He saw as encouraging the fact that the November 17th elections in Kosovo "were conducted in a free and fair manner and in accordance with international standards" and "an indication of the maturity of Kosovo's provisional institutions".
Ban vidi kao ohrabrujuću činjenicu da su izbori na Kosovu 17. novembra “bili slobodni i fer i u skladu sa međunarodnim standardima”, što je “pokazatelj zrelosti kosovskih privremenih institucija”.