE49723	ACTION REQUEST FROM U/S BURNS TO AMBASSADORS FOR [...] (C) Kosovo independence is a major priority in our current foreign policy and will dominate much of our work in the Security Council over the next month. Embassies in non-European Security Council countries will play a pivotal role in advancing our policy of a supervised independence for Kos [...]	2007-04-13 23:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK
07STOCKHOLM69	SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO TIMELINE [...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche urging support for Ahtisaari's proposed timeline 1/19 to MFA Deputy Director General and Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Mats Staffansson, who was joined by Western Balkans Head Lars Wahlund. Polcouns also raised the issue w [...]	2007-01-19 15:20:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC SW
07TALLINN202	ESTONIA SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 14:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK UN YI EU EN
07TALLINN40	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...] (C) On January 20, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo to Kristina Meius, European Correspondent and Raul Toomas, Attache in the Central and Northern European Division of the MFA. Toomas and Meius said the GOE agrees the process for determining Kosovo's status must move forward. [...]	2007-01-22 13:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK EUN OPDC EN PGOV
07THEHAGUE551	NETHERLANDS: UN KOSOVO PROPOSAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels on March 26; Charge has requested senior appointments. To date, the GONL has been supportive of the Ahtisaari status process for Kosovo, but remains concerned with Russian opposition and the possibilit [...]	2007-03-26 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU NL
07USNATO128	AMBASSADOR NULAND UPDATES NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer complained to Ambassador Nuland on February 27 that, prior to his meeting with National Security Advisor Hadley on February 21, he had not been briefed on possible U.S. participation in the EU,s ESDP mission for Kosovo. The SYG expressed concern that [...]	2007-02-28 17:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCRM PREL MOPS UNMIK YI
07USOSCE346	DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES KOSOVO ISSUES WITH OSCE [...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 meeting in Vienna, EUR/SCE DAS Rosemary diCarlo and OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut agreed that it would be difficult to deter Kosovo from making a unilateral declaration of independence if the Troika-led negotiations do not bear fruit. In the [...]	2007-09-05 14:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YI PGOV SR OSCE UNMIK
07USOSCE382	IF KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, WHAT [...] (C) The likelihood that the OSCE will have to close its mission to Kosovo is increasing. In the event of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),Russia and Serbia have threatened to force closure of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK),and they could easily do so. Under such circumsta [...]	2007-10-15 08:19:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV UNMIK KV UNSC SR YI RU
07USUNNEWYORK1093	SOLANA TELLS BAN EU WILL MAKE STRONG POLITICAL [...] (C) On November 28, Ambassador Khalilzad met with the EU's Javier Solana to discuss Kosovo. Solana reported that he had met earlier in the day with SYG Ban Ki-Moon to tell him that when the EU holds its summit on December 14, he will push for a strong political statement that "the EU is ready [...]	2007-11-29 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KV YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK1121	SYG BAN SUPPORTS KOSOVO END GOAL BUT WANTS TO [...] (C) SYG Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad in a tete-a-tete breakfast on December 5 that he supports the end goal of coordinated independence for Kosovo, is willing to reconfigure UNMIK and will not vitiate a coordinated declaration of independence by Kosovo. However, Ban said he hopes he is not p [...]	2007-12-05 18:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1129	CAUTIOUS BAN SEEMS TO SUPPORT OUR KOSOVO BOTTOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Coordinating and Drafting Group minus Russia plus Portugal met with SYG Ban to discuss the way ahead on Kosovo in the post-Troika period. The group laid out the likelihood of a blocked Security Council and the need to find a status solution outside of the Coun [...]	2007-12-06 00:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1152	SERBIAN FM STICKS TO CALLING FOR MORE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolff that Belgrade is happy with the work of the Troika, but criticized what he said were unhelpful U.S. statements during the process about independence for Kosovo. Jeremic said Belgrade wants to continue negotiations with [...]	2007-12-11 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1155	CDG MINUS RUSSIA DISCUSSES RUSSIAN PRST ELEMENTS [...] (SBU) On December 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convoked Permreps of the CDG minus Russia to discuss the Russian distributed elements for a PRST and format issues for the December 19 UNSC meeting on the Troika report. Ambassador Khalilzad framed the options for dealing with Russia's PRST elements [...]	2007-12-11 22:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1175	KOSOVO'S RETURN TO UNSC FINDS RUSSIA STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on December 13, Russia raised its recently circulated elements for a PRST on Kosovo. Ambassadors Khalilzad and Sawers voiced disagreement with the premise of the elements that there is scope for a mutually acceptable solution. They said there can be no PRST [...]	2007-12-14 21:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1204	KOSTUNICA: SERBIA WILL "DO MUCH MORE" THAN DECLINE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Security Council's session on Kosovo (reported septel) Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica offered Ambassador Khalilzad a familiar mix of legalisms and ethnic nationalism in arguing against a non-negotiated solution to Kosovo's status. Kostunica said Serbia is prep [...]	2007-12-21 18:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1208	SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON KOSOVO, BUT IS IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 19 UN Security Council session, Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called for open-ended negotiations on Kosovo's future political status, insisting that any other means of resolving the issue would violate UNSCR 1244 and the UN Charter. Kosovo President Sejdiu declar [...]	2007-12-26 15:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KV UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK122	SE AHTISAARI AND AMBASSADOR WOLFF STRATEGIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting Special Envoy Ahtisaari and Acting Permrep Wolff discussed the way ahead on the Kosovo status process including taking Ahtisaari's package to the Security Council and work that will follow. Wolff explained that the Russians were continuing to play for ti [...]	2007-02-12 17:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK138	SYG BAN EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI TO [...] (SBU) At a February 15 lunch with Security Council Permreps, SYG Ban said he fully supported Special Envoy Ahtisaari's status proposal and the "intended way forward." Ban described the situation as being at a crucial crossroads, for which there could be no undue delay or derailment. He said [...]	2007-02-20 16:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK216	RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS KOSOVO AND ABKHAZIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 14, at the end of P5 meeting on Iran, Russian Permrep Churkin protested a UK proposed Arria-style meeting for Kosovo President Sejdiu that he said he had been informed of earlier in the day. Churkin produced [...]	2007-03-17 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK239	KOSOVO COMING ATTRACTIONS: ROUTINE UNMIK BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 19 Security Council quarterly session on UNMIK, SRSG Rucker reported that steady progress continues on Standards and stressed that Kosovo needs clarity about its future. Speaking for Serbia, Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija President Raskovic-Ivic focused [...]	2007-03-24 01:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK273	RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]	2007-04-09 21:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK3	USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]	2007-01-05 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK330	KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the Security Council on the eve of its trip to Kosovo, U/SYG Guehenno delivered a briefing on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244. Guehenno cited progress across the board and stated that by any objective evaluation Kosovo was now a much [...]	2007-04-27 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK368	P5 AGREE TO COOPERATE ON SUDAN AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (SBU) On May 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convened his first meeting of the Permanent Five United Nations Security Council Members (UNSC). Members welcomed Ambassador Khalilzad's commitment to begin regular P5 consultations and to make use of this forum to advance shared goals and harmonize posit [...]	2007-05-12 00:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK374	IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]	2007-05-14 22:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK395	FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...]	2007-05-21 15:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK41	QUINT STRATEGIZES IN NEW YORK ON UN PROCESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of Quint countries (U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy) met in New York on January 18 to consider tactics for getting the Kosovo final status process to and through the Security Council. Participants considered: whether and how Special Envoy Ahtisaari's initial pro [...]	2007-01-23 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK497	CHURKIN CONTINUES TO SAY NO ON AUTOMATICITY [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting at the Russian Mission, Ambassador Churkin yielded no ground on Russia's objection to Kosovo independence unless agreed by Serbia. Churkin stressed that the recent Quint meeting in Paris had "left a bad taste" in Russia's mouth as it gave the impression th [...]	2007-06-20 00:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK503	CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...]	2007-06-20 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK522	CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS [...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...]	2007-06-25 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK544	PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...]	2007-07-03 12:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK564	SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]	2007-07-11 11:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK862	SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...]	2007-10-12 23:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK97	KOSOVO: USUN RUNS INTERFERENCE AT UN FOR AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN has delivered strong messages at several UN levels making clear our conviction that Special Envoy Ahtisaari should have the last word on the composition of his own settlement proposal and report. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe Director Harland reassur [...]	2007-02-02 23:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07VIENNA167	KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...]	2007-01-24 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU
07VIENNA857	AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian MFA's Secretary General. EconPolCouns also discussed the issue with MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on March 29. 2. (C) Kyrle agreed that EU unity in support of Martti Ahtisaari's report is esse [...]	2007-03-30 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU AU
07WARSAW163	KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE: POLAND FULLY ON BOARD [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Kosovo status timeline on January 18 to Piotr Siebeneichen, Chief of the Balkans Division in the MFA Europe Department. Siebeneichen said the Polish and U.S. positions were nearly identical; Poland strongly supported Un Special Envy Ahtis [...]	2007-01-26 10:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PL
07WARSAW748	POLAND SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PLAN, BUT EXPRESSES [...] (C) DCM met March 27 with Krzysztof Szczerski, Under Secretary of State for Europe at Polish MFA, to deliver SIPDIS reftel Demarche on Kosovo. (Note: Neither Minister nor Deputy Minister were available.) Szczerski stated "Poland is for the Ahtisaari plan," but then went on to outline "a f [...]	2007-03-27 14:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PL
07ZAGREB51	ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT MESIC TO VISIT KOSOVO AND [...] (C) President Mesic's Special Advisor for International Relations Budimir Loncar told the Ambassador January 17 that he will travel to Kosovo next week to have discussions with Albanian and Serb leaders. This trip, according to Loncar, resulted from a visit to Zagreb by a group of Serb mayors [...]	2007-01-18 13:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC HR
08ABUDHABI171	UAE VIEWS ON KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 14:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN YI EU AE
08ABUDHABI188	LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) On February 10, the Charge met with UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali to discuss, among other issues (septel),the need for as many nations as possible to recognize an independent Kosovo soon after independence is announced. Al-Sha'ali acknowledged our a [...]	2008-02-11 13:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AE
08ABUJA296	NIGERIA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU NI
08ABUJA344	NIGERIA NOT INCLINED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] (C) Ref A suggests that the GON has privately indicated its inclination to recognize Kosovo. In ref B, we reported that President Yar'Adua had indicated to the Ambassador that Nigeria would take time to see what its neighbors were doing, and would evaluate what was in its best interest before [...]	2008-02-22 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KV NI
08ABUJA449	NIGERIA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT OIC [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Bernard Shabu, Assistant Director of Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Affairs and Desk Officer for Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 7. Shabu informed PolOff that President Umaru Yar'Adua, accompan [...]	2008-03-07 13:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL UNSC UNMIK KIRF EU KV YI NI
08ACCRA849	KOSOVO RECOGNITION: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:30:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV GH
08ACCRA87	GHANA: DEMARCHE ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 17:39:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU GH
08ADDISABABA382	ETHIOPIA COOL TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with State Minister Tekeda Alemu February 12, 2008 on the anticipated independence of Kosovo. Tekeda replied that Ethiopia has not given great thought to this issue, but would be hesitant to make any statement for or against this pronouncement. Tekeda opined that the Ser [...]	2008-02-14 08:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU ET
08ALGIERS169	ALGERIA RESERVED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: We received a noncommittal response from Algerian government interlocutors when the Ambassador raised the issue of recognizing an independent Kosovo. The Algerian government prefers a "go slow" approach, even though a top MFA official readily agreed Kosovo could never be reinteg [...]	2008-02-17 06:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV AG
08ALGIERS195	MGKV01: ALGERIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Bougerra told the Ambassador February 20 that Algeria would not recognize Kosovo in the foreseeable future at least. In response to ref A points, he said that it appeared to Algiers that UNSCR 1244 was explicit that Kosovo is a part of Serbia unless Serbs and Koso [...]	2008-02-20 15:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KVIR AG
08ALGIERS762	ALGERIA REMAINS DISTANT ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with MFA's Director General for European Affairs (A/S equivalent) Mouloud Hamai and Deputy Director for Central Europe and the Balkans Abdelmadjid Amalou, Charge asked whether Algeria's thinking on Kosovo had evolved and urged the Algerians to participate in the July 11 [...]	2008-07-07 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV AG
08AMMAN456	KOSOVO: JORDAN WAITING ON OIC, AL SUMMITS TO [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...]	2008-02-12 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN473	KOSOVO: FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON JORDAN'S POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador had a second conversation with Foreign Minister Salah al-Bashir on February 12, regarding Jordan's position on recognizing Kosovo independence. Bashir indicated that Jordan understood the logic of the U.S./EU stand, but would be unable to act prior to the OIC and Arab League s [...]	2008-02-13 16:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN479	CORRECTED COPY OF AMMAN 456: KOSOVO: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...]	2008-02-14 11:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN527	U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE - [...] (C) In the absence from the country of Foreign Minister Bashir, Charge delivered ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister (and regularly, Minister of State for Media and Communication Affairs) Nasser Joudeh February 19. Joudeh said he would consult with others in the GOJ and convey any feedb [...]	2008-02-19 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI KV JO
08AMMAN606	KOSOVO: FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES INCLINATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KV UNMIK YI JO
08AMMAN706	JORDAN ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 10:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV JO
08ANKARA275	TURKEY/KOSOVO: TURKEY TO FOLLOW CLOSE ON OUR HEELS [...] (U) This message contains an action request at para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador emphasized our hope that countries would recognize Kosovo soon after it declares independence, and reviewed with MFA U/S Apakan the request that Turkey become a member of the Kosovo International Steering Group (ISG) (r [...]	2008-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PROV YI EU OSCE TU
08ASHGABAT212	PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK TX
08ATHENS224	MGKV01: GREECE/KOSOVO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 15:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KVIR GR
08ATHENS952	KOSOVO: GREEKS NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE BUT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard spoke with FM Bakoyannis July 3 to urge that Greece recognize Kosovo independence, emphasizing the need to take steps that foster regional stability, and noting that it is time for Greece to join the other 20 EU states that have recognized Kosovo. Bakoyannis said Gre [...]	2008-07-03 11:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UN YI EU KV GR
08BAKU129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LIKELY AZERBAIJANI REACTION [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Kosovo's anticipated declaration of independence in a February 12 meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (other topics septel). Noting that he had discussed this issue with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried in Munich, Mammadyarov [...]	2008-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UNAUS UNMIK OSCE AJ
08BAKU217	KOSOVO SOLIDARITY REQUEST DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 12:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV AJ
