WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Hina) - The international community achieved success in Bosnia-Herzegovina which is on a good path to become a stable country, however, almost no progress was made in Kosovo as the status of the province has not yet
been solved, U.S. representative in the U.N. Richard Holbrooke said in Washington on Thursday. Holbrooke, U.S. chief negotiator in Dayton and former ambassador in the U.N. visited Bosnia, Serbia and Kosovo in October, along with former Civil Administrator in Kosovo Bernard Kouchner. Significant progress has been made in Bosnia, but almost no progress was made in Kosovo, primarily owing to the unresolved status of the province, Holbrooke told the Washington-based institute of the international relations council on Thursday. He said that U.S. strategic objectives were realised in Bosnia in the past eight years. The war is over, foundations for a peaceful, multiethnic country
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Hina) - The international community achieved
success in Bosnia-Herzegovina which is on a good path to become a
stable country, however, almost no progress was made in Kosovo as
the status of the province has not yet been solved, U.S.
representative in the U.N. Richard Holbrooke said in Washington on
Thursday.
Holbrooke, U.S. chief negotiator in Dayton and former ambassador in
the U.N. visited Bosnia, Serbia and Kosovo in October, along with
former Civil Administrator in Kosovo Bernard Kouchner.
Significant progress has been made in Bosnia, but almost no
progress was made in Kosovo, primarily owing to the unresolved
status of the province, Holbrooke told the Washington-based
institute of the international relations council on Thursday.
He said that U.S. strategic objectives were realised in Bosnia in
the past eight years. The war is over, foundations for a peaceful,
multiethnic country have been laid, the economy is growing, couples
of different ethnic origins are getting married, Holbrooke said.
This country has a chance, he added.
Holbrooke, however, warned about problems in Bosnia that still
needed to be solved the greatest of which was the existence of three
ethnically based armies, stressing that was the biggest mistake of
the Dayton Peace Accord.
He said that Bosnia's biggest omission was failing to arrest
Bosnian Serb war-time leader Radovan Karadzic and his chief
military commander Radovan Karadzic.
Holbrooke advocated the continuation of partnership between the
U.S. and the European Union in Bosnia.
Commenting on the situation in Kosovo, he said very little progress
was made in the solving of two vital issues: resolving the final
status of the province and the transfer of the authority to the
people of Kosovo.
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