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EULEX deployment started
Belgrade,
9 December 2008
Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic today voiced hope that EULEX will make additional efforts to provide security for the Serbian community, as the most endangered one in the province.
File photo of Goran Bogdanovic
Author:
Tanjug
In a statement to Radio Television Serbia, Bogdanovic said he expects the mission, whose deployment started today, to introduce the rule of law, protect Serbian property and ensure freedom of movement and the mass return of more than 200,000 IDPs and refugees who left Kosovo during the period 1999-2004.
The Minister recalled that according to the UN’s decision, also endorsed by the Serbian government, EULEX will be deployed across Kosovo, adding that the mission will be status-neutral, in line with Resolution 1244 and contrary to the principles of the Marti Ahtisaari plan.
The Minister also pointed out that EULEX will have a different mandate in the areas inhabited by a Serb majority, as the Serbian community is distrustful of the international community, which has made little progress since 1999 regarding the security of Serbs, their economic development and the return of 200,000 IDPs and refugees.
As for customs checkpoints and duty, Bogdanovic explained that customs income will be allocated to local self-governments in the northern and central part of Kosovo and Pomoravlje.
According to him it is utterly unacceptable that all income is set aside for Albanians only, as has happened before.
The Minister said that representatives of Serbia and EULEX will soon meet to discuss the six-item plan agreed on between Serbia and the UN, adding that EULEX’s progress depends on how much it is ready to respect the agreement with local Serbs and Belgrade.
Bogdanovic conveyed a message to Kosovo Serbs that Serbia will never give up its sovereignty, territorial integrity or the six-item plan, which is of vital importance for the Serbian community.
He also voiced hope that war crime cases will be solved, saying that all Kosovo citizens want justice and a peaceful solution for all their problems.
Serbia aims to help provide peace and stability to the province and therefore to the entire Western Balkans, concluded Bogdanovic.
The Minister recalled that according to the UN’s decision, also endorsed by the Serbian government, EULEX will be deployed across Kosovo, adding that the mission will be status-neutral, in line with Resolution 1244 and contrary to the principles of the Marti Ahtisaari plan.
The Minister also pointed out that EULEX will have a different mandate in the areas inhabited by a Serb majority, as the Serbian community is distrustful of the international community, which has made little progress since 1999 regarding the security of Serbs, their economic development and the return of 200,000 IDPs and refugees.
As for customs checkpoints and duty, Bogdanovic explained that customs income will be allocated to local self-governments in the northern and central part of Kosovo and Pomoravlje.
According to him it is utterly unacceptable that all income is set aside for Albanians only, as has happened before.
The Minister said that representatives of Serbia and EULEX will soon meet to discuss the six-item plan agreed on between Serbia and the UN, adding that EULEX’s progress depends on how much it is ready to respect the agreement with local Serbs and Belgrade.
Bogdanovic conveyed a message to Kosovo Serbs that Serbia will never give up its sovereignty, territorial integrity or the six-item plan, which is of vital importance for the Serbian community.
He also voiced hope that war crime cases will be solved, saying that all Kosovo citizens want justice and a peaceful solution for all their problems.
Serbia aims to help provide peace and stability to the province and therefore to the entire Western Balkans, concluded Bogdanovic.
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