08BAKU651	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION DELIVERED, [...] (C) The Embassy delivered the points in reftel on the importance of recognizing Kosovo via a letter from the Ambassador to Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. Given the GOAJ's foreign policy focus on the conflict over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and its concerns about Kosovo b [...]	2008-07-08 08:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV AJ
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN198	BRUNEI STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Datin Hjh Maimunah Elias, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on June 30, emphasizing that the change in status of the UN mission and Kosovo's track record in unilateral implementation of the Ahtisaari Plan showed that Kosovo [...]	2008-07-01 05:11:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KV BX
08BANGKOK125	THAILAND TO STUDY KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] (C) DCM met with MFA Director General for European Affairs Ambassador Suthee Na Lumpang on January 11 to deliver reftel points on the resolution of Kosovo's status and emphasized that the USG intends to recognize Kosovo once independence is declared. The USG hopes Thailand will do the same. A [...]	2008-01-14 00:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI TH
08BANGKOK2028	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM on July 2 delivered ref A points to MFA Director General for European Affairs Ambassador Suthee Na Lumpang. Suthee said the RTG position remained as it was when the Ambassador earlier engaged on Kosovo (ref B and C) -- the RTG was reluctant to recognize Kosovo's independence. S [...]	2008-07-03 07:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV TH
08BANGKOK455	THAILAND UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO QUICKLY [...] (C) Summary: Thailand is concerned that Kosovo independence could set a bad precedent, given Thailand's own issues with separatist insurgents in the Malay-muslim majority deep southern provinces. The MFA permanent secretary told Ambassador on February 12 that Thailand SIPDIS "almost certai [...]	2008-02-12 23:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH
08BANGKOK627	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In the Ambassador's February 26 call on recently-inaugurated Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama (more detail septel),the Ambassador drew on background in ref B and urged that Thailand recognize the independence of Kosovo. The Ambassador explained how Kosovo's independence would help stabi [...]	2008-02-27 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH
08BANGKOK715	A/S HILL AND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK DISCUSS BURMA, [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej told visiting A/S Hill on February 29 that he favored "soft pressure" on Burma, and he was willing to host multilateral talks with Burma and others in the region. A/S Hill stressed the concern of President Bush about the human rights situation in Burma. A/S [...]	2008-03-07 04:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH BM
08BARCELONA18	ANDORRA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) CG raised reftel points with FM Mateu February 21. Mateu told CG the Government of Andorra "welcomed" Kosovo's declaration of independence, but would not formally recognize Kosovo until there was a "clearer consensus" with the EU. Mateu said Andorra was placed in a difficult position betw [...]	2008-02-29 09:33:00	Consulate Barcelona	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU UN KV UNMIK SP AN
08BEIJING2610	China Unchanged on Kosovo: No Recognition, No [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points urging China to recognize the independence of Kosovo to MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Director Hua Yafang on July 1. Hua thanked PolOff, but responded that the information provided "does not affect China's position" and that China wi [...]	2008-07-02 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV CH
08BEIJING498	CHINESE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points on Kosovo's impending declaration of independence to MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Director Hua Yafang on February 13. Hua said she is aware Kosovo will soon declare independence and promised to convey U.S. views to her superiors. S [...]	2008-02-13 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH YI UN UNMIK
08BEIJING575	CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC [...] (C) Summary: China's position on Kosovo has not changed, and no PRC recognition of Kosovo independence is on the horizon, MFA officials said in meetings at both the working and senior levels February 18 and 19. MFA officials state that China's concerns center on the possibility of Taiwan's u [...]	2008-02-19 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH YI UN KV UNMIK
08BERN62	KOSOVO: DEFENDING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE OSCE [...] (C) A/POL Counselor delivered the message in reftel on February 12 to Sabrina Dallafior, Head of the MFA Office for OSCE Affairs, and to Didier Chassot, MFA Regional Coordinator for Southeastern Europe. Dallafior already was aware of the issue. She and Chassot agreed that an attempt by Serbia [...]	2008-02-12 16:28:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK OSCE YI SZ
08BISHKEK154	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] (C) On February 11, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Countries Director Kanat Tursunkulov. Tursunkulov said he would pass on our points to officials in the Ministry, and would inform us of any substantive reaction or change in position. In January, Foreign [...]	2008-02-12 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KG
08BISHKEK176	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ [...] (C) On February 20, A/DCM delivered Ref A points on the United States' recognition of Kosovo independence to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Countries Counselor Askhat Ryskulov. Ryskulov thanked him for the points, and he added that the government would consider our points as it developed [...]	2008-02-20 12:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KG
08BISHKEK39	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS KOSOVO POINTS TO KYRGYZ [...] (C) On January 11, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Minister Karabayev. During a lengthy discussion, Karabayev said that the status of Kosovo was a delicate and complicated question. Karabayev noted that he had been impressed with Under Secretary Burns [...]	2008-01-11 11:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNAUS YI EU KG
08BOGOTA1538	COLOMBIA RESPONSE TO KOSOVO DEMARCHE [...] On April 22, DCM Nichols delivered all points in reftel to Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, who said that the decision remains under review. Separately, Post delivered the demarche to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. We will continue to follow up with the GOC on [...]	2008-04-24 20:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV CO
08BOGOTA1889	GOC "INTENDS" TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO - BUT DITHERS [...] (C) The Ambassador called Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo on May 13 to urge that the GOC immediately recognize Kosovo. The Ambassador summarized points from the Secretary's letter (ref B) and told Araujo that the issue was important to the USG. The Ambassador noted that the GOC had spent a lo [...]	2008-05-20 16:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV CO
08BOGOTA601	COLOMBIA LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo on February 14, and delivered all points in reftel A. Araujo said the GOC was considering the U.S. request, and indicated the GOC would "likely" respond favorably. Vice-Foreign Minister Camilo Reyes subsequently confirmed that the For [...]	2008-02-15 18:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UNMIK YI UN CO
08BRASILIA216	BRAZIL TO WAIT AND SEE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) In the Ambassador's absence from the capital, Political Counselor followed up Ambassador's initial demarche on Kosovo independence (ref B),delivering Ref A points to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Eastern European Acting Director Rodrigo Mendes Carlos de Almeida. De Almeida [...]	2008-02-14 10:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI BR
08BRIDGETOWN93	PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...]	2008-02-14 16:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL
08BRUSSELS1088	EULEX KOSOVO COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 16 EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors meeting, EU Civilian Operations Commander Kees Klompenhouwer told EU member and third-state contributors that the EU and the UN were still trying to reach agreement on reconfiguration details. As a result of the unexpe [...]	2008-07-16 16:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS1137	A/S FRIED URGES RAPID EU-UN TRANSITION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors and, separately, to EU Director General Robert Cooper that the EU must do more to quickly resolve UNMIK-EULEX transition arrangements for Kosovo and should not waste the opportun [...]	2008-07-25 09:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS1324	EULEX: UN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES UNRESOLVED; EU [...] (C) Summary: The EU's negotiations with the UN over privileges and immunities (Ps and Is) for EULEX personnel remain stalled. The EU has, however, secured the Government of Kosovo's agreement to extend Ps and Is to the mission. EULEX planners, while admitting that deployment under only Gov [...]	2008-08-27 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN KV UNMIK
08BRUSSELS1377	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH EU OFFCIALS [...] (C) Summar: In meetings with EU officials on Kosovo Setember 3, Assistant Secretary Fried emphasized hat EULEX deploy rapidly throughout Kosovo, hihlighted the dangers of any possible deal linking EULEX deployment in the north to an abstention on the ICJ vote, and announced that the U.S. was [...]	2008-09-04 16:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KV UNMIK
08BRUSSELS1486	EULEX KOSOVO COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: During the September 22 EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors meeting, EU Civilian Operations Commander Kees Klompenhouwer and EULEX Head of Mission General Yves de Kermabon told EU member and third-state contributors that deployment had resumed as of September 21. The EU and [...]	2008-09-24 13:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS1569	EULEX KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON DEPLOYMENT BUT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador October 7, EULEX Kosovo Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon reported that deployment was in full swing, with approximately 450 personnel on the ground. De Kermabon said that EULEX would reach an "initial operating capability" - capable of assuming th [...]	2008-10-09 12:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS240	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE
08BRUSSELS421	EU: NO CLARITY FROM UN BUT MEMBERS AGREED ON EULEX [...] (C) Summary: EULEX representatives returned from meetings with UN officials in New York frustrated by the UN's inability to provide strategic-level clarity on the planning, logistics, and mechanics of reconfiguration of UNMIK and transition to the EU's rule of law mission. However, the EU re [...]	2008-03-19 17:08:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN UNMIK KV SR
08BRUSSELS714	EU DISCUSSES CONCERNS, FUTURE OF EULEX KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. EU and member state officials discussed their operational and political concerns regarding the stalled UNMIK-EULEX transition with South Central European Affairs Office Director Chris Hoh on the margins of U.S.-EU Western Balkans consultations (to be reported septel). EU poli [...]	2008-05-14 08:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK EUN KV
08BRUSSELS808	EU HOSTS INAUGURAL COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU hosted the first meeting of the third-state Committee of Contributors (CoC) for the EULEX Kosovo mission on May 26 in Brussels. EULEX Head of Mission Yves De Kermabon said that EULEX could be fully deployed by mid-September, but noted that contributing nations need to [...]	2008-05-29 16:05:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS913	EU DISCUSSES U.S. PARTICIPATION AND WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: EU civilian operations planning officials are optimistic that EU-UNMIK cooperation will soon be back on track and EULEX deployment will begin in larger numbers. Although questions about legal jurisdiction will pose challenges, EU officials expressed confidence that the EU and U [...]	2008-06-17 05:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL KJUS EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS997	EULEX KOSOVO POLICE STAFFING GAPS AND TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: EU officials described for member and third state contributors current EULEX shortfalls in specialized police capabilities including sniper and SWAT teams, K9 units and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units at a June 30 workshop in Brussels. Emphasizing that it had been the m [...]	2008-07-01 10:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EUN UNMIK KV
08BUCHAREST141	ROMANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) EMBOFF delivered ref. a demarche on February 20 to MFA State Secretary for Europe Raduta Matache; FM Cioroianu was traveling in Israel at the time. Matache noted that Romania was not going to recognize Kosovo's independence, referring to public comments and commitments made by President Ba [...]	2008-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV RO
08BUENOSAIRES57	ARGENTINA ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. Taiana indicated that the MFA would consider the matter, but noted that Kosovo is a complex issue. He asked whether European support for Kosovo independence included Spain. The Ambassador replied that we [...]	2008-01-16 07:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PBTS UNMIK PGOV YI ER AR

08CAIRO1212	EGYPT WOULD CONSIDER HOSTING KOSOVAR DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 12:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
08CAIRO246	AMBASSADOR WISNER ASKS ARAB LEAGUE, EGYPT TO [...] (SBU) Special Envoy for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner asked Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on February 6 for the League and its member states to support an independent Kosovo when Kosovo declares its independence in the coming weeks. Ambassador Wisner emphas [...]	2008-02-10 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG YI
08CAIRO325	EGYPT "WAITING AND SEEING" ON RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on February 17 to reiterate our position that Egypt should quickly recognize Kosovo, as Special Envoy for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner had conveyed to Aboul Gheit in their February 7 meeting (ref B) [...]	2008-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
08CAIRO357	ARAB LEAGUE ON LEBANON, KOSOVO, IRAQ [...] (C) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us February 24 that Secretary General Moussa will lead an Arab League delegation to Beirut later in the day as a "last ditch effort" to secure an agreement prior to the next scheduled Lebanese parliamentary session on February 26. Yousef said [...]	2008-02-24 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR UNMIK YI LE IZ EG
08CAIRO579	EGYPT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
08CAIRO77	EGYPT UNDECIDED ABOUT SUPPORTING KOSOVAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 11:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG YI
08CANBERRA30	KOSOVO: AUSTRALIA RECOGNITION TO FOLLOW US, EU [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Summary: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will recommend recognition of Kosovo in the early stages, but only "in good company", that is, after the US, most of the EU and Canada. The issue will be put f [...]	2008-01-14 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU
08CARACAS233	NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU
08CHISINAU752	MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 11:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV MD
08COLOMBO157	SRI LANKA UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama on February 11, urging the Government of Sri Lanka to recognize Kosovo's independence if Kosovo issues such a declaration. Ambassador noted that the U.S. does not consider Kosovo independence [...]	2008-02-12 09:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI CE
08COLOMBO172	MGKV01: SRI LANKA REJECTS RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 17, Sri Lanka rejected Kosovo's declaration of independence, citing its potential to set an "unmanageable" precedent, and claiming that it violates the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244. 2. (U) In a statement issued on February 17, the Foreign Ministry state [...]	2008-02-20 02:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CE
08COPENHAGEN63	DANES WILL OPPOSE OSCE BERLIN MECHANISM ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Denmark will oppose any effort to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism in connection with a declaration of independence from Kosovo. MFA Kosovo Desk Officer Asger Kroll told us February 12 that Denmark sees "eye to eye" with the USG on the inappropriateness of the Berlin Mechanism in this c [...]	2008-02-12 10:40:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI EU DA
08DARESSALAAM114	TANZANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Foreign Service Officer Hemed Mngaza of the Europe and Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation told PolCouns that the demarche requesting the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to recognize Kosovo immediately after declaring its independence was forwa [...]	2008-02-14 15:39:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNTZ UNMIK PGOV TZ
08DARESSALAAM117	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: TANZANIA VOICES NO MAJOR [...] (C) As reported Ref A, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, forwarded the U.S. request for the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to recognize the independence of Kosovo to President Jakaya Kikwete in advance of the POTUS' (February 16 to 19) visit to Tanzania [...]	2008-02-21 10:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV TZ
08DHAKA719	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES KOSOVO, ELECTIONS AND CYCLONE [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty urged Bangladesh to recognize the independence of Kosovo in a July 1 meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury. Chowdhury expressed support for recognition but cited regional concerns preventing Bangladesh from taking a bold stance on its own, sugges [...]	2008-07-02 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KPKO KV EU BG
08DILI60	PRESSING FAVORABLY INCLINED STATES FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 06:21:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT
08DILI75	TIMOR-LESTE RECOGNIZES KOSOVO; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 09:33:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT
08DOHA210	QATAR: VERDICT STILL OUT ON PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note March 6, requesting that the GOQ express support for Kosovo's independence at the March 13-14 ministerial summit of the Organization of the Islamic Congress (OIC) in Dakar, Senegal. Poloff followed-up March 10 with MFA International Organi [...]	2008-03-13 05:22:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK KISL UNSC QA
08DUSHANBE222	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TAJIKS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo independence as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Foreign Ministry. Noziri said he would discuss the issue with his superiors, but he would not comment on Tajikistan,s position on Kosov [...]	2008-02-11 14:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU
08DUSHANBE387	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on expressing support for Kosovo's independence at the ministerial summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to Jamshed Khamidov, Counselor in the Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Head of the Depart [...]	2008-03-07 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KV TI
08DUSHANBE888	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TAJIKISTAN NOT LIKELY [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered a demarche on Kosovo to Khusrav Noziri, the Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Noziri gave his standard response ) he will pass the information we provided to his superiors. 2. (C) PolOff prompted Noziri by obser [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI TI KV
