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Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for London |
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LibDem MEP calls for an end to cycle of violence in Kosovo4.55.41pm UTC (GMT +0000) Mon 22nd Mar 2004
As vice chair of the European Parliament's delegation to South East Europe, Western Balkans, Sarah Ludford visited Kosovo recently just before the latest violence.
She is seen here visiting projects for resettlement of families from minority communities, Serbs and Ashkali, and also meeting with Kosovo's President Rugova and Prime Minister Rexhepi. She said:
"Five years after the NATO action which made Kosovo a de facto UN protectorate with massive EU support for reconstruction and regeneration, real progress was finally being made on reintegration. It is tragic that the latest appalling violence risks setting back Kosovo's route towards the EU.
"Neither the UN nor the EU will, I'm sure, give up their efforts to support people living together in peace, but the primary responsibility must lie on the residents of Kosovo themselves to stop their cycle of hatred and violence."
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