Steiner indicates independence is a foregone conclusion FoNet

Steiner indicates independence is a foregone conclusion
FoNet - May 1, 2003

Suva Reka -- Wednesday – UNMIK’s German chief Michael Steiner insisted yesterday that Kosovo would not go to the Serbs, but to the people currently living in Kosovo, regardless of nationality or ethnicity.

During talks with ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo town of Suva Reka, Steiner was heavily criticised for conducting his task in the province unsuccessfully and inefficiently.

Rather than react to the attack, Steiner said that Kosovar control would be Kosovo’s final status, and that this should be defined as soon as possible.

However, he insisted that a formal secession from Serbia would not be possible until standards defined by UNMIK had been met.