Recommendation in the framework of the Common foreign and security policy CFSP on Kosovo

Adopting the recommendation by Mr Jose Maria MENDILUCE (PSE, E), the committee trusted that the Council would continue to exert pressure on the president of the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to enter into dialogue with Mr Rugov and other elected representatives of the people of Kosovo. In fact, Mr MILOSEVIC was refusing at the moment to make any concessions whatsoever to the people of Kosovo. Moreover, the situation in Vojvodina was also extremely worrying because the minorities there were under constant pressure. Consequently, the Committee on Foreign Affairs called for a joint action by the Council, in which diplomatic recognition and the lifting of sanctions were linked to a total and satisfactory settlement of the Kosovo question. In addition, the Commission was called upon to open an office in Kosovo. Recommendations adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs under the CFSP are entered on the agenda of the next session and are deemed to have been adopted unless at least one-tenth of the members of the European Parliament objects, in which case a vote is held in plenary.