Quotes by Albert Rohan

“It was very constructive and successful.”

“It was not expected to reach an agreement... but to present various opinions and explore different views, and it was quite successful.”

“This method is not earth-shattering in a political sense but it is important for the life of people in Kosovo.”

“The kind of matters we discussed are not earth-shattering matters in the political sense, but they are extremely important for the people concerned and we tried to approach this really from a practical point.”

“I would be probably naive to say that there was agreement on all these matters. There are, of course, profound differences in the approach of the two sides.”

“The meeting was extremely positive, was issue-oriented, there were no polemics.”

“It was issue-oriented, there were no polemics and this is the way we should proceed because then we can really try to discuss the various problems, the difficulties, the controversies and try to find common ground.”

“We clarified some things, the mayors set out their positions on the future of Kosovo, notably on decentralization.”

“When told me they couldnt live in an independent Kosovo, if this is the outcome of the status process, I told them: This is your decision, we cannot force you to stay.”