08FREETOWN123	DEMARCHE: REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT [...] (C) Per request ref B, DCM delivered demarche concerning Kosovo's status at the OIC summit to Sierra Leone MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie on March 11. Unfortunately, it was not possible to deliver the demarche before that date, as requested. DCM underscored the need to support l [...]	2008-03-14 15:19:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV KVIR SL
08FREETOWN222	DEMARCHE: SIERRA LEONE WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 15:40:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV SL
08FREETOWN283	SIERRA LEONE REQUEST TO TRANSMIT RECOGNITION OF [...] (SBU) The Government of Sierra Leone has requested that we transmit, on their behalf, the Note Verbale ccontained in paragraph 4 to the Kosovo Foreign Ministry. The Note Verbale recognizes and congratulates the Republic of Kosovo on their independence. As discussed ref e-mail, a scanned copy of [...]	2008-06-12 13:42:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK PGOV SL
08FREETOWN318	CABLE RESPONSE TO KOSOVO DEMARCHE [...] (C) Post delivered Kosovo points regarding the Donors Conference and IBRD/IMF request for support to GoSL Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 27. In the absence of Foreign Minister and Director - General, MFA has not provided a response to indicate whether or not Sierra Leone will enga [...]	2008-07-02 16:16:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK EU YI SL
08GUATEMALA373	GUATEMALA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU GT
08GUATEMALA607	GUATEMALA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 22:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU YI GT
08HANOI784	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE URGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 04:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KV VM
08HELSINKI74	FINNISH RESPONSE - U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Juha Ottman, Director, Unit for Western Balkans on February 21 regarding reftels. On February 18 GoF declared its intention to recognize Kosovo independence, with formal recognition expected on February 29. GoF's process requires that the cabinet approve the recognitio [...]	2008-02-21 13:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK FI
08ISLAMABAD1131	PAKISTAN CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OIC COMMUNIQUE ON [...] (C) In a March 6 discussion with MFA Director Afzaal Mahmood, Poloff drew on Ref A points encouraging Pakistan to support language in the OIC Summit communique welcoming Kosovo's independence. Mahmood noted Pakistan was considering such support, but had not yet made a decision. Mahmood once a [...]	2008-03-14 02:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV PK
08ISLAMABAD2320	KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 04:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV
08ISLAMABAD654	PAKISTAN: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) On February 12, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan. Khan acknowledged USG and EU views, but indicated the Government of Pakistan (GOP) does not want to be one of the first countries to recogn [...]	2008-02-13 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PK YI
08ISLAMABAD767	PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Mirza Afzal Mahmood, MFA Director of the European Division, PolOff drew on Ref A points to explain the U.S. decision to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. PolOff asked if Pakistan was considering recognizing Kosovo's independence, noting the MFA had re [...]	2008-02-22 02:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN KV PK
08JAKARTA1181	KOSOVO -- GOI RESPONSE ON PROPOSED RECONFIGURATION [...] (C) On June 17, Poloff met with Fikry Cassidy Deputy Director for International Security at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to discuss reftel points. Poloff underscored the UN Secretary General's reasons for reconfiguring the UN mission in Kosovo and requested that the GOI support [...]	2008-06-17 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK ID KO
08JAKARTA1283	PRESSING INDONESIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points related to recognizing Kosovo and participation in the Kosovo Donors Conference with GOI contact. Pol/C underscored that Indonesian recognition would help Kosovo on its positive path and noted that 43 countries had already taken that step since February. [...]	2008-07-01 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KV ID
08JAKARTA293	KOSOVO -- SEEKING INDONESIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior GOI official told the Charge on February 13 that it would be very difficult for Indonesia to recognize Kosovo anytime soon. He left open the possibility that Indonesia might extend recognition after enough other countries had done so. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) URGING IND [...]	2008-02-13 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK ID YI KV
08JEDDAH91	OIC SYG ON KOSOVO, AMBASSADOR SWING, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Consul General met with OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and other OIC SIPDIS officials to deliver demarches regarding Kosovo independence (Reftels B, C) and support for Ambassador Swing's candidacy for Director General (DG) of the International Organization [...]	2008-02-24 11:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK KISL YI EU KV SA
08KATHMANDU144	NEPAL STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU178	NEPAL: CHARGE STRESSES RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 11, Charge conveyed reftel talking points to Nepalese Foreign Secretary Gyan Bahadur Acharya. Acharya was already aware of the looming declaration of independence, having spoken with EU diplomats earlier in the day. Acharya acknowledged USG views and some EU views, but indicat [...]	2008-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU203	NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NP
08KATHMANDU70	NEPAL YET TO FORMULATE POSITION ON KOSOVO'S FUTURE [...] (C) On January 9, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, who offered no comment. On January 14, Emboffs received more questions than affirmations during a follow-up meeting with Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary fo [...]	2008-01-16 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU773	NEPAL: NO RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AT THIS TIME [...] (C) On July 1, the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (A/DCM) met with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) to recognize Kosovo's independence. Acharya responded that recognition was a "very difficult issue." He indicated that the process by which Kosovo ha [...]	2008-07-08 04:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPKO UNMIK UN YI KV NP
08KINGSTON140	JAMAICA: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 21:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM
08KINGSTON159	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 18:56:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM XL
08KINGSTON25	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM
08KINGSTON94	JAMAICA: UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S PROSPECTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 12:05:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM
08KINSHASA181	Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: Kosovo Independence [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo declined to offer an official Congolese position on Kosovo independence. He expressed the DRC a [...]	2008-02-20 13:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CG
08KOLONIA27	DEMARCHE RE KOSOVO [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard Pruett demarched the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Department of Foreign Affairs on the subject of reftels. In the absence of higher interlocutors he spoke with Henry Shrew, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of American and European Affairs. SI [...]	2008-02-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FM
08KUALALUMPUR111	MALAYSIA PUBLICLY "WELCOMES" KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 00:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
08KUALALUMPUR121	MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL [...] (C) In the absence of the Ambassador and the Foreign Minister, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's acting Under Secretary for European Affairs Mahinder Singh, who is also Under Secretary for the Americas. Polchief praised Malaysia for its Febru [...]	2008-02-25 00:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
08KUALALUMPUR224	MALAYSIA NOT READY YET TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) With the unavailability of more senior Malaysian officials, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche on March 27 to Principal Assistant Secretary Zakhir, who is currently responsible for Kosovo issues in the Foreign Ministry's European Division. Zakhir responded that the Malaysia [...]	2008-03-30 23:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK EU MY
08KUALALUMPUR40	MALAYSIA SYMPATHETIC TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 08:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
08KUALALUMPUR92	MALAYSIA UNDECIDED ON TIMING OF KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 23:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
08KUWAIT172	KUWAIT LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU
08KUWAIT196	KUWAIT TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE "THE GCC [...] (C) Kuwait will recognize Kosovo independence; but according to the Prime Minister and MFA officials, recognition will be announced through a GCC collective statement. The timing of this statement is unknown, but likely to be within a week. End summary. Responses to Post's Urgings ------ [...]	2008-02-19 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU
08KYIV366	UKRAINE WILL NOT SUPPORT INVOKING BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) As requested, on February 15, Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department, and urged Ukraine not to support Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism immediately after an anticipated declaration [...]	2008-02-15 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE UP
08KYIV612	UKRAINE: KOSOVO - GOVERNMENT HOLDS ITS GROUND, [...] (C) Summary: At a March 21 meeting, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) determined that Ukraine should not change the nature of its participation in Kosovo peacekeeping activities in the wake of a March 17 incident in Mitrovica, Kosovo, during which a Ukrainian policeman was killed [...]	2008-03-25 03:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NATO UNMIK KV UP
08LAPAZ314	BOLIVIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Post decided not to deliver reftel demarche on Kosovo as it would be counterproductive to the goal of the demarche and would unnecessarily irritate already sensitive bilateral relations. In the current political climate, the Bolivian government would only use such a demarche to argue we ar [...]	2008-02-15 18:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UN YI EU BO
08LILONGWE95	MALAWI STILL QUIET ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 11, Ambassador requested a meeting through the principal secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss Kosovo independence. The principal secretary preferred that Minister of Foreign Affairs Joyce Banda, who was out of the capital, discuss the matter with the Ambassa [...]	2008-02-13 14:14:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU MI
08LISBON467	KOSOVO: TIMING OF PORTUGUESE RECOGNITION REMAINS [...] (C) In several discussions with senior Portuguese officials on February 22 on the margins of the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission, Ambassador and visiting PDAS Kurt Volker, per ref A, pressed hard for Portugal to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible. Volker noted Kosovo's unique history an [...]	2008-02-22 17:00:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PO EU
08LJUBLJANA299	SLOVENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) On July 1, A/DCM discussed the upcoming July 11 Kosovo Donors Conference with Leon Marc, head of the MFA's Division for Southeastern Europe, and encouraged Slovenia to pledge at the EC-sponsored donors' conference. Marc said that although the government had not yet cleared the amount of th [...]	2008-07-01 09:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV UNMIK YI KPKO KVIR SI
08LJUBLJANA60	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN OSCE, NO [...] (C) On February 12, Emboff delivered reftel points to Damjan Bergant, MFA Head of Department for OSCE and CoE and Chairman of COSCE, who stated that Slovenia fully agrees with the U.S. view of Serbia's efforts to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism after an anticipated declaration of independenc [...]	2008-02-12 15:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE SI
08LJUBLJANA78	SLOVENIA PREPARING TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 19, Charge met with an expansive FM Rupel to urge Slovenia to recognize Kosovo as quickly as possible, per reftel. Observing that Charge was "preaching to the choir," FM Rupel sketched out Slovenia's plans for recognition. According to Rupel, Slovenia's Cabinet will meet on F [...]	2008-02-19 12:19:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI
08LJUBLJANA82	SLOVENIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 21, the GOS announced that it intends to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign nation. At a press conference following a meeting of the Cabinet, the PM's spokesperson announced that the government had adopted a Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo and had sent its [...]	2008-02-21 14:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI
08LJUBLJANA83	SLOVENIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 21, the GOS announced that it intends to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign nation. At a press conference following a meeting of the Cabinet, the PM's spokesperson announced that the government had adopted a Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo and had sent its [...]	2008-02-22 06:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI
08LONDON1763	HMG WILL JOIN U.S. IN DEMARCHING GOVERNMENTS TO [...] (SBU) The UK concurs with the U.S. view that recent progress of Pristina government and international community stabilization efforts presents another opportunity to lobby those countries that have not already done so to recognize Kosovo's independence. FCO Balkans Deputy Director Adam Bye [...]	2008-07-02 15:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UNAUS YI EU KVPR UK
08LUSAKA530	ZAMBIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 14:25:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNMIK PREL PGOV YI KV ZA
08LUXEMBOURG40	LUXEMBOURG TO QUICKLY SIGNAL INTENT TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on 15 February regarding Kosovo's pending declaration of independence. Asselborn asserted that Luxembourg will announce on the evening of Monday, 18 February, its intention to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence, expected [...]	2008-02-15 15:15:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU KDEM LU
08LUXEMBOURG43	LUXEMBOURG: FORMAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:52:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU KDEM LU
08MADRID158	SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP
08MADRID162	SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told Charge that Spain is disappointed that the U.S. did not agree to delay the timing of Kosovo's independence until after the Spanish elections. He said that Spain has not yet decided how it will respond in Brussels after the UDI, bu [...]	2008-02-14 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP
08MADRID186	SPANISH REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff Javier Sancho told DCM February 20 that it was politically impossible for Spain to support the Kosovar UDI at this time, and that this is the position of both the ruling PSOE government and the opposition Partido Popular (PP). Sancho said the Spanish have t [...]	2008-02-21 09:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU KV SP
08MADRID203	FOLLOW-UP WITH GOS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since FM Moratinos' comment (repeated by President Zapatero) that Kosovo's declaration of independence was "illegal," the Ambassador and DCM have had numerous conversations with senior GOS officials including Deputy FM Bernardino Leon, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, [...]	2008-02-22 18:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN YI KV SP
08MADRID863	SPAIN DENIES COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ACTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with FM Moratinos August 5 to convey our concern regarding third country reporting that Spanish diplomats have lobbied against Kosovo recognition, sometimes opposing other EU diplomats who were seeking to promote recognitions. Moratinos reiterated Spain's policy as conv [...]	2008-08-05 10:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UN PREL KV YI SP
08MANAMA106	KOSOVO: BAHRAIN COORDINATING WITH GCC [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 09:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK KV BA
08MANAMA98	BAHRAIN WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 12:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK EU BA
08MANILA208	PHILIPPINE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 09:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI
08MANILA386	PHILIPPINES CAREFULLY WEIGHING KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed at length the issue of Kosovo independence with Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on February 13. The Ambassador underscored the U.S. belief that rapid recognition of Kosovo in the wake of its anticipated declaration of independence was vital both for t [...]	2008-02-14 00:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RP EU UNMIK YI
08MANILA440	PHILIPPINES MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: In a February 18 discussion, the Ambassador again directly engaged Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on the issue of Kosovo independence, stressing the U.S position that early recognition of Kosovo by as many nations as possible offered the best hope for stability and peace in the [...]	2008-02-20 09:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RP EU UNMIK YI
08MASERU11	LESOTHO: GOL INTERESTED IN KOSOVO QUESTION, WIREC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On January 17, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas and Europe Desk Director Pitso Makosholo regarding the possibility of Lesotho's early recognition of Kosovo's independence and Secretary Rice's invitation for a delega [...]	2008-01-17 11:49:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KDEM ENRG SENV TRGY YI LT
08MEXICO2103	KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] (SBU) On June 30, Political Minister Counselor contacted SRE's Office of Peace and International Security to urge once again that Mexico recognize Kosovo's independence. Polcons stressed the priority the U.S. attaches to this issue. The Office's Deputy Director General said the GOM appreciate [...]	2008-07-09 21:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV MX
08MEXICO509	MEXICO ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 21:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV MX
08MINSK103	KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidential Administration. Rybakov offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (C) In recent weeks the Belarusian state press has been highly critical of USG and EU policy on Kosovo's [...]	2008-02-13 15:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO
08MINSK116	KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE REPEATED TO BELARUSIAN MFA [...] (SBU) On February 15 A/DCM and A/Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Sergey Sergeyev, Head of the MFA's North America Department, and Counselor Ilona Yurevich. Sergeyev offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (SBU) Post fully expects official Minsk to join Moscow and B [...]	2008-02-15 16:02:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO
