"Despite all efforts, the fact remains that the situation is very difficult for the majority of Serbs in Kosovo and that they feel confused and isolated, and that they do not know what to think about the future," Jessen-Petersen said. "I do not see how they can make informed choices and decisions about their own future within Kosovo if they are not even permitted to take part in the democratic processes there, whether centrally or locally," he noted, criticising Belgrade for its "isolationist policy".
“Uprkos svim naporima, ostaje činjenica da je situacija za većinu Srba na Kosovu i dalje veoma teška i da se oni osećaju zbunjeno i izolovano, kao i da ne znaju šta da misle o budućnosti,” rekao je Jesen-Petersen. “Ne vidim kako mogu da donesu prave odluke o svojoj budućnosti unutar Kosova ako im nije dozvoljeno ni da učestvuju u demokratskim procesima u pokrajini, bilo na centralnom ili na lokalnom nivou,” rekao je on, kritikujući Beograd zbog, kako je rekao, “izolacionističke politike”.