Međutim, Koštunica, koji je kritizirao Ahtisaarija u nekoliko prilika, rekao je da izaslanik UN-a nema "mandat da razmišlja o izborima u Srbiji, nego da omogući stvarne pregovore na Kosovu, koje do sada nismo imali, i da pomogne u nalaženju rješenja u skladu s Poveljom UN-a".
However, Kostunica, who has criticised Ahtisaari on several occasions, said the UN envoy did not have "a mandate to think about elections in Serbia, but to enable real talks on Kosovo, which we have not had so far, and to help find a solution in tune with the UN Charter".