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| EU envoy to promote Kosovo talks | EU envoy to promote Kosovo talks |
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| The EU's foreign policy chief is to visit Kosovo and Serbia to urge both parties to discuss a UN plan giving self-rule to the breakaway province. | The EU's foreign policy chief is to visit Kosovo and Serbia to urge both parties to discuss a UN plan giving self-rule to the breakaway province. |
| Javier Solana will be joined in Belgrade by the German foreign minister and the EU enlargement commissioner. | Javier Solana will be joined in Belgrade by the German foreign minister and the EU enlargement commissioner. |
| The UN proposal, unveiled last week, recommends that Kosovo should govern itself democratically and be able to make international agreements. | The UN proposal, unveiled last week, recommends that Kosovo should govern itself democratically and be able to make international agreements. |
| Serbia's leader rejected the plan and said it paved the way for independence. | Serbia's leader rejected the plan and said it paved the way for independence. |
| There is a delicate diplomatic dance around the Balkans, with EU and American envoys in quick succession. Our aim, said an EU diplomat, is to listen more than talk. | There is a delicate diplomatic dance around the Balkans, with EU and American envoys in quick succession. Our aim, said an EU diplomat, is to listen more than talk. |
| A clear message | A clear message |
| But there is also a clear message from Brussels and it is this: the EU supports the UN plan and calls on both parties to play a constructive role. | But there is also a clear message from Brussels and it is this: the EU supports the UN plan and calls on both parties to play a constructive role. |
| class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/6318313.stm">Europe diary: Kosovo ghosts EU officials also want to hear how fast Serbia can form a new government after last month's inconclusive elections. | |
| But both the out-going President, Boris Tadic, and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, whose parties are expected to form the next coalition, have rejected the UN proposals, with Mr Kostunica taking the toughest line. | But both the out-going President, Boris Tadic, and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, whose parties are expected to form the next coalition, have rejected the UN proposals, with Mr Kostunica taking the toughest line. |
| He wants to cut off ties with any country that recognises an independent Kosovo. | He wants to cut off ties with any country that recognises an independent Kosovo. |
| Renewed diplomatic isolation would take Serbia in completely the opposite direction from where the EU would like it to go. | Renewed diplomatic isolation would take Serbia in completely the opposite direction from where the EU would like it to go. |
| Like all the Balkan countries, Serbia could one day aspire to EU membership. But the new government will have to promise full co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal before talks on closer ties can resume. | Like all the Balkan countries, Serbia could one day aspire to EU membership. But the new government will have to promise full co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal before talks on closer ties can resume. |