BELGRADE, Dec 5 (Hina) - U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Polt said on Tuesday he expected a final solution on Kosovo's status to be reached shortly after the parliamentary elections in Serbia, scheduled for January, adding that the
elections would show which direction the Serbian people wanted to take and expressing hope the people would make the right choice for the future of their country.
BELGRADE, Dec 5 (Hina) - U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Polt
said on Tuesday he expected a final solution on Kosovo's status to be reached
shortly after the parliamentary elections in Serbia, scheduled for January,
adding that the elections would show which direction the Serbian people wanted
to take and expressing hope the people would make the right choice for the
future of their country. Commenting on statements by Russian
Ambassador to Serbia Alexandar Alekseyev that Russia would veto with the UN
Security Council if the solution regarding Kosovo's status was not acceptable
for either Belgrade or Pristina, Polt said the debate on veto during the
decision making process was not constructive.
The decision of citizens at the election scheduled for 21 January 2007
can lead Serbia to Euro-Atlantic associations or to a conflict with neighbours
and the international community, Polt said.
Democratic forces in Serbia can be certain that the U.S. would do all
that it can to help democracy in Serbia to succeed, Polt said at an
international conference on leadership in Belgrade.