Europe should be united on the matter of Kosovo's future status, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters Friday after talks with his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg in Prague, according to DPA. Steinmeier however would not break his silence on whether and under what conditions Germany would support a unilateral proclamation of independence by the predominantly ethnic-Albanian Serbian province, which could follow the expiry of the December 10 deadline for its status talks. "I admit that the chances are small," Steinmeier said of the talks, also known as the Troika process because of the three brokers the European Union, the United States and Russia. "But we would lose our credibility if we say what we will do if the process fails," he added. The two ministers also agreed to join forces on "helping to create (economic) prospects for the Palestinian population" in the process of finding a solution to the Middle East conflict, the minister said.
