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Viewing cable 06BELGRADE1123, KOSOVO: BELGRADE WORRIED ABOUT ELEPHANT ROUND

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06BELGRADE1123 2006-07-12 13:36 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Belgrade
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9002
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BELGRADE 001123 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O.12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
SUBJECT: KOSOVO: BELGRADE WORRIED ABOUT ELEPHANT ROUND 
 
 
BELGRADE 00001123  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting with Contact Group 
representatives, Kosovo status negotiator Leon Kojen conveyed a 
letter from PM Kostunica and President Tadic to UNOSEK Special Envoy 
Ahtisaari.  Kojen signaled profound Belgrade concern that the 
upcoming high-level status meeting ("elephant round") would be a 
one-time (fruitless) event that would lead to Ahtisaari moving 
swiftly ahead with a final status proposal.  The GOS letter aims to 
ensure that the first elephant round meeting is the beginning, 
rather than the end, of a status process. Kojen could not confirm 
the availability of Tadic and Kostunica for a statuus meeting on 
7/24.  Kojen disassociated himself and Tadic from statements by a 
Kostunica advisor critical of UNOSEK.  Text of the letter to 
Ahtisaari follows in paragraph 6.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (SBU) Kojen conveyed a July 10 letter co-signed by Kostunica and 
Tadic to Ahtisaari.  The letter reiterates many of the points as the 
May 18 joint letter, in which they suggested a new format to Kosovo 
status talks.  Kojen said that both the President and Prime Minister 
remain committed to the UNOSEK process but are QunclearQ about what 
will happen after the initial round of talks between top leaders of 
Serbia and Kosovo.  Kojen stressed that knowing what will come after 
the first round will will allow both sides to be more productive in 
their preparations.  Kojen said the talks are at Qa delicate moment 
and hoped that Qprocedural concernsQ would not ultimately limit the 
productivity of the talks or lead to a needless cessation of 
negotiations (and by extension an imposed settlement in Kosovo). 
 
3.  (SBU)  The German Ambassador asked Kojen about the perceived 
contradictory messages coming out of Belgrade; on one side, the GOS 
offers Ahtisaari suggestions about the format and process of talks, 
and on the other, PM advisor Simic attacks UNOSEK. (Note: In an 
interview with Belgrade daily Politika, Aleksander SimicQs said 
Deputy Envoy Albert Rohan Qis doing a bad jobQ and the talks are 
Qunsuccessful.Q End note.)  Kojen said that he had not had time to 
talk to Simic since the interview and personally he was Qtaken by 
surpriseQ by SimicQs QbluntQ comments.  Kojen said that Simic was 
giving his personal opinion and not Qconsidered policy,Q and it was 
certainly not the policy of President Tadic. 
 
4. (SBU) Kojen emphasized that BelgradeQs commitment to the UNOSEK 
process is sincere, and expressed hope that the Albanians would come 
Qready to negotiate.Q  According to Kojen, the Albanians followed 
each Vienna round with public statements that an independent Kosovo 
is inevitable.  Kojen opined the international communityQs reaction 
would be much harsher towards the GOS if the Serbs said similar 
things about an autonomous Kosovo within Serbia being 
predetermined. 
 
5. (SBU) COMMENT: Despite the fact that Belgrade has absolutely no 
intention of making any type of compromise on independence, the 
ledership fears that the first elephant round will be the last and 
that UNOSEK negotiations will quickly come to a close.  This letter 
is another attempt to prolong the UNOSEK process and delay 
AhtisaariQs recommendation to the UNSC. We should not engage on this 
latest maneuver and proceed on the agreed timeline. 
 
6.  (U) Begin text of letter to Ahtisaari. 
 
Dear Mr. Ahtisaari, 
 
Thank you for your letter of 3 July 2006, in which you replied to 
our earlier letter of 19 June 2006. 
 
