Kosovo and its minorities

Stephan Müller, former advisor on minority affairs for the OSCE mission in Kosovo, draws attention to the precarious situation of minorities in Kosovo: "Up to 100,000 Serbs and around 100,000 Roma, Ashkali, Egyptians, Turks, Bosnians, Gorani and Croats still live in Kosovo. The fact that during the seven years of UN administration the number of members of minorities who have left Kosovo is greater than the number of displaced persons who have returned should make us think. Why and how is an independent Kosovo going to improve this situation?... This subject was not brought up during the status negotiations and is not mentioned in Ahtisaari's [the UN envoy's] proposal. This is because according to the twisted logic of the team of negotiators, Kosovo is to be first and foremost for the Albanians and then for the Serbs (because the country belongs to them now). Only those who have no interest in seeing things change in Kosovo can believe that the situation will improve now."

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