08MONTEVIDEO18	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) A/DCM urged Uruguay to recognize Kosovo's independence once it is declared, per reftel instructions. The demarche was delivered on January 15 to the MFA's Director for Multilateral Affairs, Carlos Barros and his Chief of the International Organizations Department, Daniel Pareja. 2. (C) [...]	2008-01-16 13:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU UY
08MONTEVIDEO395	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Director general for Political Affairs Enrique Fischer told Ambassador that the situation in Kosovo today was the result of many historical decisions in which Uruguay did not participate, and that Uruguay preferred the issue of recognition of Kosovo be h [...]	2008-07-11 20:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV UY
08MONTEVIDEO76	KOSOVO: EARLY RECOGNITION UNLIKELY [...] (C) The MFA's Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy told A/POL Chief that Uruguay would be unlikely to make a quick decision to recognize Kosovo, especially in light of the current transition at MFA before the new Foreign Minister takes the helm on March 1 (ref A). If Kosovo declares independe [...]	2008-02-14 17:43:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI UY
08MONTEVIDEO83	URUGUAY ON U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S [...] (C) On February 19, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Maria "Belela" Herrera, Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo and Political Advisor Federico Gomensoro. (Note: Embassy consciously chose not to meet with the anti-American Foreign Minister R [...]	2008-02-20 17:19:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KVPR UNMIK UN YI EU UY
08MUSCAT130	LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 13:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI MU
08MUSCAT154	OMAN UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Oman is not yet prepared to announce a decision on Kosovo independence, according to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. In a February 20 phone call with the minister, the Ambassador urged Oman to act quickly to recognize Kosovo's independence. Drawing on guidance [...]	2008-02-20 12:36:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI KV MU
08MUSCAT196	SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT: OMAN [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on March 5 to Humaid al-Ma'ani, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Al-Ma'ani replied that Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, who would lead Oman's delegation to the OIC [...]	2008-03-05 14:29:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KV MU
08MUSCAT224	OMAN DEFERS DECISION ON RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 12:15:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI KV MU
08MUSCAT45	RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS: OMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 11:36:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI MU
08NAIROBI1780	GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya has no immediate plans to recognize Kosovo. SLUTZ [...]	2008-07-23 12:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV KE
08NAIROBI462	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 12, the Ambassador sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula urging the government of Kenya to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible after it declares independence. The mission followed up with a formal diplomatic note. 2. (C) Given the nature of the curre [...]	2008-02-12 12:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU
08NAIROBI518	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On February 21, the Ambassador raised the issue of Kosovo's independence directly to Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula. He urged Wetangula to recognize Kosovo's independence as quickly as possible. 2. (C) Wetangula and other Government ministers remain deeply engaged in negotiations wit [...]	2008-02-21 09:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KE
08NEWDELHI1825	INDIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NO [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on "Kosovo recognition, donors conference, IMF and World Bank membership following UN reconfiguration" to External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on June 30. In a July 1 follow up with Kumar's staff, Americas Director Vani Rao [...]	2008-07-02 06:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV IN
08NEWDELHI454	INDIA UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador urged Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 to join the U.S. and key European countries in recognizing Kosovo's independence as early as possible after its expected declaration (reftel). Recognition from India would indicate global solidarity and help stave off i [...]	2008-02-12 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN
08NEWDELHI502	INDIA REMAINS UNCOMMITTED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Reporting on a joint UK-Germany demarche delivered February 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West),Nalin Surie, British High Commission Poloff Simon Atkinson told Post that India remains uncommitted on the question of recognizing Kosovo's expected declaration of independe [...]	2008-02-15 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN
08NICOSIA115	FM TAKING HARD LINE OVER GAERC'S KOSOVO CONCLUSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RoC Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis informed the Ambassador February 15 that Cyprus opposed GAERC conclusions that suggested a common EU platform to recognize Kosovo's independence declaration and thereby flout UNSCR 1244. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------- Dem [...]	2008-02-15 16:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU UNMIK YI

08NOUAKCHOTT232	KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 07:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK PGOV MR
08OSLO148	NORWAY'S FORMAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO MARCH 28 [...] (C) On February 20, Foreign Minister Stoere announced Norway's intent to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence. This public, early recognition was designed by the MFA to help stabilize the situation. At the same time, the Ministry worked closely with Serbs to encourage dialogue and [...]	2008-03-14 13:09:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV KV NO
08OSLO368	(C) NORWAY PLEDGING PLANS FOR KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (C) Poloff met with West Balkans MFA section head Nils Kamsvaag, who confirmed that Norway would pledge approximately $26 million dollars for this year in aid to Kosovo at the July 11 donor's conference. The MFA has requested approximately $80 million over the next three years, but this has no [...]	2008-07-02 05:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV NO
08OSLO93	NORWAY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) The Norwegian MFA informed Charge that Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere would announce Norway's intension of recognizing Kosovo's declaration of independence during a press conference at 12:00 on February 20. Formal recognition would occur after a cabinet meeting to be held next week, a [...]	2008-02-20 11:59:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KV NO
08OTTAWA219	CANADIAN QUESTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, the Cabinet Committee during the week of February 4 had agreed that Canada could not be in the first wave of countries to reco [...]	2008-02-12 20:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CA
08OTTAWA246	CANADA STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO -- YET [...] (C) Ambassador has a call in to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who is on an official visit to Colombia (followed by Haiti and South Korea) so Ambassador can convey ref a demarche. DCM discussed recognition of Kosovo with Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards on February 15, and Edwards reit [...]	2008-02-19 19:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CA
08OTTAWA909	CANADIAN OBSERVER TO KOSOVO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to ref a demarche, Director General for East, Central, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed to PolMinCouns on July 7 that Canada would send an observer [...]	2008-07-07 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KV UNMIK CA
08OUAGADOUGOU534	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN RECONFIGURATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK KO UV
08PANAMA126	PANAMA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "I will consult immediately with the Foreign Minister," Acting FM Ricardo "Dicky" Duran told POLCOUNS on February 11 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. Initially viewing the demarche through actions that the might be taken on the UNSC, Duran noted that Panama's Ambassador to the U [...]	2008-02-11 19:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM
08PANAMA169	PANAMA: KOSOVO STATEMENT RELEASED BY COUNCIL ON [...] (C) Panama "imposes upon itself a position of neutrality that favors dialogue between the parties," Panama's National Council on Foreign Relations (CONAREX) in its press release on February 25. First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador February 21 that he would convene this advisory council [...]	2008-02-27 00:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM
08PANAMA255	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) "We are working with the Central American Integration System (SICA) to see if we pull together several of our neighbors to join Panama in recognizing Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador March 26 in response to reftel demarche. "Panama has no problem recognizing Kosovo, bu [...]	2008-03-28 14:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU MY PM UV
08PANAMA328	PANAMA: CLOSE TO CENTAM DEAL ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) "I think that we are close to a deal on joint recognition of Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on April 25 in response to reftel demarche. Except for Nicaragua, which was unlikely to recognize, and Costa Rica, which already had, Lewis acknowledged that El Salvador, Hond [...]	2008-04-25 15:20:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU ES CO EC PM
08PANAMA495	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) POL delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Security Council Advisor Janio Tunon on June 16. Tunon stated that the UNSC advisors would hold a routine weekly meeting on June 17 to discuss the UN Secretary General's proposal for the reconfiguration of UNMIK. Tunon noted that the GOP had [...]	2008-06-16 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO PM
08PANAMA532	PANAMA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on June 30 on the margins of President Torrijos' farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador. In addition to raising reftel points, Ambassador noted that Panama had previously indicated it would recognize Panama "soon, but [...]	2008-07-01 14:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU PM
08PARAMARIBO56	RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS: SURINAME POSITION [...] (C) DCM met on February 8 with Ms. Rosita Hubard, the Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss Kosovo independence. The MFA does not currently support independence for Kosovo. 2. (C) Prior to the meeting Ms. Hubard had co [...]	2008-02-13 21:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NS
08PARAMARIBO63	ENCOURAGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) As previously noted in reftel B, DCM met on February 8 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Head of the International Organizations Rosita Hubard, who indicated that the GOS does not support independence for Kosovo, citing "terrritorial integrity and unity of the state." Despited entr [...]	2008-02-15 20:27:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU NS UN
08PARIS258	FRANCE LOBBYING OSCE CAPITALS ON KOSOVO ISSUE [...] (C) Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for OSCE affairs, thanked the U.S. on February 13 for its engagement with capitals on efforts to prevent Serbia from invoking the Berlin Mechanism at the OSCE over the Kosovo issue. Grand explained that Paris began similar demarches in OSCE capitals last [...]	2008-02-13 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE FR
08PORTAUPRINCE240	HAITIAN RESPONSE: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Renald Clerisme February 15 and delivered reftel demarche. Clerisme took note of the US concerns and indicated that any decision on recognizing Kosovo's independence would be made at the Presidential level. He stated that he would be [...]	2008-02-15 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU HA
08PORTAUPRINCE286	HAITI STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 16:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNMIK HA YI KV EU
08PRAGUE103	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Veronika Musilova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the January 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on Kosovo, Kenya, Chad and Burma. She indicated [...]	2008-02-15 16:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN BM EZ XG SR CD PGOV PREL UNMIK
08PRAGUE109	KOSOVO: CZECHS WILL RECOGNIZE AFTER EU MAJORITY [...] (C) The Czech Republic has said they will recognize Kosovo, but not immediately. Following the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on February 18, Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, announced that "we will acknowledge Kosovo, as soon as a majority of other European countries do and as soon as [...]	2008-02-19 15:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EZ EUN
08PRAGUE312	CZECH REPUBLIC RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) The Czech government, meeting in a cabinet session on May 21, officially recognized Kosovo. The Czech MFA released the following statement on May 21: The Czech Republic has recognized independence of Kosovo Following the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Government expr [...]	2008-05-22 12:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI KV EZ EUN
08PRAGUE416	CZECH SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Czech MFA desk officer for Kosovo, Josef Zrzavecky, who just returned from the International Steering Group meeting in Kosovo, informed Emboff that the GOCR plans to actively engage at the July 11 European Commission-sponsored donors conference in Brussels on July 11. The Czechs plan to [...]	2008-07-01 14:54:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI KPKO KV EZ EUN
08PRAGUE92	KOSOVO/CZECH REPUBLIC - RECOGNITION LIKELY IN [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek told Ambassador that the Czechs are focused on Kosovo and the government will recognize independence. But he repeated what we have heard at the working level: the Czechs are not likely to be in the first round. Topolanek str [...]	2008-02-14 15:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EZ EUN
08PRISTINA103	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting USOP candidates selected for an EXBS-sponsored strategic enforcement tracking training in Gjakova, Kosovo April 7 - April 11, 2008. Post would greatly appreciate Department's expediting this request s [...]	2008-03-07 09:42:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS
08PRISTINA11	KOSOVO: BROAD-BASED, MULTI-ETHNIC GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9 the newly constituted Kosovo Assembly, reflecting the coalition agreement between the PDK and LDK parties, overwhelmingly elected PDK leader Hashim Thaci as Prime Minister and approved his cabinet by 88 votes out of a total 120. Thaci got an extra boost as Bexhet Pa [...]	2008-01-10 17:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA128	KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART ONE OF TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. (Note: On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared Kosovo to be an independent state. On February 18, 2008 the United States recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with [...]	2008-03-12 16:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM ELAB
08PRISTINA129	KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART TWO OF TWO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 16:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM SMIG
08PRISTINA13	KOSOVO BIO: PRIME MINISTER HASHIM THACI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) chairman Hashim Thaci is Kosovo's new prime minister after his party's victory in the November 17 elections and Assembly approval on January 9. PDK's electoral success crowned a long and sustained campaign by Thaci to become prime minister, [...]	2008-01-10 17:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA130	KOSOVO: STRPCE STABLE FOR NOW, BUT TENSION MAY BE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Serb KPS in Strpce remain on the job primarily out of fear that Albanian police would take over if they leave the force. Strpce's civil servants are also staying at work for similar reasons. Despite this, tension is still evident, along with the number of demonstrators at the [...]	2008-03-12 17:51:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA14	KOSOVO BIO: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER JAKUP KRASNIQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Secretary General Jakup Krasniqi is the new speaker of the Kosovo Assembly following his party's victory in the November 17 elections and approval by the Assembly on January 9. A former history teacher, political prisoner and Kosovo Liberation Arm [...]	2008-01-10 18:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA147	KOSOVO: ACTING U/S FRIED TELLS KOSOVARS TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina March 7, acting U/S Daniel Fried, the highest-level USG official to visit Kosovo since the February 17 declaration of independence, met separately with President Sejdiu, PM Thaci, and Assembly Speaker Krasniqi to congratulate them on Kosovo's independence, encourage [...]	2008-03-19 07:25:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA15	KOSOVO: WHO'S WHO IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) On January 9 the Kosovo Assembly approved the following slate of ministers of Kosovo's new goverment coming out of the November 17, 2007 central elections (see bios at para 2; septels report January 9 Assembly action; PM Thaci bio; and Assembly Speaker Krasniqi bio): Prime Minister Hashi [...]	2008-01-10 18:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA166	KOSOVO: COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FINDS ALTERNATE ROUTES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to several of Kosovo,s border crossings and customs clearance terminals highlighted functional customs operations and a steady stream of commercial traffic. Customs officials on site reported a general increase in commercial traffic for 2008, with a portion of this incr [...]	2008-03-26 12:54:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA176	SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: OPTIONS SHAPING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK is still pondering its options with regard to the unauthorized conduct of Serbian parliamentary and municipal elections in Kosovo on May 11, though it appears to be edging closer to a position that would neither obstruct nor facilitate the conduct of elections, as per past [...]	2008-04-03 15:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA187	KOSOVO ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed its new, fully Ahtisaari-compliant Constitution with 97 votes in favor during an April 9 extraordinary session. Prime Minister Thaci, President Sejdiu, and Constitutional Commission president Hajredin Kuci spoke during the brief session, while Assembly [...]	2008-04-11 13:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM EAID KV UNMIK YI
