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Kosovo Serbs, state institutions resolved to reject unilateral declaration of independence
Belgrade,
7 December 2007
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met today with a delegation of Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija and said that the most important factor is the joint stand of Serbian citizens in the province and state institutions that unilateral declaration of independence is to be absolutely rejected.
The meeting was attended by Bishop of Raska and Prizren Artemije, president of the the Serb National Council of Northern Kosovo Milan Ivanovic, president of the Serbian Municipalities Union Marko Jaksic, parliament members Vladimir Milentijevic, Zvonko Mihajlovic and Zvonimir Stevic, presidents of the municipalities of Leposavic, Zubin Potok, Strpce, Novo Brdo and Gracanica, Velimir Bojovic, Slavisa Ristic, Stanko Jakovljevic, Petar Vasic and Slavisa Nikolic respectively, and president of the Novo Brdo municipality executive board Sreten Ivanovic.
Also present at the meeting were Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Slobodan Samardzic and Serbian Minister of Education Zoran Loncar.
The delegation presented to the Prime Minister the St Vitus Day Declaration signed by 75,000 Serbian citizens from Kosovo-Metohija. The declaration confirms unbreakable constitutional, national and legal ties between Kosovo-Metohija and Serbia and affirms the decision to reject all acts by Albanian separatists regarding unilateral independence.
Kostunica particularly stressed that the declaration is a validation of Serbia’s policy and its clear stance that the province of Kosovo-Metohija is an integral and unalienable part of Serbia’s territory.
The Serbian Prime Minister said that what matters most is the joint stand taken by Serbian citizens in Kosovo-Metohija and state institutions that any unilateral declaration of independence will be absolutely rejected and that Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija will always be citizens of Serbia with equal rights, for whom only decisions made by the Serbian government and other state organs of the Republic of Serbia are valid.
Also present at the meeting were Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Slobodan Samardzic and Serbian Minister of Education Zoran Loncar.
The delegation presented to the Prime Minister the St Vitus Day Declaration signed by 75,000 Serbian citizens from Kosovo-Metohija. The declaration confirms unbreakable constitutional, national and legal ties between Kosovo-Metohija and Serbia and affirms the decision to reject all acts by Albanian separatists regarding unilateral independence.
Kostunica particularly stressed that the declaration is a validation of Serbia’s policy and its clear stance that the province of Kosovo-Metohija is an integral and unalienable part of Serbia’s territory.
The Serbian Prime Minister said that what matters most is the joint stand taken by Serbian citizens in Kosovo-Metohija and state institutions that any unilateral declaration of independence will be absolutely rejected and that Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija will always be citizens of Serbia with equal rights, for whom only decisions made by the Serbian government and other state organs of the Republic of Serbia are valid.
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