Document : U.S pressures Slovenia to coordinate Kosovo’s independence
The U.S. Department of State is urging European countries to recognize independence of Kosovo soon and is prompting EU presiding country Slovenia to be the first to do this, the Slovenian daily Dnevnik wrote on Friday, publicizing exclusively internal notes of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry which support the above statement.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, January 25, 2008
In the document, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary Rosemary DiCarlo explained how she had advised the Albanians to call a session of the Kosovo Parliament, during which they would declare independence for a Sunday, because "the Russian Federation would not have enough time to call a Security Council meeting."
During the meeting, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried expressed his opinion that six EU member states will not recognize Kosovo at first, but if at least 15 out of 27 EU member states do it, it will be more than enough.
Fried explained that Slovenia's leadership will be of key importance in the role of the EU Presidency, adding that the United States avoids to make any statements in regards to Kosovo's independence, but that it will be among the first countries to recognize Kosovo when the Kosovo authorities announce independence after the Serbian presidential election.
Fried also said that that the United States of America is also trying to have as many states outside the EU recognize Kosovo during the initial several days after independence declaration, and that it is lobbying hard in Japan, Turkey, as well as in Arab states that had expressed, according to Fried, readiness to recognize Kosovo.
Reacting to the document, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic said the document showed that the EU "unfortunatelly becomes a pawn in the game" and how the US is pushing it to break international law.