08PRISTINA200	KOSOVO: SOUTHERN MODERATES FIND VOICE AS BELGRADE [...] (C) Summary. Political differences in Belgrade between Serbian President Boris Tadic's Democratic Serbia (DS) and Prime Minster Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) are beginning to have an effect upon Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves south of the Ibar River. Many are beginning to voice [...]	2008-04-22 16:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA216	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness Workshop in Pristina on June 3 and 4, 2008. 2. (SBU) The se [...]	2008-05-06 14:27:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA220	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies from June 26, 2008 to July 6, 2008. The training will be held in Washington, DC, USA. 2. (SBU) T [...]	2008-05-06 15:45:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA221	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies from June 26, 2008 to July 6, 2008. The training will be held in Washington, DC, USA. 2. (SBU) T [...]	2008-05-06 15:45:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA225	KOSOVO: SOUTHERN MODERATES FIND VOICE AS BELGRADE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 16:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA239	KOSOVO: ICR FEITH CHAIRS SECOND ISG MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary: International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith convened the second meeting of the International Steering Group (ISG) on May 7 in Pristina, at which he polled members on ISG expansion, discussed transition and ICO growth, and previewed the agenda for the May 22 ISG Balkans Di [...]	2008-05-09 16:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA24	KOSOVO: COM URGES PM THACI AND PRESIDENT SEJDIU TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A day after the installation of the new government in Kosovo (reftel),COM and ICOPT head Jonsson paid a call on newly re-elected President Sejdiu, PM Thaci, and Thaci's two deputy prime ministers. COM and Jonsson used the opportunity to urge the government to make its top prio [...]	2008-01-14 16:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA240	KOSOVO: SERBS ENTHUSIASTIC BUT STILL CONFUSED [...] (C) Summary. Across the political spectrum, Kosovo Serbs are looking forward to the upcoming May 11 Serbian elections, despite the uncertainty surrounding the outcome. Nationalist parties are better-organized and have more support among Kosovo Serbs than the "pro-European" bloc. Nevertheles [...]	2008-05-09 17:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA243	KOSOVO: AVOIDING CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE GAPS IF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 15, Kosovo's constitution will enter into force. In principle, authorities currently exercised by UNMIK should be transferred to relevant Kosovo Government institutions, though the discussion of UNMIK "reconfiguration" continues and the nature of the actual transition re [...]	2008-05-14 14:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA248	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Workshop in Pristina on June 3 and 4, 2008. 2. (SBU) The sele [...]	2008-05-16 16:08:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA249	KOSOVO: THACI GOVERNMENT TAKING KEY STEPS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since taking office in January 2008, Prime Minister Thaci's government has taken some key steps in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Kosovo. In hopes of achieving better results in the future, the Kosovo government recently adopted a law enforcement-centered app [...]	2008-05-19 11:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA252	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a United States Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and American Bar Association (ABA) co-spo [...]	2008-05-21 09:05:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA265	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a Counter-terrorism (CT) Fellowship Program training on Civil Military Responses to Terrorism from June 16, 2008 to June 20, 2008. The training will be hel [...]	2008-05-29 14:17:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA274	KOSOVO: PASSAGE OF AHTISAARI LAWS NEARLY COMPLETED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo has made solid progress in passing the required Ahtisaari legislation, with the Assembly having pushed through 26 laws and the remaining five set to reach the Assembly the week of June 2. Important laws and regulations, not technically part of Ahtisaari but necessary for [...]	2008-06-02 11:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK KDEM
08PRISTINA275	KOSOVO: S/CRS SUPPORT TO EMBASSY PRISTINA [...] (U) Embassy Pristina would like to thank the Office of Stabilization and Reconstruction (S/CRS) for its strong support of this mission over the past year. S/CRS and its Active Response Corps (S/CRS-ARC) proved a valuable resource in the period leading up to and following Kosovo's independence [...]	2008-06-02 12:00:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA276	KOSOVO: SERBS CONTINUE TO LEAVE KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the political parties in Belgrade continue to maneuver to form the next government, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic is still pursuing the twin goals of strengthening parallel institutions and compelling Serbs to leave Kosovo institutions. Regarding the first g [...]	2008-06-02 12:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA28	KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES AHTISAARI LEGISLATION, SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a January 14 meeting, COM encouraged PM Thaci to reach out quickly to new opposition party leaders Bexhet Pacolli and Nexhat Daci and make certain their representatives were included in the preparation of Ahtisaari settlement legislation and of Kosovo's new Constitution, in th [...]	2008-01-16 17:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA307	KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON U.S. PARTICIPATION IN EULEX [...] (U) Charge delivered reftel points on U.S. participation in the European Union's Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) to EU Planning Team Head Roy Reeve on June 13. Reeve acknowledged our concerns and promised to relay them to his colleagues in Pristina and Brussels. We will follow up. YAZD [...]	2008-06-17 13:34:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI KS
08PRISTINA308	KOSOVO CELEBRATES ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The entry into force of Kosovo's constitution was celebrated on June 15, just four months after the country declared independence. The day included President Sejdiu signing into effect 41 Ahtisaari Plan and related laws as local and international media looked on. Sejdiu and PM Th [...]	2008-06-18 14:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA309	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training from July 14 to 18, 2008. The training will be held in Pristina, Kosovo and will focus on th [...]	2008-06-19 07:26:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA320	KOSOVO: TREASURY DAS ASSESSES TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Larry McDonald visited Kosovo from June 1-4 to assess Treasury,s in-country resident advisor program. In meetings with government counterparts within the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF),DAS McDonald reaffirmed Treasury,s co [...]	2008-06-24 09:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA325	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for English Language Training starting on/about July 16, 2008 for 20 weeks. The training will be held in San Antonio, TX. 2. (SBU) The selected candidates [...]	2008-06-26 09:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA326	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina,s candidates for the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) training on Balkan Police Training Leadership from July 29-31, 2008. The training will b [...]	2008-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA327	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for English Language Training starting on/about July 16, 2008 for 20 weeks. The training will be held in San Antonio, TX. 2. (SBU) The selected candidates [...]	2008-06-26 12:32:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA328	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training on Targeting Risk Management from September 15 to 19, 2008. The training will be held in Pristin [...]	2008-06-26 12:32:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA34	KOSOVO: USOP ESTABLISHES STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Strategic Communications Group (SCG),comprised of USOP, USAID, the Kosovo Government, KPS, UNMIK's Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),KFOR (including USKFOR),UNMIK, the International Civilian Office Planning Team (ICOPT),and the British Office, was [...]	2008-01-18 17:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA343	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training on Targeting Risk Management from September 15 to 19, 2008. The training will be held in Pristin [...]	2008-07-03 08:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA348	KOSOVO: HANDOVER PLANNING FOR THE POLICE MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with European Union Planning Team (EUPT) Head Roy Reeve on June 27 to discuss the evolution of plans for UNMIK's handover to the EU Rule of Law Mission (EULEX). Reeve noted that the UN's instruction cable of June 24 to UNMIK enabled handover planning to move forward. He [...]	2008-07-05 11:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA354	KOSOVO: JULY 11 DONORS CONFERENCE A MILESTONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Commission (EC) will host a donors conference in Brussels on July 11 to mobilize funding for Kosovo's continued development in the wake of independence. The Government of Kosovo (GOK) will need 1.5 billion dollars over three years in donor support to address existin [...]	2008-07-07 15:20:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA359	KOSOVO: INTER-ETHNIC INCIDENTS SPRING UP; ALL [...] (C) Summary. The formation of a pro-European government coalition in Belgrade has already sparked hope among some in the Kosovo Serb community that things may change for the better. Moderates among the Kosovo Serbs plan to lobby Serbian President Tadic to formulate a policy towards Kosovo w [...]	2008-07-09 11:21:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA36	KOSOVO: COM ADVISES FINANCE MINISTER SHALA ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with new Minister of Economy and Finance Ahmet Shala, COM emphasized the importance of demonstrating government support for the Kosovo Serb community through implementation of meaningful projects in minority areas, with real budgetary resources behind the [...]	2008-01-23 12:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA360	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Mr. President, Madame Secretary: It has been a difficult but in many ways successful five months since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest [...]	2008-07-09 11:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA37	KOSOVO: NEW GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO MAKING AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17 COM joined ICOPT head Jonas Jonsson at an all-ministerial meeting convened specifically to urge PM Thaci's new cabinet to make finalization of Ahtisaari Plan legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution a top priority. The meeting, which included all 15 ministers and t [...]	2008-01-23 12:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA38	KOSOVO: NEW ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PLEDGES CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on new Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, COM pointed to the importance of the Assembly in passing Ahtisaari final settlement legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution at the appropriate time, expeditiously and without change. COM also reiterated that move [...]	2008-01-23 12:39:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV EAID
08PRISTINA388	KOSOVO: DONORS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Donors Conference held in Brussels on July 11 garnered 1.2 billion euro to support Kosovo's socio-economic development and gave the Kosovo Government a high-profile opportunity to tell its story, informing donors about progress made since independence and of its futur [...]	2008-07-21 16:32:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA393	KOSOVO: DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND UN [...] (C) Summary: Due to many factors over the past several months, the pace of Serb returns to Kosovo has slowed. There have also been growing problems between Kosovo Minister of Returns Boban Stankovic, an ethnic Serb, and the UN agencies chiefly responsible for returns in Kosovo -- the UN Dev [...]	2008-07-25 10:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNMIK PREF KV
08PRISTINA395	KOSOVO: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ambassador Sada Cumber visited with political and Islamic community leaders in Kosovo July 23-24. Cumber discussed opportunities for raising the profile of the Kosovo recognition issue in the Islamic world, and [...]	2008-07-28 13:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA40	KOSOVO: NEW MITROVICA MAYOR PROMISES TO URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met January 22 with former PM Bajram Rexhepi, the newly elected mayor of the divided city of Mitrovica, to urge him to use his moral authority to send a message of restraint and calm to his constituents in the run-up to and aftermath of Kosovo's final status resolution. She [...]	2008-01-23 13:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA400	KOSOVO: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT APPROACH IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: From the Kosovo vantage point, and despite the good signals sent by Belgrade on ICTY and other matters, the new Serbian government policy towards Kosovo appears unchanged from that of the previous Kostunica administration. Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic has endorse [...]	2008-07-30 16:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA404	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the Embassy Pristina candidate selected for the DAO &Security, Stability, Transition and Reconstruction8 program scheduled for 3-19 September 2008. The training will be held at the Marshall Center in [...]	2008-08-01 10:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA405	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for the EUCOM International Legal Conference: Legal Issues in Combined/Coalition Operations, 16-19 September 2008, in Garmisch, Germany. 2. (SBU) The selected [...]	2008-08-01 10:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA406	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the Embassy Pristina candidate selected for the Civil-Military Responses to Terrorism Course (CCMR),6-20 September 2008, in Monterey, CA. 2.(SBU) The selected candidate is: Jeton Dreshaj Positi [...]	2008-08-01 10:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA431	KOSOVO: THE WAY FORWARD ON TRANSITION TO KOSOVO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's privatization process, once highlighted as an UNMIK economic success story, has ground to a halt. Nearly two months after the country's new Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK) was to assume the work of the Kosovo Trust Agency (KTA),an UNMIK entity, UNMIK still does no [...]	2008-08-19 10:51:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA433	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the following Embassy Pristina candidates selected for the PASS 08-07 Course, 26 September through 19 December 2008, in Garmisch, Germany. 2.(SBU) The selected candidates are: Agron Bajrami Posit [...]	2008-08-19 12:29:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA434	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the following Embassy Pristina candidate selected for the Civil-Military Responses to Terrorism Course, 6-20 September 2008, in Monterey, CA. This is an additional candidate for this program. Post pre [...]	2008-08-19 12:30:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA435	KOSOVO SERBS: ISSUES OF CHURCH LAND, POLICE, [...] (C) Summary. As the August vacation season draws to an end, several Kosovo Serb-related issues continue to simmer. In Decani, we now see a possible roadmap to a settlement of the land dispute between the monastery and the municipality. Our joint efforts with UNMIK to convince municipal offici [...]	2008-08-19 16:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA453	KOSOVO: EULEX DEPLOYMENT MOVES FORWARD, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite prior delays, EULEX is now proceeding with the operational aspects of deployment with reasonable efficiency and speed. On August 18, EULEX signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UNMIK that expedites the transfer of physical assets to EULEX. EULEX expects contrib [...]	2008-08-25 17:25:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA46	KOSOVO: BELGRADE AND NORTHERN HARDLINERS RATCHET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indications are growing that Belgrade and the hard-line Kosovo Serb leadership in the north are increasing the pace of plans to expand and strengthen parallel government structures for Kosovo Serbs in the event of Kosovo's independence. Although UNMIK appointed Serbs to the mun [...]	2008-01-29 16:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA47	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 2, the U.S.-supported Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office (KSPO) filed an indictment in the Peja District Court against three Kosovo Albanian men and three Moldovan women for human trafficking, facilitating prostitution, and money laundering. This groundbreaking indic [...]	2008-01-29 17:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA472	KOSOVO: CHALLENGES OF PROPERTY AGENCY TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following its transition from UNMIK to Kosovo Government/ICO stewardship, the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) faces a challenge to its continued effectiveness. Unless the Serbian government agrees to cooperate with the refashioned KPA, the KPA will run out of property disputes to a [...]	2008-09-09 16:48:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA498	KOSOVO: STRPCE STABLE, BUT TENSE AS PRESSURE FROM [...] (C) Summary. The Serb-majority municipality of Strpce continues - somehow - to function. The situation is unstable in that the parallel government persists in competing with legitimate structures, but for the time being the Kosovo Police Service and KFOR keep the peace. The parallel govern [...]	2008-09-23 09:35:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA51	KOSOVO: BELGRADE-ALIGNED GORANI ETHNIC GROUP POSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gorani, a small Slavic Muslim community that resides in the isolated mountains of southern Kosovo's Dragash municipality, retain close ties with the Serbian government. Serbian funding for a parallel education system is one such strong link, as are subsidies, jobs, and pensio [...]	2008-01-30 18:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA515	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY GATES TO KOSOVO [...] (C) Mr. Secretary: It has been a difficult but in many ways successful seven months since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest the independence [...]	2008-09-27 09:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA517	BATTLING CORRUPTION AND IPR VIOLATIONS: KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the endemic battle to prevent corruption in Kosovo, one notable effort stands out. Kosovo,s Independent Media Commission (IMC) recently took an unusually pro-active initiative to stop cable providers from broadcasting unlicensed television content. The IMC has struggled to i [...]	2008-09-27 09:48:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA530	KOSOVO: HIGH HOPES FOR NEW RETURNS MINISTER RASIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent resignation of Minister for Communities and Returns Boban Stankovic (ethnic Serb) and his replacement by Sasa Rasic (also ethnic Serb) represents a new beginning for the Ministry, which has been plagued by corruption and mismanagement from its inception. Although co [...]	2008-10-07 16:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA542	KOSOVO: SERB MODERATES DISMAYED BY MENTION OF [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Serbia's successful effort to have its case against Kosovo's independence referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and as EULEX deployment draws closer, Kosovo Serbs remain concerned about the direction of events. Serbian President Boris Tadic's comme [...]	2008-10-21 14:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA55	KOSOVO: KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE INFORMATION SHARING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Strategic Communications Group (SCG) -- the USOP-led effort to coordinate information flow among key local and international actors in Kosovo in the run-up to and aftermath of status resolution (ref) -- the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has shared with USOP its new [...]	2008-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA56	KOSOVO: DEMARCHE TO KOSOVO LEADERSHIP DELIVERED [...] (C) COM delivered reftel A points in a series of meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Thaci, Finance Minister Ahmet Shala, and other Kosovo interlocutors, including opposition figures, Kosovo Protection Corps leaders, and minority (Serb as well as non-Serb) representatives, as appro [...]	2008-02-05 12:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA561	KOSOVO: KEK PRIVATIZATION REQUIRES RELIABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kosovo (GOK) has publicly announced its commitment to move forward with privatization of the distribution functions of the country's public electric utility, the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK). While the pledge to privatize is both significant and necessary, t [...]	2008-11-06 09:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA58	KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE MOVES ADDITIONAL OFFICERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on information that ethnic Serb Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officers are being pressured to accept the Government of Serbia's direction and possibly desert the KPS in the event of a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI),UNMIK Police moved an additional 42 international [...]	2008-02-05 17:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA583	KOSOVO: KOSOVO CHURCH MODERATES REMAIN IN KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently-held Sabor (Holy Assembly, or general bishops' meeting) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) ended with a positive result for the moderate monks of the Visoki Decani monastery in western Kosovo. (Note: Embassy Belgrade will report more generally on the Sabor, held [...]	2008-11-24 14:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA584	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SECURITY INSTITUTIONS MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo, in cooperation with NATO advisors, is making progress developing its security institutions in line with the Ahtisaari Plan, and the new Kosovo Security Force is on schedule to be established January 5, 2009. Work continues on implementing the North Atlantic Council's [...]	2008-11-24 15:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA592	KOSOVO: MINISTRY AGREES TO CONTINUED USE OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA61	KOSOVO: SERBS MOSTLY WANT TO STAY, BUT UNHCR HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From our contacts with Kosovo Serb leaders -- and barring the outbreak of violence -- it appears that most of Kosovo's Serbs will stay here after independence is declared. There are several factors influencing this: the lack of better options for Kosovo Serbs outside Kosovo, th [...]	2008-02-07 13:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK

