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Serbia's membership of Partnership for Peace will maintain its territorial unity

Bogdanje, 29 November 2006

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said today that Serbia's membership of the Partnership for Peace will keep the wholeness of its territory and that Kosovo-Metohija will remain part of Serbia, with an appropriate substantial autonomy.

Kostunica told reporters in Bogdanje near Trstenik that Serbia's entry into the Partnership for Peace is a very important and encouraging fact at the moment when we are fighting to keep Serbia's integrity.

Serbia's entry into the Partnership for Peace is also important because it shows that the process of European integration continues and that every attempt to set conditions for entry is wrong.

He recalled that Serbia submitted a formal application for membership in spring 2002. He explained that membership of the Partnership for Peace enables various forms of military cooperation and cooperation with the NATO.

The Prime Minister voiced hope that membership of Partnership for Peace will influence other negotiations that are ahead of Serbia and its struggle for Kosovo-Metohija.

In Bogdanje Kostunica delivered keys for 12 houses to families whose homes were destroyed during a large-scale landslide that hit the surroundings of Trstenik this spring.

Apart from the Prime Minister, the delegation that visits Bogdanj and Trstenik also includes ministers of capital investment Velimir Ilic and economy Predrag Bubalo.