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EU Launches Kosovo Mission Amid Tensions
By Stefan Bos Budapest 20 February 2008

The European Union has begun setting up its 2,000-member police and judicial mission in Kosovo, to oversee the region's independence. But as Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest, the operation(n.运算) will need support(vt.经受，承受，忍受) of NATO-led peacekeepers, following attacks by Serbs opposing Kosovo's breakaway from Serbia.

Ethnic Serb students wearing medical uniforms protest against Kosovo's declaration(n.宣布，宣言；申诉) of independence in Mitrovica, Kosovo, Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008

Ethnic Serb students wearing medical uniforms protest against Kosovo's declaration(n.宣布，宣言；申诉) of independence in Mitrovica, Kosovo, 20 Feb 2008

European Union envoy Pieter Feith, who heads the EU international civilian(n.平民 a.平民的) mission, officially opened his office after talks with Kosovo's government in the capital, Pristina.

Feith says about 2,000 police and judicial experts under his leadership will help Kosovo to function as an independent democratic state, with a fair(a.美丽的) judiciary and respect for minority rights.

"We are particularly attached because this is part of the European Union values, to respect human rights, freedoms [and] minority rights for all citizens here in Kosovo, including the Serb community," he said.

But his mission needs support(vt.经受，承受，忍受) from NATO peacekeepers, amid growing tensions in Kosovo.

The NATO-led force in Kosovo (K-FOR) has stepped up patrols after two key border crossings with Serbia were blown up this week by Serbs opposed to Kosovo's independence.

A French NATO officer told France-24 television through(prep.因为，由于) an interpreter, that K-FOR will not tolerate violent(a.狂暴的；歪曲的) protests.

K-FOR soldiers check(n.支票，帐单) vehicles from Serbia entering Kosovo after reopening a checkpoint recently demolished and burnt by angry Kosovo Serbs on Serbia-Kosovo border, 20 Feb 2008

"For K-FOR this is an unacceptable act," he said. "A line(vt.加衬里于) has been crossed and we will do everything in our disposal to confront(vt.使面对；使对证) this violence."

Russia views international recognition(n.认出，识别；重视) of Kosovo's independence as "a breach of international law" and has warned that it will open a "Pandora's Box" of separatist tensions across Europe.

Serbian President Boris Tadic has appealed for calm, calling for a peaceful rally(n.&vt.&vi.(重新)集合) on Thursday in Belgrade to protest Kosovo's independence declaration.

Despite Serbia's opposition, the United States and a growing number(vt.共计，达…之数) of EU nations, including Britain and Germany, are recognizing Kosovo's sovereignty. Serbia says it will withdraw its ambassadors from nations establishing diplomatic(a.外交的；有策略的) ties with Kosovo.

分类:Special Reports

更新日期: 2008-02-20

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