However his moderateness and the peaceful nature of his opposition to Serb repression won him international respect and he participated in the Rambouillet peace talks in February 1999 as a member of the Kosovo Albanian delegation.
Međutim, njegova umerenost i miroljubiva priroda njegovog protivljenja srpskoj represiji doneli su mu međunarodni ugled i u februaru 1999. godine učestvovao je u mirovnim pregovorima u Rambujeu kao član delegacije kosovskih Albanaca.