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Proposal on neutral status for Kosovo another name for independence
Belgrade,
19 November 2007
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said yesterday that the proposal of EU representative in the Contact Group's troika of envoys Wolfgang Ischinger that Kosovo-Metohija should be given a neutral status is just another name for independence and that is why Serbia will reject it.
Author:
Tanjug
Kostunica underlined in a written statement that answer to the question whether Serbia will accept that a new Albanian state is made in its territory under any name should be familiar to everyone for a long time now, and added that it is completely certain that we cannot reach an agreement by making up new names for independence.
He said that now it is the right time that international representatives for the first time propose a solution that will respect Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and reiterated that there is no point in constantly giving proposals for Kosovo's independence.
The proposals so far given by international mediators were monitored independence, limited independence, confederation, as well as different variations of the model of two German states, and finally the neutral status.
Now it is the time that international mediators show some objectivity and propose a form of substantial autonomy. In Brussels we will help them do that by showing them successful examples of substantial autonomies in the world, Kostunica said.
The Serbian Prime Minister concluded that if the result of negotiations is determined in advance and that is that Kosovo will be independent in one or another way, then it should be known in advance that Serbia's response will be that that is a violent policy of force which will bring no good to anyone, nor will it ever make Serbia give up 15% of its territory.
He said that now it is the right time that international representatives for the first time propose a solution that will respect Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and reiterated that there is no point in constantly giving proposals for Kosovo's independence.
The proposals so far given by international mediators were monitored independence, limited independence, confederation, as well as different variations of the model of two German states, and finally the neutral status.
Now it is the time that international mediators show some objectivity and propose a form of substantial autonomy. In Brussels we will help them do that by showing them successful examples of substantial autonomies in the world, Kostunica said.
The Serbian Prime Minister concluded that if the result of negotiations is determined in advance and that is that Kosovo will be independent in one or another way, then it should be known in advance that Serbia's response will be that that is a violent policy of force which will bring no good to anyone, nor will it ever make Serbia give up 15% of its territory.
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