Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
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Any Agreement on Kosovo Is Unlikely Because of Russia, Hillary Clinton Says
Given the current standing of Moscow, the trio of the United States, EU and Russia will hardly reach any agreement on Kosovo. So Washington should be ready to promptly recognize Kosovo’s independence if the government of Pristine declares it, Hillary Rodham Clinton, a U.S. Senator from New York and a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced in the statement that was promulgated in Washington late Thursday.
“On December 10, the US-EU-Russian troika seeking a mutually acceptable settlement of the future status of Kosovo will make its report to the United Nations and to the world. Given the current position of the Russian government, it is unlikely that any agreement will be reached,” Hilary Clinton said.
“I believe that further delay would be highly inadvisable,” the senator emphasized, pointing out that “this process, which started far too late thanks to the neglect of the Bush Administration in its first term, has run its course.”
“With Russia threatening to veto any arrangement submitted to the U.N. Security Council, we must be prepared to strongly support the will of the majority of the people of Kosovo,” the presidential candidate called on the nation.
“If the government in Pristine decides for independence, I would strongly support prompt U.S. recognition, and I would urge the European Union to do the same,” Clinton said, expressing the concern about “the deterioration of the situation in Bosnia.”
“Twelve years after the Dayton Agreement ended that war, a combination of American neglect, European Union weakness, and Russian and Serbian obstructionism threatens the stability and future of Bosnia,” the senator said urging the White House “to pay more attention to this issue” in time “as the Kosovo situation approaches a historic juncture.”
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