Rice warns Kosovo against declaring independence unilaterally

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Rice warns Kosovo against declaring independence unilaterally

Published: July 23, 2007

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is warning
Kosovo officials not to declare independence unilaterally and to
continue with diplomatic efforts, the State Department said
Monday.

The meeting between Rice and officials from the breakaway
province of Serbia comes days after the UN Security Council set
aside a resolution that Russia had called a hidden route to
independence.

-snip-

The Washington talks follow a comment by Kosovo's prime minister,
Agim Ceku, suggesting that the province's Parliament should adopt
its own resolution setting Nov. 28 as a possible date for declaring
independence.

Ceku was to be among a group of officials and politicians from the
province, including its president and the speaker of its Assembly,
that was to meet Monday with Rice and other U.S. officials,
including the national security adviser, Stephen Hadley.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/europe/kosovo.php

[Kagemusha]

1. Well that is emphatically not what they wanted to hear.

What, the US losing its stomach for tweaking Putin's nose lately?

[thereismore]

2. What is she gonna do, throw a fit? Will of the people, etc. nt

[pinto]

3. A rep of the 'unilateral administration' decries unilateral action? Oh,

the irony.

[Supersedeas]

9. If only the MSM would do their job and inform the public of this creepiness

[C_U_L8R]

4. ummm.. isn't that what declaring independance is all about ???

[madrchsod]

5. who? rice? who`s that?

oh that thing who could`t get anything published a few weeks ago?

[bluerum]

6. Oh. And what has out state dept got against countires being "independent"

all of a sudden.

Maybe she means wait until we invade your country to liberate you, or else we will invade to,,,, never mind,,, I need a new pair of shoes.

[HuffleClaw]

7. hilarious, but horribly offensive as well

only the bush administration could do such a thing and expect others to take it seriously.

[Javaman]

8. In other news, the sales of Ferragamo shoes, skyrocket. nt

[Doctor_J]

10. No one listens to that hag any more

Why don't they make her NFL commissioner - some job in which her shoes would actually be of interest.