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EUROPE SERIOUSLY FEARS "BALKANIZATION" OF THE CONTINENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.03.2008 GMT+04:00
Brussels' announcement about the intentions of contributing to the
development of the sovereign Kosovo, gave rise to big apprehensions
among a number of EU member countries about intensified separatist
dispositions.
It seems that the US President George Bush has decided to resolve all
the conflicts during his last days of Presidency. These intentions
concern all the conflicts around the world, where the USA directly
or indirectly has its share of "responsibility". And if the Kosovo
conflict is chronologically one of the latest ones, the Near-Eastern
conflict is already 60 years old, and the conflicts in the post-Soviet
area are 20 years old.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ We will still talk about the "new" conflicts, for
now let's remember the words of the US Vice-President Dick Cheney,
which he said a week ago during his Near-Eastern tour. "Israel is ready
to compromise for sake of stability and peace with the Palestinians,"
said Cheney. Speaking in a joint press-conference with the Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem, Cheney said that the
Palestinians are also ready to compromise, says BBC. The truth is
though, that for his words not to sound as a betrayal of the loyal
ally, he immediately promised, that "the USA is going to keep on
supporting Israel in the issue of defense and will never put pressure
on Israel in the issues, which may threaten its security." "We want
to have the conflict resolved, and terrorism, which brought so many
sufferings to Israel, to be put an end to, and we also want a new
chapter for the Palestinian people," said the US Vice-President.
Practically, in Israel Cheney made it understood for Serbia, that
it should be ready for compromises, if it wants to get something
from the EU and of course, from the USA. And as in support of the
American initiatives, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU member
countries and Serbia started the first negotiations since the majority
of the EU countries recognized the independence of Kosovo. The Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Vuk Jeremic met the colleagues from all
27 EU countries in Slovenia, however it is anticipated that he will
not remain for the next meeting of the representatives of other Balkan
countries, including Kosovo. "Which reasonable person could expect,
that he will be holding the same position as the Prime-Minister if
Kosovo Hashim Tachi that soon?" said the representative of Slovenia.
For the majority of EU Ministers the meeting with Jeremic, having
pro-western looks, became the first contact with Serbia on such a high
level. The EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn announced, that this
meeting is a chance to emphasize the prospective of Serbia regarding
the integration into the bloc and called the Serbs to make a choice
in favor of the joint future with Europe instead of "self-isolation"
and "the road to nowhere", says Reuters.
But, naturally, there is not and will never be any unity regarding the
status of Kosovo in the EU: the authorities of Spain, Great Britain,
Cyprus, Romania and Slovakia are afraid of the repetition of the
Balkan scenario. The recognition of independence of Kosovo by key
countries of the EU arouses the political powers in Europe, which
strive to get complete or broaden partial autonomy of its regions.
Brussels' announcement about the intentions of contributing to the
development of the sovereign Kosovo, gave rise to big apprehensions
among a number of EU member countries about intensified separatist
dispositions.
One shouldn't forget about the wish of the Turk's of North
Cyprus. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia, which in 2001 avoided
the civil war between the Albanians and the representatives of the
titular nation only thanks to the EU, have to suppress the separatist
dispositions. In short, if today the EU, which now has 27 member
countries, has to go through hard times, one may imagine how hard
things will get, when it has, for instance, 38 member countries. That
time maybe the Near East may seem an oasis of peace to some people.
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.03.2008 GMT+04:00
Brussels' announcement about the intentions of contributing to the
development of the sovereign Kosovo, gave rise to big apprehensions
among a number of EU member countries about intensified separatist
dispositions.
It seems that the US President George Bush has decided to resolve all
the conflicts during his last days of Presidency. These intentions
concern all the conflicts around the world, where the USA directly
or indirectly has its share of "responsibility". And if the Kosovo
conflict is chronologically one of the latest ones, the Near-Eastern
conflict is already 60 years old, and the conflicts in the post-Soviet
area are 20 years old.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ We will still talk about the "new" conflicts, for
now let's remember the words of the US Vice-President Dick Cheney,
which he said a week ago during his Near-Eastern tour. "Israel is ready
to compromise for sake of stability and peace with the Palestinians,"
said Cheney. Speaking in a joint press-conference with the Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem, Cheney said that the
Palestinians are also ready to compromise, says BBC. The truth is
though, that for his words not to sound as a betrayal of the loyal
ally, he immediately promised, that "the USA is going to keep on
supporting Israel in the issue of defense and will never put pressure
on Israel in the issues, which may threaten its security." "We want
to have the conflict resolved, and terrorism, which brought so many
sufferings to Israel, to be put an end to, and we also want a new
chapter for the Palestinian people," said the US Vice-President.
Practically, in Israel Cheney made it understood for Serbia, that
it should be ready for compromises, if it wants to get something
from the EU and of course, from the USA. And as in support of the
American initiatives, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU member
countries and Serbia started the first negotiations since the majority
of the EU countries recognized the independence of Kosovo. The Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Vuk Jeremic met the colleagues from all
27 EU countries in Slovenia, however it is anticipated that he will
not remain for the next meeting of the representatives of other Balkan
countries, including Kosovo. "Which reasonable person could expect,
that he will be holding the same position as the Prime-Minister if
Kosovo Hashim Tachi that soon?" said the representative of Slovenia.
For the majority of EU Ministers the meeting with Jeremic, having
pro-western looks, became the first contact with Serbia on such a high
level. The EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn announced, that this
meeting is a chance to emphasize the prospective of Serbia regarding
the integration into the bloc and called the Serbs to make a choice
in favor of the joint future with Europe instead of "self-isolation"
and "the road to nowhere", says Reuters.
But, naturally, there is not and will never be any unity regarding the
status of Kosovo in the EU: the authorities of Spain, Great Britain,
Cyprus, Romania and Slovakia are afraid of the repetition of the
Balkan scenario. The recognition of independence of Kosovo by key
countries of the EU arouses the political powers in Europe, which
strive to get complete or broaden partial autonomy of its regions.
Brussels' announcement about the intentions of contributing to the
development of the sovereign Kosovo, gave rise to big apprehensions
among a number of EU member countries about intensified separatist
dispositions.
One shouldn't forget about the wish of the Turk's of North
Cyprus. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia, which in 2001 avoided
the civil war between the Albanians and the representatives of the
titular nation only thanks to the EU, have to suppress the separatist
dispositions. In short, if today the EU, which now has 27 member
countries, has to go through hard times, one may imagine how hard
things will get, when it has, for instance, 38 member countries. That
time maybe the Near East may seem an oasis of peace to some people.