KOSOVO DECISION MAKERS CALL CITIZENS TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND STABILITY DURING STATUS SETTLEMENT PROCESS

Representatives of local and central government, NGO, media and business sector in five regions of Kosovo had the opportunity to gather information, make their concerns heard, and ask questions about the Kosovo status settlement process, through five town hall meetings organized by ATRC in May. 

The Prime Minister, Agim Ceku, gives explanations to Prishtina citizens about Kosovo status settlement process on May 22

Regional town hall meetings in Prishtina, Mitrovica, Peja, Gjilan and Ferizaj aimed to further and widely inform the opinion about the outcome of status settlement, which followed twenty-nine community roundtable meetings held in February and March.      
The meetings also informed civil society organizations and citizens about the proposal of Martti Ahtisaari, UN Secretary General Envoy in Charge of the Negotiations on the future status of Kosovo.
Local decision-makers and foreign diplomats called citizens to maintain peace and stability at the time when status for the future of Kosovo is in its final phase.

A citizen raises concerns about the outcome Kosovo status settlement on May 22

“We’ve made compromises. Ahtisari’s proposal is a good balance. It proposes Kosovo become a state,” Prime Minister Agim Çeku said at the Prishtina meeting on May 22.   The proposal consists of protecting mechanisms for minority rights whether they are individual or political, Çeku added.      The Head of British Office in Kosovo, David Blunt, stated that Ahtisaari’s package is the result of compromise and divergent views. According to Blunt, the package represents the views of majority and the need for protection of minorities.   “We’ve made compromises. Ahtisari’s proposal is a good balance. It proposes Kosovo become a state,” Prime Minister Agim Çeku said at the Prishtina meeting on May 22.   The proposal consists of protecting mechanisms for minority rights whether they are individual or political, Çeku added.      The Head of British Office in Kosovo, David Blunt, stated that Ahtisaari’s package is the result of compromise and divergent views. According to Blunt, the package represents the views of majority and the need for protection of minorities.

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