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Resolution to Kosovo issue should be based on international law

Belgrade, 25 January 2006

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met today with the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Boris Tarasyuk. The two officials discussed the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and the talks on the future status of the southern Serbian province.

Kostunica stressed that the solution to the Kosovo-Metohija issue must be based on international law and that one of its basic principles is the inviolability of sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is also necessary that all sides involved fully observe UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

Tarasyuk agreed with the Serbian Prime Minister and pointed out that Ukraine fully supports observation of international law, sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Serbia-Montenegro and UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

Kostunica and Tarasyuk agreed that to resolve the issue of Kosovo-Metohija it is necessary to preserve stability, not just in the Balkans, but throughout Europe. Another task of all sides involved in the talks is to reach a stable and sustainable solution on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija through a compromise of all sides.

Kostunica reiterated that any attempt to impose a solution would represent a dangerous precedent with most serious and far-reaching consequences.

Kostunica and Tarasyuk agreed that mutual relations of the two countries are highly beneficial and expressed readiness for further development of economic cooperation between Serbia-Montenegro and Ukraine.