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UN and NATO consider setting up Kosovo army -report
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 21 - 10 - 2006


The United Nations and
NATO are considering creating a 2,500-strong army in Serbia's
breakaway province of Kosovo, according to a report on Saturday, REPORTED REUTERS.
U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari discussed the possibility during
meetings at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, the
Kosovo daily Koha Ditore quoted diplomatic sources as saying.
"Diplomatic sources told Koha that much of the discussion
with Ahtisaari was about how to create a Kosovo army or as they
call it, a Kosovo security force," it reported. "It would have
2,500 lightly armed soldiers, and would be trained by NATO."
Western diplomats in Kosovo say the majority-Albanian
territory will likely have its own army after a decision on its
future, but the idea remains highly sensitive due to the fears
of the minority 100,000 remaining Serbs.
Kosovo has its own multi-ethnic police force and a civil
emergency force made up mainly of former guerrillas.
Ahtisaari's spokeswoman, Hua Jaing, told Reuters the
Brussels meeting was "closed" and she could not discuss the
details.
Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since 1999, when
NATO bombs drove out Serb forces accused of ethnic cleansing.
Ahtisaari opened direct talks in February and is pressing
ahead with plans to submit a proposal on Kosovo's "final status"
within the year, despite signs a U.N. Security Council vote
could be delayed into 2007 by Serbian elections.
In Vienna on Saturday, the former Finnish president briefed
representatives of the major powers on his "initial ideas",
which diplomats say will likely lead to a form of independence
supervised by the European Union and NATO.
No statements were made after the meeting with the Contact
Group guiding Balkan diplomacy -- the United States, Britain,
France, Germany, Italy and Russia.


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