U.N.'s Ban urges Kosovo to reconsider EU mission plan

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Kosovo on Tuesday to reconsider an amended United Nations plan for deployment of the European Union police and justice mission (EULEX) in Kosovo. Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Monday rejected Ban's plan, which U.N. officials had hoped was a compromise acceptable to both Pristina and Belgrade more than eight months after Kosovo seceded from Serbia. "I do hope that the Pristina government will consider my proposal and this process of negotiation positively and favourably for the future of their country," Ban told reporters at U.N.... [read full story]