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Text of resolution on Kosovo-Metohija to be adopted at Serbian government’s extraordinary session
Belgrade,
10 November 2005
Serbian Minister of Education and Sport Slobodan Vuksanovic said today that when the time is right, the resolution on Kosovo-Metohija will be adopted and members of the negotiating team appointed.
Slobodan Vuksanovic
Speaking at a press conference following the government session, Vuksanovic said that it is not important how fast the text will be composed and the negotiating team formed, rather it is important to do it properly and conclude the talks successfully. He added that an extraordinary session of the Serbian government will be called, at which the text of the resolution will be adopted.
Vuksanovic said that at a meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadic, following his return from a visit to Israel, the text of the resolution will be proposed and adopted at the parliament’s extraordinary session.
He expressed firmed belief that the parliament will be unanimous regarding the position of the negotiating team on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija.
Vuksanovic said that the Serbian government condemns statements by certain ethnic-Albanian individuals concerning the province’s independence or possible bloodshed as means of achieving it.
That kind of isolation and blackmail has certainly never led to any good solution, because only through dialogue can a compromise and satisfying solution be reached, which will in turn secure peace in the Balkans and South Eastern Europe, said Vuksanovic.
He expressed satisfaction on the behalf of the Serbian government with the EU’s stand on the referendum on the status of Montenegro and said that EU standards must be followed while holding a referendum in Montenegro.
He said that the Venetian Commission will give its expert opinion on the standards, and state which of the two common electoral rules will be observed, namely the two-thirds majority or 50 percent of registered voters.
Vuksanovic said that before the referendum takes place, certain conditions should be fulfilled, such as agreement between the government and the opposition, media equality, and the situation in which citizens make decisions within the state, which implies that all citizens of Montenegro can vote on the referendum.
The good thing is that the government and opposition in Montenegro have given up the idea of any one-sided solution and given assurances that EU standards and rules will be respected, concluded Vuksanovic.
Vuksanovic said that the Serbian government condemns statements by certain ethnic-Albanian individuals concerning the province’s independence or possible bloodshed as means of achieving it.
That kind of isolation and blackmail has certainly never led to any good solution, because only through dialogue can a compromise and satisfying solution be reached, which will in turn secure peace in the Balkans and South Eastern Europe, said Vuksanovic.
He expressed satisfaction on the behalf of the Serbian government with the EU’s stand on the referendum on the status of Montenegro and said that EU standards must be followed while holding a referendum in Montenegro.
He said that the Venetian Commission will give its expert opinion on the standards, and state which of the two common electoral rules will be observed, namely the two-thirds majority or 50 percent of registered voters.
Vuksanovic said that before the referendum takes place, certain conditions should be fulfilled, such as agreement between the government and the opposition, media equality, and the situation in which citizens make decisions within the state, which implies that all citizens of Montenegro can vote on the referendum.
The good thing is that the government and opposition in Montenegro have given up the idea of any one-sided solution and given assurances that EU standards and rules will be respected, concluded Vuksanovic.
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