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Process at ICJ key to Serbia’s legal, diplomatic battle for Kosovo-Metohija
Belgrade,
30 November 2009
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic today stated that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will tomorrow begin the biggest process in its history and one of the key battles in Serbia’s legal and diplomatic struggle for Kosovo-Metohija.
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Fonet
Prior to his visit to The Hague, where the ICJ will debate the legality of the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo-Metohija, Jeremic stressed that international law and justice are on Serbia’s side, which is why it can expect an affirmative decision from the ICJ.
It was not easy to obtain a majority vote at the UN General Assembly and deal with all the pressure from the moment the process in The Hague began, the Minister underlined, adding that the beginning of this process is the outcome of hard work from all state institutions, with the Serbian President at the helm.
He explained that the outcome of all those efforts is the ICJ’s biggest process in history, because this is the first time that so many countries, including the five permanent UN members, have applied for participation in the debate.
This will be a key battle in our legal and diplomatic struggle for the province. It will be long and onerous, but we have international law and justice on our side and I believe that if we remain calm and wise, and most importantly, if we persevere, in the end we will be victorious, Jeremic concluded.
A little less then two years after the province declared its independence, the issue of the legality of Pristina’s secessionist act will be debated at the ICJ in The Hague from tomorrow.
After a ten-day public debate about the legality of the secession of Serbia’s southern province, the court will make its decision based on the UN General Assembly decision, which in October 2008 accepted Serbia’s initiative that the ICJ declare its opinion on this issue.
It was not easy to obtain a majority vote at the UN General Assembly and deal with all the pressure from the moment the process in The Hague began, the Minister underlined, adding that the beginning of this process is the outcome of hard work from all state institutions, with the Serbian President at the helm.
He explained that the outcome of all those efforts is the ICJ’s biggest process in history, because this is the first time that so many countries, including the five permanent UN members, have applied for participation in the debate.
This will be a key battle in our legal and diplomatic struggle for the province. It will be long and onerous, but we have international law and justice on our side and I believe that if we remain calm and wise, and most importantly, if we persevere, in the end we will be victorious, Jeremic concluded.
A little less then two years after the province declared its independence, the issue of the legality of Pristina’s secessionist act will be debated at the ICJ in The Hague from tomorrow.
After a ten-day public debate about the legality of the secession of Serbia’s southern province, the court will make its decision based on the UN General Assembly decision, which in October 2008 accepted Serbia’s initiative that the ICJ declare its opinion on this issue.
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