We have signed an agreement to bring peace to Kosovo. We hope that the force of the international community will make Yugoslavia sign. We say: the violence must stop.

We will have an agreement very soon. We arrived at clear conclusions which are acceptable and they will get defined very clearly very soon.

The definite answer will be given in Paris. We are going to Paris with the best intentions to make this work.

We do not see the future of Kosovo linked with Yugoslavia or directed from Belgrade. But we will build the future of Kosovo in accordance with the conditions we have.

Obviously, we always hope that they will see their way to completing the Lusaka protocol and peace agreement, but all evidence to date suggests that this is not what they intend to do.

The agreement on the talks venue is the first step toward peace. We hope that the killings will stop and that the talks will get off in a friendly environment.