The outgoing UN special representative for Kosovo, Danish diplomat Soren Jessen-Petersen, has denied making inflammatory statements about the future status of Kosovo in Kosovan daily Koha Ditore on Tuesday (13 June).
He subsequently told press at a NATO briefing in Brussels that the quote "It is obvious that Kosovo's dream - and we know that the dream is independence - will become a reality this year" was wrong.
His real words were: "My message and appeal to the Kosovar leadership...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.