The UN security council will itself decide on the final status of Kosovo if bilateral talks between Belgrade and Pristina do not result in a solution by the end of the year, an EU diplomat close to the talks has said.
"The contact group prefers an agreed solution," he explained, but if this cannot be reached "then the security council will have to take up its responsibilities," the source told Balkans agency DTT-NET.COM.
The contact group comprises the US, UK, Russia, Germany, It...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.