KOSOVO: WESTERN DIPLOMATS SUPPORT PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS

PRISTINA, April 1 (Hina) - Western diplomats in Pristina have positively assessed a plan for the implementation of standards in Kosovo, which was introduced by UN Civil Administrator Harri Holkeri and Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi on Wednesday.#L# Holkeri and Rexhepi presented the document which defines the implementation of standards in areas of the rule of law, economy, property rights, dialogue with Belgrade, and the status of the Kosovo protection corps. Holkeri said that standards referring to the return of displaced and freedom of movement would have to be additionally analysed. The head of Germany's office in Pristina, Peter Rondorf, said after talks with Holkeri, which were also attended by representatives of the USA, France, Great Britain and Italy, that the latest violence in the province called for changes to the plan for the implementation of standards and that decentralisation was now one of the priorities. Senior Serbian official Nebojsa Covic has told the Serbian media that the plan for the adoption of standards led towards Kosovo's independence and that Serbs must not take part in that process. (Hina) rml