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Amendment to UNMIK composition and mandate unacceptable
Belgrade,
19 June 2008
Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic said that Fatmir Sejdiu will participate in the upcoming UN Security Council session as a private person, because Serbia’s objection to his participation in the capacity of Kosovo president has been accepted.
File photo of Vuk Jeremic
Author:
Tanjug
In a statement to Pink television last night, Jeremic said that at the June 20 session, Sejdiu will participate with a plaque bearing only his name. Sejdiu will participate as a private person invited by the US, as a country presiding over the UN Security Council, as someone who can contribute to the debate.
Jeremic said that the speech of Serbian President Boris Tadic at the session will be fully in line with the unified state policy adopted by Serbian parliament earlier, and that is that Serbia will not accept any reconfiguration of the international civilian presence until the UN Security Council gives its opinion on that.
He said that at this moment the Security Council does not have a unified position on that issue and that is why talks on the future composition of the international civilian mission in Kosovo-Metohija should be continued.
Jeremic underlined that Serbia is ready to continue dialogue with the UN, but without crossing the red lines of Serbia’s state policy, which means that Serbia accepts the EU presence in the province, but only if previously approved by the Security Council and not entailing implementation of Martti Ahtisaari’s plan.
He reiterated that red lines of Serbia’s state policy are clear – there will be no violation of Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, no change of composition and the mandate of the international civilian presence in Kosovo until the Security Council agrees on that.
The Security Council will not agree on that issue until Serbia does so because Serbia has very close cooperation with Russia which has the right to veto.
The minister added that he does not expect anything dramatic from the upcoming session, but that the Security Council will remain divided and that the result of the session will be that negotiations must be continued in one way or another.
Speaking about the opening of Kosovo embassies abroad, he said that Serbia clearly annulled Kosovo’s declaration of independence and therefore, any act that stems from the unilateral independence is null and void for Serbia.
Serbia cannot prevent Kosovo embassies from opening. The countries that recognised Kosovo violated international law. We are against that and we will continue to use all legal, diplomatic and political means to keep the number of countries ready to recognise that illegal act to a minimum, Jeremic concluded.
Jeremic said that the speech of Serbian President Boris Tadic at the session will be fully in line with the unified state policy adopted by Serbian parliament earlier, and that is that Serbia will not accept any reconfiguration of the international civilian presence until the UN Security Council gives its opinion on that.
He said that at this moment the Security Council does not have a unified position on that issue and that is why talks on the future composition of the international civilian mission in Kosovo-Metohija should be continued.
Jeremic underlined that Serbia is ready to continue dialogue with the UN, but without crossing the red lines of Serbia’s state policy, which means that Serbia accepts the EU presence in the province, but only if previously approved by the Security Council and not entailing implementation of Martti Ahtisaari’s plan.
He reiterated that red lines of Serbia’s state policy are clear – there will be no violation of Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, no change of composition and the mandate of the international civilian presence in Kosovo until the Security Council agrees on that.
The Security Council will not agree on that issue until Serbia does so because Serbia has very close cooperation with Russia which has the right to veto.
The minister added that he does not expect anything dramatic from the upcoming session, but that the Security Council will remain divided and that the result of the session will be that negotiations must be continued in one way or another.
Speaking about the opening of Kosovo embassies abroad, he said that Serbia clearly annulled Kosovo’s declaration of independence and therefore, any act that stems from the unilateral independence is null and void for Serbia.
Serbia cannot prevent Kosovo embassies from opening. The countries that recognised Kosovo violated international law. We are against that and we will continue to use all legal, diplomatic and political means to keep the number of countries ready to recognise that illegal act to a minimum, Jeremic concluded.
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