Kosovo Serbs report 70
incidents to UN envoy
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - June 11, 2006
Excerpt from report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet
Kosovska Mitrovica, 11 June: UN envoy for Kosovo status talks Marti Ahtisaari
has held talks in Kosovska Mitrovica with representatives of the Serb National
Council [SNV] of northern Kosovo who warned him that democratic standards are
not being achieved in Kosovo despite UNMIK [UN mission in Kosovo] claims to the
contrary.
SNV chairman Milan Ivanovic told a news conference that Ahtisaari was informed
about 70 ethnically-motivated incidents which had recently taken place in the
Mitrovica region.
Ivanovic said that the Finnish diplomat was warned that representatives of
Kosovo institutions were trying to conceal the background to crimes against
Kosovo Serbs.
"We told Ahtisaari in no uncertain terms that an independent Kosovo is
unacceptable for the Serbs and that it would lead to ethnic cleansing of the
Serb community," Ivanovic said. [Passage omitted]
Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1443 11 Jun 06
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