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Basescu Says EU Agrees To Send Mission In Kosovo, Delay Decision On Province Statute

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday European Union leaders agreed, at Romania’s proposal, to send a policing and security mission to Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo and postpone until January a decision regarding the status of the province.
Basescu Says EU Agrees To Send Mission In Kosovo, Delay Decision On Province Statute
14 dec. 2007, 19:36, English

Romania voiced a positive, European position during the EU summit, which “defends the national interest,” Basescu said.

He said that Romania will not endorse an independent Kosovo without a U.N. Security Council resolution.

Basescu said Romania asked to be part of the European mission in Kosovo ahead of an expected declaration of independence from Serbia, mentioning the Romanian authorities will otherwise be unable to respond a request from a state whose sovereignty they do not acknowledge.