We are fully convinced that direct talks on the future status of 
Kosovo and Metohija will provide elements for a political compromise 
and a negotiated solution to the question of the future status of 
Kosovo and Metohija. We have been advocating such talks for some 
months now, and we welcome the opportunity to discuss the central 
issues of the entire status process and the future status itself 
with the political leaders of the Kosovo and Metohija Albanians. 
 
We believe that the importance of the question to be discussed 
requires us to define together the procedural framework for direct 
talks on the future status of Kosovo and Metohija. The suggestions 
we shall make in this regard are motivated by our wish to do 
everything possible to move the status process to a successful 
conclusion, and with this in view we want to present to you the 
following ideas and proposals: 
 
1. Talks on the future status of Kosovo and Metohija should be 
guided by democratic values and European standards, with full 
respect of international law and the principles of the UN Charter. 
In particular, they should be based on the UNSC Resolution 1244, the 
validity of which must be recognized by all the parties to the 
talks. 
 
2. Any attempt to influence the talks by the use or threat of 
violence, or through promoting or condoning violence, is completely 
 
BELGRADE 00001123  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
unacceptable. 
 
3.  We think that you, as the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary 
General, should chair the meetings directly concerned with the 
future status of Kosovo and Metohija, and we are firmly committed to 
seeking a mutually acceptable solution of the status question. 
 
4. After the first meeting devoted to the issue of future status, 
where the two parties should present their status platforms, talks 
should continue with four tables concerned with the following 
questions: 
 
(a) Essential elements of a new constitution of Kosovo and Metohija, 
including the political structure to be established in the province, 
the guarantees of individual rights and liberties, and the 
guarantees of the rights of communities. 
 
(b) Broad security issues, including possible demilitarization of 
Kosovo and Metohija, as well as the purpose, structure, size, 
authority, and duration of the proposed international security 
presence in the province. 
 
(c) Crucial economic and financial issues, including privatization, 
public and private property issues, Kosovo-related part of Serbia's 
external debt, and the re-establishment of economic ties between 
Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija. 
 
(d) Decentralization, where talks to date have clarified the 
positions of the two parties and suggested possible ways of reaching 
an agreement. 
 
5. In order to ensure that talks at the four tables should proceed 
smoothly, we propose the establishment of four working groups, whose 
task would be to prepare proposals to be discussed at each round of 
the talks. The working groups should consider and clearly define the 
positions of the two parties, identifying areas where agreement has 
already been reached, areas where agreement seems possible, as well 
as areas where the positions remain far apart. The meetings of the 
working groups should be chaired by UNOSEK representatives, and they 
should be held in turn in Belgrade and Pristina. 
 
6. After assessing the results achieved at the four tables and 
consultations with the two parties, the Special Envoy proposes a 
further meeting of the highest political representatives of the two 
sides. At such meetings of the highest representatives, there should 
be no restrictions on the right to reply, either with respect to 
time or the number of occasions one wishes to exercise this right in 
the interest of clarification. 
 
A verbatim record should be kept and given: or authorization to the 
heads of the two delegations at such meetings, as well as at the 
meetings of the four tables and the working group. 
 
7. At the first meeting of the highest political representatives of 
the Republic of Serbia and the Provisional Institutions of Kosovo 
and Metohija, the two sides should present their status platforms 
and together with the Special Envoy confirm the procedural rules for 
the continuation of the talks. We think that at this first meeting 
the representatives of the Republic of Serbia should speak first 
with the order reversed at the next meeting directly concerned with 
the future status of Kosovo and Metohija. 
 
We want to assure you that the Republic of Serbia is firmly 
committed to doing everything necessary to achieve a genuine 
compromise through direct talks, a compromise which will be a 
decisive contribution to the peace and stability in the region. 
 
We are convinced that we shall succeed in this only if define 
together an appropriate procedural framework, and it is for this 
reason that we feel it important that crucial questions of procedure 
with regard to the forthcoming Vienna meeting on status and the 
structuring of talks after that be clarified in advance. 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
/s/ 
Boris Tadic 
President of Serbia 
 
/s/ 
Vojislav Kostunica 
Prime Minister of Serbia 
 
End text of letter. 
POLT