Larry Rossin, who is the deputy UN administrator for Kosovo blames Serbia for failing to stop Serbs living in Kosovo from resorting to violence. Technically, Kosovo’s government is still administered by both the UN and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
About 130 people were severely injured. 60 of those injured came from the combined UN-led K-For and NATO troops. 70 of the injured were from the side of the Serbian protesters in Kosovo.
“We’ve never had what we could consider a clear and unambiguous denunciation of this kind of violence from ministers or indeed any other Belgrade government official that I can think of,” Rossin explains.
On Monday, the forces moved to retake a UN courthouse that was occupied by Serbian protesters.
Still, Serbia’s President Boris Tadic said that the country will never agree to recognize Kosovo as an independent state.
Since Kosovo’s independence, chaos has erupted. In Belgrade, Serbian protesters raided the United States embassy and torched it. A charred body that was even found in the rubble.
The United States and several major members of the European Union had moved to recognized Kosovo’s independence. As a result, Serbia had recalled all envoys from nations that made the move. Japan is the latest country in Asia to recognize Kosovo’s independence.
Russia will not recognize Kosovo’s independence. It is a strong ally to Serbia. Russia’s government gave concerns that this will spark a new conflict in the Balkans. It adds that it will send a message to all separatist groups.
Greece, Spain, and China refuse to recognize Kosovo’s independence. These countries are dealing with similar issues. Greece is dealing with Turkish separatists. Spain is dealing with Basque separatists. China deals with Tibet and possibly Taiwan.
In the case of China, Tibet has become a very large issue.
The majority of those living in Kosovo are ethnic-Albanian. NATO and the UN administered its government since 1999.
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