Saturday, August 16, 2008

Bolton comments on Kosovo/US recognition

Very interesting interview of John Bolton, former US Undersecretary of State and Ambassador to the United Nations popped to my eyes today. The highlights of his comments in Interfax interview were e.g. following:

* US recognition of severed Kosovo province was a serious mistake, leading to an escalation of tensions, instead of calming down the situation in the Balkans.

* "support to the independence of Kosovo is an atavism that might have made sense 15 years ago, but makes no sense today."

* "consensus boils down to the fact that nobody knows where Kosovo is"

Extract from the interview you may find from

http://byzantinesacredart.com /blog/2008/06/bolton-kosovo-mistake.htm

and original interview from

http://www.interfax.com/17/406278/Interview.aspx

Mr Bolton really hit the nail on the head. I also think that the cause to the main problems in Kosovo is hesitation to admit old mistakes. The solution would be starting from clean table. Shall we wait US elections or does someone courage start earlier.

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