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PRISTINA - IAC members today discussed last-minute attachments to the final draft of the legal document which will go before the KTC Wednesday for an open-ended review of all proposals in the document.
The KTC is the only body representing Kosovo society at large and extends beyond the political forces represented by the three Albanian and one Serb representatives who are members of IAC. A group of KTC representatives will accompany the SRSG, Hans Haekerrup, to Brussels on Thursday to visit the North Atlantic Council.
Mr. Haekkerup said that, after his return from Brussels, he would hold a final round of consultations with IAC members and legal experts in order to “eliminate and compromise” any disagreements before making a final decision on the framework document.
The attachments to the final draft, completed April 19 after seven weeks by the Joint Working Group, were proposals submitted by the Serb member of the group last Saturday, also proposals by the Turkish community and the AAK.
While the IAC meeting today was almost entirely devoted to the legal framework issue, the SRSG expressed his satisfaction at the release of Albanian detainees in Serbia, the so-called “Djakova Group” and hoped that other prisoners being held in Serbia would also soon be returned to Kosovo. Other IAC members also welcomed the news.