Summary: March 10, 2005: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the recent developments in Serbia and Montenegro/Kosovo (Brussels)
The EU has noted the indictment issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) against Mr. Haradinaj and welcomes his decision to resign as Prime Minister of Kosovo and go voluntarily to The Hague.
Full and unreserved cooperation with the ICTY remains an essential requirement for further movement of the Western Balkans towards the EU.
The EU calls on everyone in Kosovo and elsewhere in the region not to exploit this indictment for their own ends. All violence is unacceptable and will delay the political process under way.
The EU calls on Kosovo's political forces to act as swiftly as possible to form a new government that is able and determined to continue the effective implementation of the standards laid down by the United Nations. The EU remains committed to continuing the political process which should, in mid-2005, lead to the full evaluation of the progress achieved. Movement towards a process to determine the future status of Kosovo in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 will
depend on the positive outcome of that evaluation.
The EU repeats that Kosovo will not return to the pre-1999 situation.
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