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Interim institutions unauthorised to represent Kosovo Serbs
Belgrade,
26 October 2004
Serbian Prime Minister's Political Advisor Slobodan Samardzdic told the Tanjug news agency that the interim institutions of local self-government, which will be formed following the parliamentary election in Kosovo-Metohija, will not be legitimate to represent interests of the Serbian community in the province.
Slobodan Samardzic
Samardzic said that the Kosovo parliament will not include anyone who would represent interests of Kosovo Serbs. He explained that those who take the 10 parliamentary seats, prescribed for Kosovo Serbs by the Constitutional Framework, cannot be legitimate representatives of their interests because they do not have the support of the Serbian electorate.
He said that the Serbian government recognises the existence of interim Kosovo institutions, prescribed by the constitutional frameworks and the UN SC Resolution 1244, but added that it is questionable whether they are of multiethnic character.
Samardzic stressed that they were not of multiethnic character after the 2001 election and they are not now, because Kosovo Serbs could not realise their interests through them.
According to Samardzic, Belgrade sees talks on the status of the Serbian southern province as talks on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija, and not on its final status.
Belgrade is the most important participant in these talks, because it represents interests of Serbia and Serbia-Montenegro, on whose territory is Kosovo-Metohija.
He said that the Serbian government recognises the existence of interim Kosovo institutions, prescribed by the constitutional frameworks and the UN SC Resolution 1244, but added that it is questionable whether they are of multiethnic character.
Samardzic stressed that they were not of multiethnic character after the 2001 election and they are not now, because Kosovo Serbs could not realise their interests through them.
According to Samardzic, Belgrade sees talks on the status of the Serbian southern province as talks on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija, and not on its final status.
Belgrade is the most important participant in these talks, because it represents interests of Serbia and Serbia-Montenegro, on whose territory is Kosovo-Metohija.
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