Although the troika had more or less given up on the possibility of reconciling the Kosovo Albanian demand for independence with Serbia's offer of broad autonomy, the envoys had hoped to at least strike a deal on regulating future ties between Belgrade and Pristina.
Iako su trojica više-manje digla ruke od mogućnosti pomirenja zahtjeva kosovskih Albanaca za neovisnošću s ponudom Srbije za široku autonomiju, izaslanici su se nadali kako će makar postići dogovor o uređenju budućih odnosa Beograda i Prištine.