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Kosovo: What's on the Horizon? An Address by Prime Minister of Kosovo Bajram Rexhepi

Date: Thursday, February 5, 2004 / Time: 9:00am - 11:00am 

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With mid-2005 suggested as a review date for progress in Kosovo, will the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government be able to meet the standards? On February 5 the Institute's Balkans Working Group sponsored a special public address by Bajram Rexhepi, prime minister of Kosovo.

Moderated by Daniel Serwer, director of peace and stability operations at USIP, the session explored issues such as:

  • How much progress can be achieved in Kosovo?
  • How will non-Albanian ethnic groups be treated?
  • Will a significant number of Serbs be able to return to their homes?
  • Will the election distract Kosovo from achieving the standards?
  • Has the current coalition proved a workable model?
  • What role should the international community continue to play?

Speakers

  • Bajram Rexhepi
    Prime Minister of Kosovo
  • Daniel Serwer, Moderator
    Director, Peace and Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace

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