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Amendments to draft resolution on Kosovo unacceptable for Serbia
Belgrade,
27 September 2008
Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic stated today that opponents to Serbia’s initiative at the UN are trying to change the proposed resolution through amendments, which is absolutely unacceptable for Belgrade.
In an interview to the BBC, Jeremic said that at the moment Serbia has two confronting processes – on the one side, the number of countries ready to vote for the initiative is increasing, while on the other the resistance of the minority of opposed countries is strengthening.
He noted that the pressure on countries that have not yet decided whether to vote for the initiative is rising and added that opponents to the draft resolution are trying to incorporate amendments in it, though no one has yet stated that officially.
According to him, amendments are still an idea, but the text of Serbia’s resolution is clear and precise, which bothers many because hardly any objection can be made to it.
Furthermore, we can hardly imagine the International Court of Justice speaking out any other way that to say that the declaration of independence was illegal, said the Minister.
Jeremic stressed that any alteration of the resolution is completely unacceptable for Serbia, adding that there is no space for amendments.
He warned that pressure to recognise Kosovo is particularly strong on Montenegro and Macedonia and noted that representatives of these two countries openly confirmed that pressure is being exerted on them to acknowledge the province’s independence before the vote at the General Assembly.
He noted that the pressure on countries that have not yet decided whether to vote for the initiative is rising and added that opponents to the draft resolution are trying to incorporate amendments in it, though no one has yet stated that officially.
According to him, amendments are still an idea, but the text of Serbia’s resolution is clear and precise, which bothers many because hardly any objection can be made to it.
Furthermore, we can hardly imagine the International Court of Justice speaking out any other way that to say that the declaration of independence was illegal, said the Minister.
Jeremic stressed that any alteration of the resolution is completely unacceptable for Serbia, adding that there is no space for amendments.
He warned that pressure to recognise Kosovo is particularly strong on Montenegro and Macedonia and noted that representatives of these two countries openly confirmed that pressure is being exerted on them to acknowledge the province’s independence before the vote at the General Assembly.
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