For
immediate release
19
June 2007
PRESS
COMMUNIQUE - COMMUNIQUE PRESSE
NATO, EU OFFICIALS TO
DISCUSS FUTURE OF SERBIA AND
KOSOVO
NATO
and EU officials, experts and parliamentarians will discuss the future of
Serbia and Kosovo in a seminar
organised by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the Centre for the Democratic
Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) in Brussels on 21 June at the CEPS
Conference room.
The
resolution of KosovoÂ’s status and the future evolution of
Serbia are the
key to long-term stability in the Balkans and in Europe as a
whole. They are also important
tests for NATO and the EU, which have recently decided to enhance their
co-operation with Serbia and are
expected to play a central role in post-settlement arrangements for Kosovo.
Serbia is at a
crossroads domestically and in its relations with NATO and the EU. Yet the critical deliberations over
KosovoÂ’s final status are at an impasse.
The seminar therefore will address the priorities of the new Serbian
government; ongoing negotiations over Kosovo's final status; the current and
future roles of NATO and the EU towards both
Serbia and
Kosovo, and the need for co-operation between the two
organisations.
Confirmed
speakers include Goran Svilanovic, former Foreign Minister of Serbia and
Montenegro, Sabine Freizer, ICG Europe programme director, Tim Judah,
independent journalist, Jamie Shea, Head of Policy Planning at NATO, Ambassador
Branislav Milinkovic, SerbiaÂ’s Special Envoy to NATO, and members of the
Assembly of Kosovo.
For
further information, please contact
e-mail:
Press@nato-pa.int
NATO
Parliamentary Assembly
Place
du Petit Sablon 3, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium
Tél:
(32) 2 513 28 65 | Fax: (32) 2 514 18 47 |
website:
http:// www.nato-pa.int
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Background
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly, founded
in 1955 with a Brussels-based secretariat,
brings
together 248 national parliamentarians from the 26 NATO countries.
In
addition, 16 associate delegations from Central and
Eastern
Europe,
Ukraine
and Russia;
5 Mediterranean
Associate delegations: Morocco,
Algeria,
Jordan,
Mauritania
and Israel
and
6 Parliamentary Observer delegations participate in Assembly activities and
meetings.