Kosova: UN Disappointed by Lack of Progress in Talks
General Kofi Annan said Tuesday. "I am disappointed that little common ground has been identified between the positions of the Serbian and Kosovo delegations”
New York- Months of negotiations have failed to bridge differences between Annan urged the two sides to show flexibility and compromise in order to end the sovereignty dispute over Kosovo.
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Kosovo, of which the majority of citizens are ethnic Albanians, has been under UN administration since July 1999, after NATO intervened to drive out Serb security forces under former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic, who were accused of atrocities and even genocide against Albanians.
The European Union and scores of countries have provided training to a Kosovo police force of over 7,000 officers to provide security for the territory.
