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Monitored autonomy as solution for Kosovo-Metohija status issue in accordance with UN Charter
Belgrade,
3 May 2007
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met today with German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler and said on the occasion that Serbia has proposed monitored autonomy as the solution for the Kosovo-Metohija status issue.
Kostunica stressed that this solution is a real compromise and is in accordance with the UN Charter and its basic principle of guaranteeing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, as well as the Serbian Constitution and all European values.
The Serbian Prime Minister pointed to the fact that monitored autonomy, which Belgrade advocates, allows Albanians in the province to realise their interests and such a solution is also in accordance with the UN Charter because Serbia will retain its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Kostunica said that it is particularly necessary that while seeking a solution for the future status of the province, the stability of the region is kept in mind. He added that the fact that Albanian separatists are threatening violence, if the province is not given independence, does not contribute to stability and the international community must react to blackmail.
He also warned that threats of violence and blackmail by Albanian separatists are extreme options and could have very serious and far-reaching consequences regarding the resolving of other similar issues throughout the world.
The Serbian Prime Minister said that standards from UN SC Resolution 1244 have not been fulfilled in Kosovo-Metohija, and this was directly ascertained also by the UN SC mission which visited the province recently.
Erler said that it is of great importance for Germany that the stability in the region is safeguarded and the issue of Kosovo-Metohija is now before the UN Security Council.
The Serbian Prime Minister pointed to the fact that monitored autonomy, which Belgrade advocates, allows Albanians in the province to realise their interests and such a solution is also in accordance with the UN Charter because Serbia will retain its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Kostunica said that it is particularly necessary that while seeking a solution for the future status of the province, the stability of the region is kept in mind. He added that the fact that Albanian separatists are threatening violence, if the province is not given independence, does not contribute to stability and the international community must react to blackmail.
He also warned that threats of violence and blackmail by Albanian separatists are extreme options and could have very serious and far-reaching consequences regarding the resolving of other similar issues throughout the world.
The Serbian Prime Minister said that standards from UN SC Resolution 1244 have not been fulfilled in Kosovo-Metohija, and this was directly ascertained also by the UN SC mission which visited the province recently.
Erler said that it is of great importance for Germany that the stability in the region is safeguarded and the issue of Kosovo-Metohija is now before the UN Security Council.
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