Director of the Serbian government’s Office of Media Relations Srdjan Djuric said last night, that Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica told US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns in telephone talks that Serbia has rejected the proposal presented by UN Special Envoy Marti Ahtisaari for the future status of Kosovo-Metohija. The proposal is in absolute violation of the UN Charter, the Serbian Constitution and international law, and represents solely the interests of the ethnic-Albanian side, said Kostunica.
Djuric told the news agency Tanjug that Kostunica particularly stressed that he is convinced that the UN Security Council will not uphold Ahtisaari’s plan, which envisages internationally monitored independence for the southern Serbian province, and following that new, actual negotiations will begin with a new international mediator.