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PACE Political Affairs Committee deplores violence in Kosovo

14 February 2007 13:58 (UTC +04:00)

The Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted the following statement at the meeting in Paris, APAâ€™s bureau reports.
The statement says that the Political Affairs Committee deplores the outburst of violence during the demonstrations against the Marti Ahtisaari plan in Pristina.
â€œThe intensity of the clashes between demonstrators and the police, which caused the deaths of two people and injuries to 80 more, is a reminder that the volatility of the province must not be underestimated. At this delicate stage of the process for defining a future status for Kosovo, both the international community and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) should be more alert than ever to prevent tension from erupting into violence.
The Committee considers a negotiated solution to the issue of Kosovoâ€™s status as the best guarantee of long-term peace, stability and prosperity in the Western Balkans. It urges both the Serbian and the Kosovo Albanian negotiating teams to engage in a constructive and pragmatic dialogue with a view to concluding the process in a satisfactory manner,â€? the statement reads. /APA/