This just in from the BBC:
The head of the UN mission in Kosovo, Joachim Ruecker, has said he expects it to stay, throwing into doubt a planned June handover to EU officials. Mr Ruecker told the BBC that the extent of co-operation with the EU mission “had yet to be decided”.
“One thing is for sure,” Mr Ruecker said. “As long as [UN Security Council] resolution 1244 is in place, we will always have a UN responsibility for Kosovo, and the exact shape and form of that UN mission is yet to be decided.”
Mr Ruecker indicated that the UN might have to work alongside the EU’s police and justice mission (Eulex). “We do take note of the fact that Eulex is coming in, Eulex is deploying, and in principle we do not want to duplicate, also for the international tax-payers sake. But whether and how there can be co-operation with EULEX has yet to be decided.”
Well, you can’t say I didn’t tell you this was coming over the weekend- and don’t forget that Balkan Guru Korski and I also have a plan about what to do next…
