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Support of Non-Aligned Movement for solution to Kosovo necessary
Belgrade/Manila,
18 March 2010
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic expressed deep gratitude to member states of the Non-Aligned Movement today in Manila, the majority of which did not recognise the independence of Kosovo.
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Fonet
He called on them to maintain their position and support Serbia’s efforts to find a solution for its southern province through dialogue.
Your resoluteness to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia deserves true respect, Jeremic said in the speech at the special ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Serbian Foreign Minister said that due to the efforts of the Movement’s member states, the UN General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to give an advisory opinion on the legality of the unilaterally-proclaimed independence of Kosovo, which is the first such case in the history of the court.
It is of crucial importance that you remain faithful to your principled position because this case will be a very important precedent, Jeremic said, adding that the court’s decision will have sweeping consequences for the entire international community.
He warned that in case the Court proclaims the unilateral separation of an ethic minority from a UN member state to be legitimate, the borders of every multiethnic state might be jeopardised which would cause instability in the entire world.
Jeremic said that by supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a UN member state, as well as a just solution to the status of the southern Serbian province, the Movement’s member states will ensure that international law remains an obstacle to present and future separatists, who dream of Kosovo’s secession becoming a globally accepted norm.
He added that Serbia is the leading advocate of reconciliation in south-eastern Europe.
We had the courage to ask for a national re-examination in order to face crimes from the past. We believe this is the only way to cut the vicious circle of violence and hatred in our part of the world, the Serbian foreign minister said.
For this reason, Serbian President Boris Tadic apologized for crimes committed by the previous Serbian regime in the wars in the former Yugoslavia and visited Srebrenica for the 10th anniversary of the massacre, Jeremic explained.
He added that the Serbian parliament will soon examine a resolution for condemning the Srebrenica crime.
We hope that this will enable us to make a full reconciliation with Bosnian Muslims, Jeremic said.
He reiterated Serbia’s proposal to hold a special conference of the Non-aligned Movement in Belgrade in June 2011, for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first inaugural meeting of the organisation, which was also held in Belgrade in 1961.
Serbia, the direct successor of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement, now has the status of observer in this organisation which has over one hundred member states.
Your resoluteness to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia deserves true respect, Jeremic said in the speech at the special ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Serbian Foreign Minister said that due to the efforts of the Movement’s member states, the UN General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to give an advisory opinion on the legality of the unilaterally-proclaimed independence of Kosovo, which is the first such case in the history of the court.
It is of crucial importance that you remain faithful to your principled position because this case will be a very important precedent, Jeremic said, adding that the court’s decision will have sweeping consequences for the entire international community.
He warned that in case the Court proclaims the unilateral separation of an ethic minority from a UN member state to be legitimate, the borders of every multiethnic state might be jeopardised which would cause instability in the entire world.
Jeremic said that by supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a UN member state, as well as a just solution to the status of the southern Serbian province, the Movement’s member states will ensure that international law remains an obstacle to present and future separatists, who dream of Kosovo’s secession becoming a globally accepted norm.
He added that Serbia is the leading advocate of reconciliation in south-eastern Europe.
We had the courage to ask for a national re-examination in order to face crimes from the past. We believe this is the only way to cut the vicious circle of violence and hatred in our part of the world, the Serbian foreign minister said.
For this reason, Serbian President Boris Tadic apologized for crimes committed by the previous Serbian regime in the wars in the former Yugoslavia and visited Srebrenica for the 10th anniversary of the massacre, Jeremic explained.
He added that the Serbian parliament will soon examine a resolution for condemning the Srebrenica crime.
We hope that this will enable us to make a full reconciliation with Bosnian Muslims, Jeremic said.
He reiterated Serbia’s proposal to hold a special conference of the Non-aligned Movement in Belgrade in June 2011, for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first inaugural meeting of the organisation, which was also held in Belgrade in 1961.
Serbia, the direct successor of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement, now has the status of observer in this organisation which has over one hundred member states.
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