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Kosovo-Metohija Council discusses return of displaced persons

Belgrade, 10 May 2005

The Serbian government’s Council for Kosovo-Metohija held its second session today discussing the issue of the return of displaced Serbs and other non-Albanians to the province. The discussion was based on the Proposal of measures for organised return, which has been drafted by the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija and will be sent to the government and other state institutions for adoption.

The document represents a continuation of Serbia’s efforts to influence UNMIK to resolve this problem inline with the obligations of the international administration to ensure the return of the displaced to Kosovo-Metohija, it was agreed at today’s meeting.

In that respect, it was stressed that UNMIK and Kosovo-Metohija’s provisional institutions have done almost nothing to bring Serbs and other non-Albanians back to the province. Members of the Council also warned that the upcoming assessment of standards could lead to a dangerous sidelining of the issue of return.

For that reason, a detailed plan of measures has been prepared and it will be given to all relevant international factors.

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, who is also the chairman of the Council for Kosovo-Metohija, presented a strategy outlining what the institutions from the state union, Serbia, and those of Kosovo’s Serbs will hope to achieve in forthcoming domestic and international activities.