59 Quotes by Ibrahim Rugova


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    Madame Albright put it plainly, ... If the Albanians cannot accept to cooperate, we will isolate them. If Belgrade cannot agree to cooperate, they will be bombed. There was no diplomacy.

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    Only the arrival of NATO forces can ensure security of all citizens (in Kosovo) and create conditions for a peaceful solution of the crisis.

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    If we don't have an international force there, there will be an empty Kosovo, and that is what the extremists in Belgrade want.

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    I believe that we can assure that everybody will take part in this agreement and cooperate with the OSCE mission. The people of Kosovo are interested in an international presence that will protect them.

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    I am two times (their) elected leader, I have a right to speak ... and even these days ... the (refugee) camps of Macedonia, Albania accept me, respect me.

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    For two and a half years we have achieved a great development and the decision to go further towards the democracy of Kosovo was a success too.

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    We take this opportunity once again to call for the formal recognition of the independence of Kosovo as soon as possible.

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    The pace is quickening. We're getting into December, and we'd really like to move ahead,

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