With
Serbia determined to reject the UN plan for Kosovo, the European Union has
conceded it may postpone planned consultations on the plan until a new
government is formed in Belgrade.
An EU
delegation to Belgrade, led by foreign policy chief Javier Solana, enlargement
commissioner Olli Rehn and German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and
separately Britain’s Europe minister Geoff Hoon, gave ground on February 7
after meeting Serbia’s president Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica
and Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic.
After
urging them to form a democratic government and take part in planned
consultations over the Kosovo’s final status, they indicated they might push
back the timetable.