08PRISTINA62	KOSOVO: GOVERNMENT PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and USOP/USAID team met February 8 with the PM Thaci, Deputy PM Kuci, Finance Minister Shala, and other members of the government, including the Kosovo Serb ministers, to discuss measures the Kosovo government could take to provide support to the Serb community. Chief amon [...]	2008-02-08 18:02:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA63	KOSOVO PREPARES FOR POST-STATUS SERBIAN EMBARGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo is preparing for the economic consequences of an independence declaration, including the likelihood that Serbia will close the border and implement an economic embargo. Government officials and local businesses are actively engaging their colleagues and international coun [...]	2008-02-08 18:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA630	KOSOVO: SERBS ACCEPT EULEX, COMMENT ON GOS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs have followed the Serbian Government's lead in accepting the deployment and presence of the EU-led rule of law mission (EULEX) in Kosovo. Initial reaction to EULEX's deployment among moderate Serb leaders has been generally positive; many have already met or intend [...]	2008-12-22 06:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA639	KOSOVO: PROMOTING REFORM AND RATIONALITY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For many Kosovars, the declaration of independence in February was a sign that tough economic times were coming to and end, leading to more development, more jobs and more benefits for all. Nearly a year after independence, Kosovars are still waiting for and expecting signific [...]	2008-12-24 14:00:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA646	KOSOVO: EULEX DEPLOYMENT GOING WELL ENOUGH, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Since December 9, the beginning date of its mission, EULEX continues to deploy throughout Kosovo without meeting any significant protest or resistance. As of December 22, EULEX had 1,241 police officers on the ground, of which 23 were posted in north Mitrovica, plus two strength [...]	2008-12-30 10:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA71	KOSOVO: POLICE RAID UNCOVERS FIVE TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an eight-month long Kosovo Special Prosecutors Office (KSPO) and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Trafficking in Human Beings Section (THBS) investigation into trafficking rings in Gjakova, police raided six sites connected to Lulzim Thaqi and his uncle Sadik Thaqi on Janua [...]	2008-02-15 15:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA73	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY PREPARES RESPONSIBLY FOR PASSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly completed three key pre-declaration tasks during its February 15 session: it approved a fast-track process for Ahtisaari laws with a two-thirds vote of support; it began to publish the votes of each member, in line with democratic transparency across Europe; a [...]	2008-02-15 15:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM UNMIK YI KV PGOV
08PRISTINA75	KOSOVO: SOUTHERN SERBS TENSE, NORTHERNERS DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary. Tension remains high among Kosovo Serbs in the southern enclaves during the lead-up to independence, despite efforts by both Kosovo authorities and KFOR to reassure them regarding security. In the north, hardline leaders Marko Jaksic and Milan Ivanovic are continuing their viru [...]	2008-02-15 18:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA77	KOSOVO ASSEMBLY DECLARES INDEPENDENCE, ADOPTS NEW [...] (U) The Kosovo Assembly adopted a declaration of independence at 1550 local time on February 17, followed by the adoption of a new national flag. The vote on the declaration was 109 to zero; the 11 absent deputies were all Kosovo Serbs, who did not participate in the session. Most internati [...]	2008-02-17 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA81	KOSOVO: SOUTHERN SERBS ANGRY, APPREHENSIVE, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an effort to maintain relationships and relieve anxiety in the wake of Kosovo's February 17 declaration of independence, we met with several moderate Kosovo Serb contacts from south of the Ibar during the week of February 18-22. We were not surprised to find them angry and n [...]	2008-02-25 10:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA85	KOSOVO: NEW SERBIAN CUSTOMS POLICY HARDENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After violent demonstrations temporarily closed two border crossings along the Kosovo-Serbia border last week, UNMIK Customs officers have yet to return to these crossings (Gates 1 and D31) in northern Kosovo. International police have returned to duty at these gates but logistic [...]	2008-02-26 18:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA97	KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) is continuing its work adjudicating property claims cases, mostly involving displaced Kosovo Serb owners, but still struggles with enforcement and funding issues. In a meeting with us, KPA head Rosandhaug also mentioned that KPA activity in the S [...]	2008-03-04 11:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA99	KOSOVO: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MODERATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's hardline church leader Bishop Artemije Radosavljevic has responded to independence by ordering his clergy to break off contact with any organization or person supporting independence, including the Kosovo government and foreign diplomats. He has also deemed invalid the [...]	2008-03-05 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08QUITO395	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) See Action Request in Para. 4. 2. (C) In February, although President Correa indicated that Ecuador would recognize Kosovo, Vice Foreign Minister Jose Valencia told the DCM that the GOE wanted to work within a Latin American consensus position and was attempting to consult with region [...]	2008-04-30 23:06:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK EC KV YI
08QUITO52	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Under Secretary of Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Emilio Izquierdo SIPDIS Mino and Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma Puma on January 11. Ambassador Izquierdo said that they were not closely following the situation regarding K [...]	2008-01-16 20:06:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EC
08QUITO578	ECUADOR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) PolOff met on June 27 with Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs, during which poloff asked about the GOE's decision regarding Kosovo's independence. 2. (C) Nieto said that the GOE's official position is to not recognize Kosovo's independence. No formal [...]	2008-06-30 14:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL UNAUS UNMIK EC
08QUITO775	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points (Refs A and B) to Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. Puma said that the GOE had not changed its policy (Refs C and D) that it will not publicly declare a position either for or against Kosovo's independence. However, she added that [...]	2008-08-22 12:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KPKO UNMIK KV SR EC
08RABAT141	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray urged support for the upcoming independence for Kosovo February 8, during a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). FM Fassi Fihri declined to offer a f [...]	2008-02-14 14:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV UNMIK UN YI MO
08RABAT612	KOSOVO: NO CHANGE IN MOROCCAN POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 11:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK KV MO
08RANGOON110	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 02:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI BM
08REYKJAVIK20	ICELANDIC MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 11:13:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI IC
08REYKJAVIK23	ICELAND EXPECTS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir told the Ambassador February 19 that the government had discussed the independence issue and she expects the GOI to make an announcement recognizing Kosovo on February 22. She noted that Iceland had not been the first country to recognize Koso [...]	2008-02-19 16:48:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI IC
08REYKJAVIK27	KOSOVO: ICELAND MUDDLING ITS WAY TOWARDS RECOGNITION [...] (C) Ambassador contacted Permanent Secretary of State at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on 28 February to query the failure to make good the FM's pledge that Iceland would recognize Kosovo on February 22 (reftel). Sigurdsson pointed to the Foreign Minister's [...]	2008-02-28 18:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN YI KV IC
08RIYADH1033	SAUDIS CONSIDER ATTENDING KOSOVO DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (C) Riyadh Political Counselor delivered Reftel A demarche to Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Affairs Director Ra'ad Krimley on July 2. Krimley informed us he was aware of the invitation for the SAG to attend the July 11 Kosovo Donor's Conference in Brussels, adding that the Kosovars [...]	2008-07-02 13:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EU EUN KPKO PGOV PREL SA UNC YI UNMIK UN KV
08RIYADH586	SAUDI FM: RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO WILL TAKE MORE TIME [...] (C) In a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on April 6, the Ambassador queried him on the SAG's intentions regarding the recognition of Kosovo. Saud responded that Saudi Arabia will likely recognize Kosovo in "the next few months," but provided no further information on timing [...]	2008-04-07 13:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EU EUN PGOV PREL SA SR UNMIK YI
08RIYADH80	SAUDIS OFFER TO ASSIST ON KOSOVO [...] (S) SUMMARY. In delivery of reftel demarche on Kosovo independence, the SAG expressed a possible willingness to engage the Russians and/or other governments to ensure a peaceful outcome should Kosovo unilaterally declare independence. Post requests guidance from the Department on what action [...]	2008-01-21 08:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PNAT PREL SA YI EU UN UNMIK
08ROME195	KOSOVO: ITALIANS PRESSING OSCE STATES TO AVOID [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 08:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE IT
08SANAA260	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 14:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU YM
08SANJOSE186	COSTA RICA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) For the record, and further to refs, Post has reconfirmed that the GOCR not only recognized Kosovo, but is keen to be credited for being one of the very first nations to do so. 2. (SBU) On Mar 4 we met with Alejandro Solano-Ortiz, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Section of the MFA [...]	2008-03-07 14:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU CS
08SANJOSE527	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS SYG BAN'S UNMIK REORGANIZATION [...] On June 17, we met with MFA's Juan Salas and Deyanira Ramirez, UNSC and UN Desk Officers respectively, to deliver reftel points. They had a copy of SYG Ban's UNMIK report with them, and Salas told us that concerning the reorganization initiative, the GOCR was "on the same page" as the U.S. Ram [...]	2008-06-17 21:16:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO CS
08SANJOSE573	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS US EFFORTS ON KOSOVO BUT [...] We delivered Ref A demarche on July 2 to Deyanira Ramirez, MFA UN Desk Officer. She was pleased that Kosovo remained a top U.S. priority and that the U.S. was seeking wider recognition of Kosovo's independence, given that Costa Rica was one of the first nations to grant recognition (Ref B). H [...]	2008-07-03 14:29:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV CS
08SANSALVADOR182	EL SALVADOR LEANS TOWARDS KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador will almost certainly recognize Kosovo's independence, but because of sensitivities concerning relations with Moscow, the GOES will not be among the first wave of countries to do so. End Summary. 2. (C) PolCouns delivered Ref (A) demarche to MFA officials February [...]	2008-02-14 15:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN UNMIK EU ES
08SANSALVADOR195	CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 22:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08SANSALVADOR231	(C) FM: EL SALVADOR AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES UN UNMIK YI EU KV GT HO
08SANSALVADOR51	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON RESOLVING KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us on January 11 that the GoES will review the Kosovo independence issue and get back to us after completing their analysis and adopting a position. End Summary. 2. (C) On January 11, PolCouns and PolOff del [...]	2008-01-18 20:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EU
08SANSALVADOR535	EL SALVADOR STILL NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel A points with Elmer Charlaix, President Saca's Private Secretary, on April 22. DCM followed up on April 30 with Charlaix who said that Saca has been very busy and that he had been unable to raise the issue with Saca. He added that he would consult with the Ministry [...]	2008-05-05 22:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES KV SR UNMIK EU
08SANSALVADOR805	EL SALVADOR: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KVIR ES
08SANTIAGO380	KOSOVO RECOGNITION: CHILE REMAINS ON FENCE [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by E/Pol Counselor, took advantage of a previously scheduled April 24 courtesy call on Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren (septel) to raise reftel points. The Ambassador noted that the situation on the ground has stabilized considerably, that Serbian cult [...]	2008-04-25 19:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KV SR UNMIK CI
08SANTODOMINGO1085	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge d' Affaires, a.i. Bullen spoke with and presented Ref A demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols on July 2. Trullols took the Charge's comments on board, stated he will raise the issue with FM Morales when he returns to the country, and remained non-committal [...]	2008-07-03 17:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU DR
08SANTODOMINGO231	KOSOVO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 15, the Ambassador followed up previous demarches by Post and delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Morales. The Ambassador pressed for recognition of Kosovo as early as possible. Morales replied that the Dominican Republic would support the United St [...]	2008-02-15 19:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK EU YI DR
08SANTODOMINGO251	KOSOVO: DOMINICAN PLANS FOR RECOGNITION ON HOLD [...] As reported in Ref A, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, the Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel T [...]	2008-02-20 19:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR
08SANTODOMINGO289	KOSOVO: DOMINICANS PLEDGE DECISION BY FEBRUARY 25 [...] As reported in Refs A and B, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...]	2008-02-22 19:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR
08SANTODOMINGO295	KOSOVO: DOMINICANS SEEK RIO GROUP CONSENSUS [...] (C) As reported in Refs A-C, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...]	2008-02-25 19:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR
08SEOUL292	ROK WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, BUT UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe, the Ambassador stated that Kosovo would declare its independence very soon, and that the U.S. and its EU partners would recognize Kosovo within the first 24 hours of its declaration of independence. The Ambassado [...]	2008-02-13 22:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KS
08SEOUL330	ROK REITERATES SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) The Ambassador noted that the U.S. had recognized Kosovo and again urged the ROKG follow suit as soon as possible in a February 19 telephone call with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe. Shim said that the ROK position remained unchanged: it supported Kosovo's independence and expected [...]	2008-02-20 06:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV KS
08SINGAPORE153	AMBASSADOR URGES SINGAPORE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador met with Singapore MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho on February 12 to urge Singapore to SIPDIS recognize Kosovo immediately after Kosovo declares independence. She delivered reftel points, emphasizing the high [...]	2008-02-12 07:14:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU SN
08SINGAPORE749	SINGAPORE STILL UNCONVINCED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA Europe Directorate Director Lawrence Anderson told us July 1 that Singapore understood the points we had presented on the developing situation in Kosovo but thought that recognition remained a "complex" issue. He indicated Singapore is among "many coun [...]	2008-07-03 09:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV SN
08SKOPJE114	MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 10:01:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EU MK OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS YI UNMIK
08SOFIA114	BULGARIA'S KOSOVO BALANCING ACT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Poriazov told us Bulgarian recognition of Kosovo would not happen for at least several weeks. The Kosovars first had to incorporate the Ahtisaari Plan into their constitution, then the Council of Ministers would start the two-week process on recognition. [...]	2008-02-21 15:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BU
