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Sending EU mission to Kosovo will jeopardise Serbia’s constitutional order
Belgrade,
12 January 2008
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica stated today that by adopting the Resolution on Kosovo-Metohija with over 220 votes, Serbian parliament declared that the EU’s decision to send a mission to implement Ahtisaari’s rejected plan will jeopardise Serbia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order.
File photo of Vojislav Kostunica
Author:
Tanjug
In a statement to the Tanjug news agency, Kostunica stressed that starting from the respect of and strong insistence on European values, Serbia demands that the EU does not violate Serbia’s territorial unity and decides against illegally sending its mission.
He emphasised that in the initialled Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), the EU committed itself to respecting the UN Charter, Resolution 1244 and the Helsinki Final Act, adding that all of these documents explicitly guarantee Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
By deciding to send its mission, the EU will violate all the abovementioned international documents and thus breach the SAA signed with Serbia, warned the Prime Minister.
He said it is certain that on January 28 either the SAA will be signed with Serbia, or the EU will decide to dismember Serbia by sending the mission.
According to Kostunica, these options are not compatible and it is on the EU to make the choice.
He emphasised that in the initialled Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), the EU committed itself to respecting the UN Charter, Resolution 1244 and the Helsinki Final Act, adding that all of these documents explicitly guarantee Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
By deciding to send its mission, the EU will violate all the abovementioned international documents and thus breach the SAA signed with Serbia, warned the Prime Minister.
He said it is certain that on January 28 either the SAA will be signed with Serbia, or the EU will decide to dismember Serbia by sending the mission.
According to Kostunica, these options are not compatible and it is on the EU to make the choice.
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