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New constitution to confirm historical and legal fact that Kosovo is part of Serbia

Belgrade, 27 September 2006

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said today that at this moment it is most important that Serbia gets a new constitution as soon as possible since it is not part of a larger state any longer, but an independent state which must have a constitution.

Vojislav Kostunica

Author: Fonet

At a special academy occasioned by the celebration of the 165th anniversary of the Belgrade Faculty of Law, Kostunica pointed out that a new constitution is needed because of one thing more - to confirm once more clearly and unambiguously, in capital letters, the historical, legal, spiritual and cultural fact that Kosovo-Metohija is an integral part of Serbia.

With the adoption of the new constitution, Serbia would confirm that it remains devoted to the respect for international law and basic principles which are the foundation of international order, Kostunica added.

Speaking about the jubilee celebrated by the Faculty of Law, the Serbian Prime Minister said that the institution celebrates 165 years of glorious, honourable and great existence.

That is 165 years of action and mission which the Faculty of Law has performed in Serbian society and culture. That mission can be seen in the legal order which is real, law graduates who have been educated there, institutions that existed, and first of all, great names which the Faculty of Law has given to the Serbian science, Kostunica explained.

He added that the Faculty's jubilee comes almost at the same time as the celebration of two centuries of the modern Serbian state.

Kostunica said that in the past, the Faculty of Law was a "seed plot for other faculties around the country" because it did not have enough space to accept all professors who started to give lectures at other faculties that were being created in Serbia and former Yugoslavia.

Dean of the Faculty Mirko Vasiljevic said that the institution supports Serbia's accession into the European Union and accepts the rules and guidelines of the Bologna Declaration.

The formal academy was attended by Serbian Minister of Education and Sport Slobodan Vuksanovic, Minister of Justice Zoran Stojkovic, Director of the Security and Intelligence Agency Rade Bulatovic, rectors and representatives of many foreign universities, as well as academicians, distinguished lawyers and representatives of the diplomatic corps.