(11 Mar 2007) SHOTLIST
Pristina
1. Wide of city street
2. Close of flags
3. Mid of man buying newspapers
4. Tilt down newspaper stand
5. Various of newspaper headlines reading "The end of the negotiations" and "Now the Security Council will decide"
6. Various of people buying newspapers
7. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Artan Dedushaj, Pristina resident:
"Everybody expected the negotiations to fail because the two sides had different ideas. And now we expect the package to be sent to the Security Council and they will decide about the independence of Kosovo. We never expected more from this negotiation."
8. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Nol Kabashi, Pristina resident:
"I think that at first glance the negotiation did fail but I'm sure that Kosovo will be an independent state. Now we just need to be recognised by other states and the international community."
Mitrovica
9. Wide of Mitrovica street
10. Various of newspaper stand and headlines
11. Close of headline reading "Nothing from the agreement"
12. Mid of newspapers on stand
13. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Miloje Disic, Mitrovica resident:
"Only the Russian veto can bring a decision to Kosovo. The other members of the international community are against us. All the facts are on our side."
14. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Cedomir Delibashic, Mitrovica resident:
"The talks did not succeed. (The) Serbian government should now be on our side. They should consider us and fight for us with all the power it has."
15. Various of street
STORYLINE
There were mixed reactions on the streets of Pristina and Mitrovica on Sunday following the breakdown of year long talks on the future status of Kosovo.
A year of contentious talks on the future status of Kosovo ended in a bitter deadlock over a U.N. plan that would set the disputed Serbian province on the road to independence.
U.N. special envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari said on Saturday there was no will on the part of the parties to move away from their entrenched positions.
His proposal granting Kosovo supervised statehood would be delivered by the end of the month to the UN Security Council, which will have the final say on its implementation.
On the streets of Pristina on Sunday there were mixed reactions to the talks with some saying they did not expect the negotiations to produce anything.
However others expressed hope.
"I think that at first glance the negotiation did fail but I'm sure that Kosovo will be an independent state. Now we just need to be recognised by other states and the international community," Pristina resident Nol Kabashi said.
Serbia's nationalist prime minister, Vojislav Kostunica, warned on Saturday of "the most dangerous precedent in the history of the U.N." if the Security Council - which will
have the final say - approves the plan.
Kostunica said the blueprint, which would grant Kosovo supervised statehood and elements of independence including its own army, flag, anthem and constitution, could encourage other independence-minded regions around the world to break away. Serbian President Boris Tadic said he found the idea of parting with the province "unbearable."
In the divided town of Mitrovica some Kosovan Serbs were less optimistic about the next stage of the talks.
"Only the Russian veto can bring a decision to Kosovo. The other members of the international community are against us," Miloje Disic said.
"The talks did not succeed. (The) Serbian government should now be on our side. They should consider us and fight for us with all the power it has," Cedomir Delibashic said.
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