21 ordspråk av Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari
As the talks are entering a sensitive phase, I appeal to all parties concerned to exercise utmost restraint on the ground.
|
Considering what has taken place during the negotiations and in the execution of the agreement, it would be difficult not to describe this as a success.
|
I don't see this development as a government crisis. We will continue the negotiations ... this development will not influence the process.
|
I expect that we will continue with the process and I don't think that it will have any negative effect on our process.
|
I pleaded with [Serbian] leaders to encourage the Kosovo Serbs to take an active role in the negotiations and in Kosovo institutions. I told them that the talks in Vienna were a good start and invited them to stay continuously engaged.
|
I think we have been able to clarify issues, ... I do not want to say it does not mean that in all details we agree 100 percent.
|
It is up to the government how they organize themselves. It's none of my business.
|
It's a leap of faith. The agreement is under 10 pages long and we could have signed 100 pages, but what counts is not words but deeds.
|
It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work.
|
My prime aim is to go to see the permanent member who has not been briefed properly. I think I owe it to the Chinese that I explain what has happened in these talks that I have attended, ... This Week.
|
The ability of the countries within the region to cooperate and establish good-neighborly relations ... will be an important criterion for evaluating their prospects of full integration with the European Union,
|
The object of this first trip is to listen to the parties, collect impressions,
|
The progress has to start now.
|
The views of the Contact Group member-states must be taken seriously, as well as the guidelines set out in their document on Kosovo, which clearly says that the province should not be divided,
|
There are certain standards, like the protection of minorities and the improvement in their lives that have to be improved now.
|