UNMIK/PR/1566
PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Steven Schook today visited Belgrade. The PDSRSG had meetings with the President of the Coordination Centre for Kosovo (CCK) Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Vuk Draskovic, Adviser of the President of Serbia Ambassador Dusan Batakovic, Political Adviser to the Prime Minister Slobodan Samardzic and Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister Vladeta Jankovic.
The purpose of the PDSRSG’s visit was to discuss concerns of common interest. The meeting focused on important technical issues. Mr. Schook explained to his interlocutors how UNMIK and the PISG are organizing and conducting privatization in Kosovo and how the Kosovo Property Agency manages the private property issues within the rules and structures mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1244. Issues relating to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) were also discussed.
“The purpose of this meeting was to start an honest and direct dialogue with the leaders in Belgrade with respect to returns, returnees and property,” said the PDSRSG, speaking to journalists. “I am very optimistic. We agreed to have follow-up meetings at the technical level. We began a sincere dialogue in the best interest of all the displaced persons and truly in the best interest of the economic development of Kosovo,” he added.
This is PDSRSG Schook’s first visit to Belgrade in his present capacity.