08SOFIA171	BULGARIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO -- FINALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: After maintaining a careful balancing act following Kosovo's declaration of independence, Bulgaria finally announced it would recognize the new state on March 19 along with Croatia and Hungary. The Council of Ministers gave formal approval on March 20. This puts Bulgaria at the [...]	2008-03-21 15:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK BU
08SOFIA446	BULGARIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE AND IMF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 14:31:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EU BU
08STATE110376	DEMARCHE REQUEST TO DPKO ON UNMIK/EULEX [...] (SBU)This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that USUN demarche the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Secretariat at the highest appropriate levels expressing concern that the so-called "six point talks" the Secret [...]	2008-10-15 23:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS UNMIK UN KO SE
08STATE125444	KOSOVO - GUIDANCE FOR U.S. INTERVENTION AT [...] The Department requests that USUN draw from the following points in delivering its intervention and additional discussions during the November 26 UNSC consultations on the Secretary-General's report on the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). 2. Begin Points: Thank you Mr. President: I woul [...]	2008-11-26 17:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC UNMIK KPKO PREL YI KV
08STATE125681	KOSOVO - PRST INSTRUCTION FOR NOVEMBER 26 2008 [...] USUN is authorized to join consensus on the following PRST on Kosovo due to be adopted on November 26, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Security Council takes note of the Secretary-Generals report on UNMIK (S/2008/692) dated 24 November 2008 and, taking into account the positions of Belg [...]	2008-11-27 01:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL YI UNSC UNMIK PHUM KV
08STATE126562	DEMARCHE REQUEST: DPKO MUST NOT LINK EULEX [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that USUN demarche the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Secretariat at the highest appropriate levels to review DPKO thinking on any next steps on the interim arrangements l [...]	2008-12-01 23:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA UNMIK PREL KJUS KO
08STATE14284	DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN THE OSCE [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 5). Posts are requested to deliver this demarche to the highest-ranking host-government official responsible for OSCE affairs. 2. (C) The purpose of this demarche is to: -- Alert host government to Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin [...]	2008-02-12 00:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE
08STATE14285	OSCE - DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 3) and responds to USOSCE's reftel request for guidance. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: We understand that Serbia intends to invoke the Berlin Mechanism immediately after an expected declaration of independence (DI) from Kosovo. We believe that Serbia's [...]	2008-02-12 00:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE
08STATE15110	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: CONTINGENCY GUIDANCE ON [...] Should Serbia raise Kosovo at the February 14 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, Post is authorized to present the following contingency statement in response. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States along with our European partners have been actively engaged in promoti [...]	2008-02-14 00:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI
08STATE15126	KOSOVO - GUIDANCE FOR STATEMENT DURING FEBRUARY [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the points contained in paragraph 2 for use during the UNSC consultations on the situation in Kosovo on February 14. 2. Begin Points: Mr. President: For over two years Belgrade and Pristina have been negotiating to resolve the status of Kosovo. [...]	2008-02-14 02:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK YI EU
08STATE16032	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIAN [...] Post is authorized to present the following response to Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic at the special Permanent Council meeting on February 19. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Minister Jeremic back to the Permanent Council at a critical moment in his [...]	2008-02-15 20:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI SR
08STATE16269	PRESS GUIDANCE FOR KOSOVO DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to use the following points in responding to questions about Kosovo's declaration of independence. 2. (U) Background: Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci called a special meeting of the Assembly today, where parliamentarians voted to pass a dec [...]	2008-02-17 15:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08STATE18788	PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Mirza Afzal Mahmood, MFA Director of the European Division, PolOff drew on Ref A points to explain the U.S. decision to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. PolOff asked if Pakistan was considering recognizing Kosovo's independence, noting the MFA had re [...]	2008-02-25 21:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN KV PK
08STATE18819	NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 22:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU
08STATE18821	CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...]	2008-02-25 22:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR
08STATE20678	KOSOVO -- DEMARCHE TO UN ON UNMIK, CUSTOMS IN [...] The Department requests that USUN deliver a demarche at the highest appropriate level to UN officials, in coordination with our European allies on the Security Council, to ensure that UNMIK carry out its administrative and security functions on Kosovo's border with Serbia, particularly custom [...]	2008-02-29 02:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK YI
08STATE22377	REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo no later than March 7. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Urge host government to follow the OIC Secretary General's lead in expressing support for Kosovo's independence at [...]	2008-03-05 00:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08STATE41791	KOSOVO - INSTRUCTIONS FOR APRIL 21 COUNCIL [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points during the April 21 UN Security Council Debate on the Secretary General's report on UNMIK activities. The three essential points that should be made are: -- The Republic of Kosovo has made great progress in its first two months [...]	2008-04-21 16:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK KV
08STATE41979	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and now seeks to let governments that have previously expressed interest in recognizing Kos [...]	2008-04-21 21:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV ES CO EC
08STATE48545	KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See talking points in paragraph 6 and questions and answers in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and [...]	2008-05-07 20:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV GA GH GV LI MI ML MR MP
08STATE52042	KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO UNSYG ON UNMIK TRANSITION [...] (C) This is an action request for a demarche to UN SYG Ban Ki-moon in response to reftel request for guidance. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) The objective of this demarche is to underscore to UNSYG that the Quint is unified in its position that UNMIK must reconfigure after June 15, that [...]	2008-05-15 22:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV UNMIK KO YI
08STATE60282	KOSOVO: SUPPORTING UN RECONFIGURATION PLANS [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN. The Department requests that USUN give its support to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's initiative to reconfigure the UN presence in Kosovo. Our support should be made conditional on the understanding that Ban will move forward with all elements of r [...]	2008-06-04 22:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE62452	Under SECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ, KOSOVO, [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- U/S WILLIAM J. BURNS, P PDAS KURT VOLKER, EUR SUMONA GUHA, SPECIAL ASSISTANT, P H. MARTIN MCDOWELL, EUR/NB DESK (NOTETAKER) SWEDEN ------ CARL BILDT, FOREIGN MINISTER AMBASSADOR JONAS HAFSTROM HAKAN MALMQVIST, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, SWEDISH MFA ERIKA F [...]	2008-06-10 19:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS SENV PINR KO RS
08STATE64270	KOSOVO -- DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF UN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts in Tripoli, Jakarta, Panama, San Jose, Ouagadougou, and Pretoria are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo at the highest appropriate level before Tuesday June 17. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Encourage host go [...]	2008-06-14 00:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE65279	WGIT -- GUIDANCE FOR JUNE 18 MEETING [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following guidance for its participation in the June 18 meeting of the Working Group on International Tribunals. --------- ICTY/ICTR --------- 2. USUN should bear in mind the following redlines regarding our ICTY/ICTR policy as discussions [...]	2008-06-17 23:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE66064	KOSOVO -- GUIDANCE FOR UNSC MEETING ON JUNE 20 [...] (U) The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points in making our statement during the June 20, 2008, UN Security Council session to discuss the recent report by UN SYG Ban Ki-moon regarding the reconfiguration of the UN presence in Kosovo. 2. Begin Points -- The United [...]	2008-06-19 15:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO YI EU
08STATE79953	KOSOVO - GUIDANCE FOR JULY 25 UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIK [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points during the UN Security Council discussion on the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),scheduled to take place on Friday, July 25. 2. Begin Points: Mr. President: We welcome the Secretary General,s quarterly report on UNMIK. UNM [...]	2008-07-24 19:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE80111	GUIDANCE FOR AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN. We understand Ambassador Khalilzad will meet with Serbian FM Jeremic on July 25. The points in paragraph 3 summarize the Quint PolDirs recent agreement and touch on key aspects of our bilateral relationship. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Serbia,s new gov [...]	2008-07-24 23:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE84143	KOSOVO -- GUIDANCE FOR AUGUST 6 UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] The Department requests that USUN draw from the following points in delivering its statement during the August 6 UNSC consultations on the Secretariat's investigation into the events of March 17 in Mitrovica. 2. Begin Points: Mr. President: I thank Assistant Secretary General Mullet f [...]	2008-08-05 22:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC UNMIK KPKO PREL YI KV
08STATE94461	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 4 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Guldimann and the Special Represen [...]	2008-09-03 20:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL UNMIK KV
08STATE96482	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIAN [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 10 Special Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Minister Jeremic back to the Permanent Council. Mr. Minister, while recent events in Georgia have unq [...]	2008-09-09 20:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI SR
08STOCKHOLM452	U.S.-SWEDEN PLAN WAY FORWARD FOR ABKHAZIA CONFLICT [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Matthew Bryza, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Carpenter, Conflicts Advisor Casey Christensen, Political Counselor Briana Olsen, Deputy Political Counselor (notetaker) Sweden ------ Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, State Secretary Bjorn [...]	2008-06-23 11:07:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS PINR KO RS GG XQ
08TASHKENT233	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, BUT UZBEKS ARE [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel A, on February 20 we delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. He listened to the points and undertook to forward the information to the appropriate officials, as did his superior Takhir Mamajanov last week during a sim [...]	2008-02-21 10:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV UZ
08TASHKENT97	UZBEKISTAN: NO COMMENT ON DELIVERED KOSOVO POINTS [...] (C) On January 18, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Americas Division Chief Mamajanov. Mamajanov received them without comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov would not meet Ambassador earlier, despite Post's repeated requ [...]	2008-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU UZ
08TBILISI254	GEORGIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S PLAN TO INVOKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 06:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI OSCE GG
08TEGUCIGALPA143	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 14, 2008, PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo Independence (reftel) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Exterior Affairs. He said that he would check with Vice Foreign Minister Enrique Reina based on the Ambassador's demarche with Reina on January 8 [...]	2008-02-15 19:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU HO
08TELAVIV1489	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department on July 3. Rav-Ner said that Israel is still not ready to recognize Kosovo, but wants to show its support for the people of Kosovo, with whom, he explained, Israel has long had good relationships [...]	2008-07-10 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV EAID IS
08TELAVIV381	ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...]	2008-02-14 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IS
08TELAVIV382	ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...]	2008-02-14 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	REL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU
08TELAVIV440	ISRAEL POLICY ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: STUDYING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV IL
08THEHAGUE134	NETHERLANDS/OSCE/KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary: The GONL understands from its mission to the OSCE that Serbia is no longer interested in pursuing an emergency session under the Berlin Mechanism, but rather will seek an "extra session" of the Permanent Council to voice its concerns over a Kosovo declaration of independence. Acco [...]	2008-02-13 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE NL
08TIRANA111	ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BERLIN MECHANISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 09:19:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV OSCE AL
08TOKYO104	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor delivered the message regarding resolving Kosovo's status in early 2008 (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Etsuro Honda on January 9. Japan shares the hope for a successful and peaceful outco [...]	2008-01-11 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV EU JA
08TOKYO1820	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the European Union-sponsored Kosovo donors conference July 11 in Brussels by its Deputy Chief of Mission from its Embassy in Belgium, according to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto. At this time, it is [...]	2008-07-02 09:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN UNMIK EU KV JA
08TOKYO386	JAPAN WILL NEED TIME TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will need time to review the text of Kosovo's declaration of independence before it can recognize Kosovo, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM February 13 in response to reftel demarche. To [...]	2008-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JA
08TRIPOLI141	LIBYA LINKS POSITION ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE TO RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Americas Desk Director Muhammad Matari February 20, P/E Chief noted that there had so far been no official GOL reaction to Kosovo's recent announcement of independence and, echoing our previous demarches on the subject (refs B and C),urged the GOL to recognize Kosovo' [...]	2008-02-21 08:04:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR EU YI UNMIK UN
08USEUBRUSSELS1088	EULEX KOSOVO COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 16 EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors meeting, EU Civilian Operations Commander Kees Klompenhouwer told EU member and third-state contributors that the EU and the UN were still trying to reach agreement on reconfiguration details. As a result of the unexpe [...]	2008-07-16 16:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08USEUBRUSSELS1949	EULEX COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS PRAISES SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary: EULEX Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon briefed the Committee of Contributors on December 19 in Brussels, describing a successful deployment throughout Kosovo, the importance of close interaction with other international actors, and the challenges of implementing customs and cou [...]	2008-12-23 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL UNMIK PGOV EUN SR KV
08USNATO265	A/S FRIED WARNS NATO SYG, PERM REPS OF DANGER OF UN, EU DELAY IN KOSOVO AND OF POLITICAL DRIFT IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 15:45:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EZ GG KV MK PL RS UNMIK
08USOSCE48	JEREMIC OSCE SPEECH GENERATES LITTLE FIREWORKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Foreign Vuk Jeremic's February 19 OSCE address to protest Kosovo's independence was passionate but reasoned, and met with a surprisingly muted response. Of the six participating States to take the floor following his speech, only two - Russia and Azerbaijan - supported [...]	2008-02-19 18:28:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL UNMIK SR KV
08USUNNEWYORK1007	KOSOVO: SERBIAN FM JEREMIC CONFIDANT OF EULEX DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 23:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK SR

08USUNNEWYORK12	SERBIAN FM PLEADS FOR JANUARY 16 UNMIK MEETING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) Summary: On January 4, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolcott that Serbia has unhappy memories of closed Security Council meetings in 1999 and asked for U.S. support for a public meeting format for the January 16 UNMIK meeting so th [...]	2008-01-07 15:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK155	FM JEREMIC ARGUES BEFORE 76 UN MEMBER STATES THAT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council met in a private session on February 14 at the request of Russia and Serbia to discuss Kosovo. Sixty-one non-Council members attended as observers. Serbian FM Jeremic, after failing in a last-minute attempt to convince the U.S. to agree to televise the sess [...]	2008-02-16 00:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK
08USUNNEWYORK162	PRESIDENT TADIC PROTESTS "HISTORIC INJUSTICE" OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a public meeting of the Security Council on February 18, SYG Ban said the situation on the ground in Kosovo remained calm following of the February 17 declaration of independence. Ban said he would continue to view UNSCR 1244 as the basis for UNMIK's operations, but may be re [...]	2008-02-20 22:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK163	BAN TO USUN ON KOSOVO: HELP ME TO HELP EU [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting on February 20 with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon compared the UN's remaining tenure in Kosovo to a movie fade-out, but complained that EU leadership is complicating UNMIK's transition strategy. Ban cited in particular comments -- attributed i [...]	2008-02-20 23:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK170	CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...]	2008-02-22 20:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR
