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"The international community faces a serious challenge this year with the forthcoming negotiations concerning the status of Kosovo. The stake is huge, and the future of the region will determine the situation and European perspective of the entire West Balkan region.
It is obvious that Kosovo is lost for Serbia, not only because the Albanians, constituting the 90% majority of the population, do not want to live there, but also because this is also supported by several superpowers, including the United States of America and Great Britain. The European Union has not formulated its own position yet, although this should be considered a matter of urgency. My question is, if the international community grants Kosovo the right to break away, to become independent, why should it be given the entire region, even areas inhabited by Serbs? Why is the possibility of territorial division excluded right from the start? Why are the Albanians rewarded and the Serbs punished? If the status of Kosovo is not resolved successfully, this will result in the long-term destabilisation …"@en1
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