The European Union has agreed to Serbia's conditions for the deployment of the European Union Rule of Law (EULEX) Mission in Kosovo, the local media reported on Friday.
Pierre Mirel, director for Western Balkans in the European Commission's Enlargement Directorate General, said the EU agreed that the deployment of EULEX must be approved by the UN Security Council.
Mirel said the EU also accepted that the mission would remain neutral regarding Kosovo's status and have nothing to do with the plan of the UN envoy on Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari who defined Kosovo's status as internationally supervised independence.
He added that it was important to reach a compromise so that the EULEX can be deployed throughout Kosovo and be of benefit to all people in Kosovo.
Kosovo, the breakaway province of Serbia and with an ethnic Albanian-majority, unilaterally declared independence on Feb. 17. It has gained recognition by 52 countries, including the United States and most EU member states, but Serbia and its staunch ally Russia vehemently opposed.
The EU has planned to fully replace NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo with EULEX, a 2000-strong mission to enforce rule of law in Kosovo.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said after the meeting with Mirel that a solution "must be agreed on in New York "and that he hoped a solution acceptable to all would be found before a UN Security Council session scheduled for Nov. 11.
Source:Xinhua
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