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Serbia presents its case before ICJ with wisdom, equanimity, forcefulness
Belgrade/Hague,
1 December 2009
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said that the Serbian delegation presented its arguments today before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the start of the oral debate regarding the legality of the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo-Metohija forcefully, but with wisdom and equanimity.
Author:
Fonet
During a break in the debate, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Jeremic told the press that international law, history and more than two thirds of the world’s countries are on Serbia’s side when it comes to the legality of the secession of the province.
A tough struggle lies ahead of us that we cannot and will not lose if we show perseverance, wisdom and unity and for that we require national unity and political unity between all the parties and the people, said the Minister.
He said that Serbia’s legal team argued that it is impermissible in the 21st century to divide a peace loving UN member country against its will.
If that can be allowed to happen during the 21st century anything can be expected. I hope that we will show that this is not the case, said Jeremic, adding that he hopes that the ICJ will uphold the fundamental principles of international law, one of them being the right of a recognised country to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Today we are in The Hague, tomorrow we will be in New York. We will go where ever we need to in order to fight for Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity until our final victory, said Jeremic, adding that Kosovo was and will remain a part of Serbia.
A tough struggle lies ahead of us that we cannot and will not lose if we show perseverance, wisdom and unity and for that we require national unity and political unity between all the parties and the people, said the Minister.
He said that Serbia’s legal team argued that it is impermissible in the 21st century to divide a peace loving UN member country against its will.
If that can be allowed to happen during the 21st century anything can be expected. I hope that we will show that this is not the case, said Jeremic, adding that he hopes that the ICJ will uphold the fundamental principles of international law, one of them being the right of a recognised country to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Today we are in The Hague, tomorrow we will be in New York. We will go where ever we need to in order to fight for Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity until our final victory, said Jeremic, adding that Kosovo was and will remain a part of Serbia.
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