08USUNNEWYORK217	GUEHENNO REPORTS HE WAS TOUGH WITH JEREMIC ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 6 USUN joined several EU missions in telling U/SYG Guehenno that the UN must take a firm stance in Kosovo in the face of Serb provocations. Guehenno said customs points in northern Kosovo will be re-opened soon and staffed for the time being by international civil servant [...]	2008-03-07 22:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK234	THIS JUST IN: SERBIA OPPOSES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 11 Security Council public meeting, Serbian FM Jeremic criticized Kosovo's declaration of independence (DI) as an assault on the international system, asking countries who had recognized Kosovo to reconsider and encouraging those who had not to hold off. He condemned [...]	2008-03-14 18:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK236	UN OFFICE IN BELGRADE FEARS NATO WILL BE MIA IN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with Ambassador Wolff, the UN Office in Belgrade's Acting Director Richard Wilcox said that Belgrade believes it will control northern Kosovo and is looking for a deal with the EU on Serb enclaves in the rest of Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff responded that Belgrad [...]	2008-03-14 20:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK271	P-3 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. P-3 PermReps met on March 20 to discuss Sudan, Kosovo, Burma, and Tibet. On Sudan, the three agreed that specific benchmarks are essential to UNAMID deployment progress and tasked mission experts with drafting them. On Kosovo, AMB Khalilzad suggested a P-3 strategy review. The [...]	2008-03-26 18:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNMIK KV YI BM SU
08USUNNEWYORK298	GUEHENNO SAYS DPKO WILL LIMIT SAMARDZIC TRAVEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Quint mission representatives delivered to UN U/SYG Guehenno demarche points (ref) on Kosovo transition issues. Guehenno said any dialogue UNMIK conducts needs to include key stakeholders and that DPKO takes preventing violence seriously, but called for practical engagement in [...]	2008-04-03 16:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK YI UNSC KV
08USUNNEWYORK308	NEW YORK STILL IN DISARRAY ON KOSOVO END GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the February 19 and March 17 violence in Kosovo, UN component parts (DPKO, UNMIK, OLA) have been warily eyeing one another and approaching the UN-EU transition with different perspectives. Quint missions collectively have had little strategic guidance to offer [...]	2008-04-04 23:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK348	SYG BAN STRUGGLING WITH UNMIK'S PHASE-OUT, ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad told UN Secretary-General Ban this evening that Washington is SIPDIS concerned about recent UN actions on Kosovo that apparently were not coordinated with Quint capitals or with the Government of Kosovo. The Ambassador told Ban that the Quint remains stea [...]	2008-04-15 03:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK367	SYG BAN LEANING TOWARD UNMIK SURGE FOR LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Responding to Ref A letter from the Secretary, UN Secretary-General Ban assured Ambassador Wolff SIPDIS and German PermRep Matussek on April 18 that the UN is confining its dialogue with Belgrade to operational aspects of the UN's role in Kosovo. Ban repeatedly called for all [...]	2008-04-21 19:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK371	UNSC HOLDS FIRST POST-INDEPENDENCE KOSOVO MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Joachim Rucker told Ambassador SIPDIS Khalilzad on April 21 he hopes for deployment of EULEX and the International Civilian Office (ICO) by June. Rucker later told the full Security Council that UNMIK will continue to op [...]	2008-04-23 18:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
08USUNNEWYORK385	(SBU) DPKO PROPOSES NEW KOSOVO GAME PLAN [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe and America's Director David Harland told USUN on April 28 that DPKO is about to table a Kosovo game plan under which the UN will unilaterally withdraw partially [...]	2008-04-30 15:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK407	DPKO'S UNMIK PLAN: STATE RECONFIGURATION INTENT, [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, the EU Council, and NATO had an extensive exchange with UN U/SYG Guehenno and his team on May 1 about the future international community role in Kosovo. Guehenno said the UN wants to leave Kosovo as quickly [...]	2008-05-07 20:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UNSC YI KV
08USUNNEWYORK437	SLOVAK FM KUBIS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) In a May 13 meeting, Slovak FM Jan Kubis told Ambassador Khalilzad that he had just returned from a joint trip to Afghanistan with Dutch FM Verboken. Kubis said he had found the situation in Afghanistan "unclear and unresolved." Kubis speculated that the local Afghan population is unha [...]	2008-05-15 16:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC AF UNMIK IZ
08USUNNEWYORK450	DPKO HOPES CLARIFICATION OF KOSOVO PLAN WILL EARN [...] (C) SUMMARY. DPKO's European Chief Harland told DepPolCouns and Poloff on May 16 that Secretary-General Ban has asked him to clarify his proposed way forward on Kosovo in the aftermath of what Under Secretary-General Guehenno reported as a very difficult May 9 conference call with Quint politi [...]	2008-05-20 16:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK465	UN WANTS USG GREEN LIGHT ON ITS KOSOVO PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In the past two days, DPKO's David Harland has indicated to USUN that DPKO is recommending to SYG Ban Ki-Moon that he reconfigure UNMIK to allow deployment of EULEX even if this must be done in the face of strong Russian and Serbian opposition. Harland and UNMIK's Belgrade Office [...]	2008-05-23 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC KV YI PREL
08USUNNEWYORK56	TADIC: "WE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON KOSOVO" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Serbian President Tadic warned Ambassador Khalilzad on January 16 that independence for Kosovo could turn Serbia against integration with Europe. Tadic said he is trying to reach a compromise with Kosovo Albanians on final status within a context of substantial autonomy and sug [...]	2008-01-18 20:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV TV YI
08USUNNEWYORK59	UNSC CONSIDERS UNMIK: DRAMA BUT NO DIRECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a January 16 Security Council session on UNMIK, Serbian President Tadic said before the media that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo sovereignty but would not resort to violence under any circumstances. In a much longer non-public session: SRSG Rucker lauded the recent [...]	2008-01-21 19:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
08USUNNEWYORK682	A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...]	2008-07-30 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK
08USUNNEWYORK685	A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...]	2008-07-31 15:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK
08USUNNEWYORK706	DPKO ON UNMIK TRANSITION: WE ARE LEAVING, WHERE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Senior UN officials insist to USUN that UNMIK is on track for a minimum 70 percent drawdown by October, 2008. They say further drawdown this year or next depends on EULEX willingness to deploy because the UN and EU have agreed that UNMIK will not withdraw from [...]	2008-08-06 22:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK
08USUNNEWYORK894	KOSOVO: DPKO RECONFIGURATION PLAN FOR UNMIK [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 17:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK SR KV
08USUNNEWYORK920	INCOMING AUSTRIAN UN PERMREP ON PLANS FOR A [...] (C) Summary: Incoming Austrian PermRep Mayr-Harting made his case to Ambassador Wolff for Austria to win one of the Security Council seats up for vote October 17. Mayr-Harting's arguments ranged from Austria's recent successful EU Presidency to being perceived as "harmless" by the internatio [...]	2008-10-09 22:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA USUN UNSC UNMIK SR KV AU
08VALLETTA227	MALTA: FOREIGN MINISTER PUNTS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a May 30 meeting, Ambassador asked new Minister of Foreign Affairs Tonio Borg for an update regarding GoM recognition of Kosovo. The Ambassador reminded the FM that he had earlier (Ref A) told us Malta could recognize Kosovo only after the FM had had a chance to brief Parliament,s Eur [...]	2008-06-02 14:29:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK MT
08VALLETTA270	MALTA: LATEST ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) In a July 1 working unch with Foreign Minister Tonio Borg and the mebers of the Maltese Parliament's European and Foeign Affairs Committee, Ambassador Bordonaro drew n Ref A talking points to urge that Malta recognze Kosovo at the earliest opportunity. 2. (C) M Borg responded that Kosov [...]	2008-07-03 13:12:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KPKO MT
08VALLETTA294	MALTA'S FM: KOSOVO RECOGNITION BY END OF JULY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 14:31:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KPKO MT
08VATICAN38	HOLY SEE HAS RECOGNIZED KOSOVO "DE FACTO", SAYS VATICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Holy See is not ready to formally recognize Kosovo but will continue to promote dialogue in a way that implicitly acknowledges and respects Kosovo's de facto independence. The Holy See's diplomatic objectives are to balance relations with Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Churc [...]	2008-04-30 10:15:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KIRF KJUS UN UNMIK YI EU VT
08VIENNA210	AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, STEERING GROUP, OSCE [...] (U) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/12 with MFA Acting Southeast Europe Department Director Thomas Schnoell to review Austrian plans for recognition of Kosovo membership in the Kosovo ISG, and related issues. Austrian Recognition -------------------- 2. (C) Schnoell reported that recognition involv [...]	2008-02-12 15:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK YI AU EU OSCE
08VIENNA228	AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, EU DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA Deputy PolDir Ralph Scheide on 2/19. Scheide, noting that FonMin Plassnik had already announced Austria's intention to recognize Kosovo, reported that the formal process of recognition would begin with the Feb. 20 cabinet meeting and be concluded wit [...]	2008-02-19 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU AU KV UNMIK
08WELLINGTON44	LOBBYING NEW ZEALAND ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) DCM presented the demarche reftel to Caroline Forsyth, MFAT Deputy Secretary for Multilateral and Global Affairs, on February 12. She responded that New Zealand has been following developments in Kosovo closely. GNZ has a long-standing established practice of not making declarations of rec [...]	2008-02-13 05:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ UN YI EU UNMIK
08WELLINGTON59	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary. Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing it to be inferred over time from its actions. [...]	2008-02-21 18:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NZ
08YAOUNDE247	CAMEROON: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On March 5, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and encouraged Cameroon to recognize Kosovo's independence and support the Organization of Islamic Conference's (OIC) statement. The Minister took notes but offered no response. GARVEY [...]	2008-03-13 08:48:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KISL CM
08YEREVAN112	NO ARMENIAN FIRST-WAVE RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO -- [...] (C) Polchief met with the savvy and plugged-in director of the MFA Americas Department, Armen Yeganian, to deliver points from reftels. We left a slightly-slimmed down version of the two cables' talking points -- redacted somewhat in consultation with EUR/CARC to downplay Nagorno-Karabakh (N [...]	2008-02-13 11:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE UNMIK YI SR AM
08YEREVAN159	ARMENIAN'S WAIT-AND-SEE SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref A demarche to FM Oskanian February 21. We had earlier telegraphed the main substance, while awaiting the chance to see the FM during the hectic Armenian election period. CDA emphasized US view that Kosovo was a unique case and that its declaration of independence did no [...]	2008-02-22 14:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UN UNMIK GG RU SR YI AM
09PRISTINA147	KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON SERBIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY Recent developments related to issues surrounding the Serbian Orthodox Church's (SOC) patrimonial sites in Kosovo have produced a mixture of progress in some areas and continued challenges in others. At the urging of moderate SOC leaders in Kosovo, the SOC's ruling Synod has giv [...]	2009-04-08 16:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA149	USAID ROMA RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: PROGRESS AFTER A [...] (U) Summary: USAID has initiated a long term resettlement project for 50 Roma families residing in two camps for internally displaced persons in north Mitrovica. The camp residents continue to suffer life-threatening health effects from lead poisoning over nine years after moving into the UN [...]	2009-04-08 17:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA163	KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON CIVAIR BUT MORE WORK TO BE DONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's civil aviation regime has seen significant changes in the past ten years, with Pristina International Airport (PIA) evolving from a military airport run by KFOR in 1999 to assuming full operational control over commercial flights and establishing nascent national civil [...]	2009-04-24 16:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
09PRISTINA17	KOSOVO: MODERATE SERBS BLAME NORTHERN HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Certain key moderates in Kosovo's Serb community, such as Rada Trajkovic, director of the Serbian government health clinic in the southern enclave of Gracanica, and Oliver Ivanovic, a fellow Kosovo Serb serving as State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo, are blaming h [...]	2009-01-15 09:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA18	KOSOVO: RETURNS DOWN SHARPLY IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) numbers, only 569 persons returned to Kosovo in 2008, compared to 1815 returnees in 2007. This decline can be attributed to many factors, chief among them Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, which appea [...]	2009-01-15 09:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK PREF
09PRISTINA183	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: You last saw the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo in Washington during their first meetings with the new Administration in February, just after the one year anniversary of Kosovo's independence. That meeting proved a huge boost for a Kosovo public anxious to be reassur [...]	2009-05-09 13:02:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA216	KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON ELECTRICITY FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. We have seen significant progress towards reaching a comprehensive solution to the problem of Kosovo Serbs and the electricity supply. As of June 2, thanks to sustained effort by the Embassy and USAID Kosovo, every Kosovo Serb village south of the Ibar river - with the exceptio [...]	2009-06-08 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA25	KOSOVO: DAS STUART JONES DISCUSSES PRACTICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/SCE DAS Stuart Jones visited Kosovo January 12-13, and discussed events since the European Union's rule-of-law mission, EULEX, started its operations on December 9, 2008. In meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Thaci, Foreign Minister Hyseni, EULEX Chief de Kermabo [...]	2009-01-22 06:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA255	KOSOVO: GOK STILL LOOKING FOR CEFTA BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since independence was declared in 2008, Kosovo has struggled to find its voice on the international stage. The Government of Kosovo's (GOK) strong desire to shed the shackles of UNMIK in all realms has been particularly frustrating in organizations where Kosovo is represented b [...]	2009-07-04 09:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
09PRISTINA287	KOSOVO: ENERGY SECTOR REFORM MOVES AHEAD (FINALLY) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After years of delay, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) has officially announced it will build a large lignite-fueled power plant -- the "New Kosovo Power Plant" (NKPP) -- to address the country's unmet and growing energy needs. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci announced the governmen [...]	2009-07-20 12:41:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
09PRISTINA30	KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA AMERICAN CORNER STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The American Corner in the UNMIK library of northern Mitrovica remains open, but its existence continues to be threatened by the Kosovo Serb parallel municipal government. UNMIK has refused to hand over control of the building to parallel mayor Nenad Toplicevic, a member of the [...]	2009-01-26 16:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA56	KOSOVO: EDUCATION ISSUES LEAD TO POLITICAL FERMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The issue of access to higher education in Serbian universities has evoked a strong political reaction from Kosovo's Bosniak community. Widespread unhappiness over the handling of education issues by Bosniak political representatives in Pristina has led to the formation of a new [...]	2009-02-12 10:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA58	KOSOVO: CONTINUED PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AT KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) continues to operate successfully despite lack of cooperation from the Serbian government. As of November 2008, 18,839 out of the near 40,000 claims filed with KPA had been adjudicated. (Note: KPA's caseload consists mainly of commercial and a [...]	2009-02-12 10:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA62	KOSOVO: KOSOVO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AT CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo's future rests on efficient development of its vast lignite coal reserves, which can propel investment and improved living standards for the next half century or more if properly exploited. After years of frustrating delay, Kosovo's government is ready to take the final [...]	2009-02-14 12:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK KV ECON
09PRISTINA77	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT [...] (C) It has been a difficult but in many ways successful year since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17, 2008. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest the independence move sparked outright con [...]	2009-02-23 17:24:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KV
09USUNNEWYORK427	KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON UNMIK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council on the status of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on April 16 at the request of the Russian Federation. Mulet said that the UN was unable to carry out its interim administration fu [...]	2009-04-24 12:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK SR KV
09USUNNEWYORK605	KOSOVO: SRSG ZANNIER UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council on June 17 that UNMIK's nearly completed reconfiguration is "timely and necessary" due to UNMIK's "limited capacity" to perform administrative functions in Kosovo. Zannier, along with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, n [...]	2009-06-18 23:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK UNSC SR KS
10USUNNEWYORK47	UNMIK: TADIC AND HYSENI SPAR ON KOSOVO DURING [...] SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council during a January 22 quarterly debate that the security situation remained stable, but fragile, in northern Kosovo due to politicization of issues such as municipalelections and energy delivery. Serbian President Boris Tadic calle [...]	2010-01-26 17:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNMIK SR KV

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