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Agreement on succession issues of former SFRY cannot be applied on Kosovo
Belgrade,
26 April 2011
Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic said today that Kosovo cannot claim property in the former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) because it was not a republic in the former SFRY and is not a successor.
Bogdanovic explained in a statement to Beta news agency that return of the property which former socially and state-owned companies from Kosovo have in central Serbia cannot be conducted after the model used for the property of companies from Slovenia and Croatia since Serbia did not recognise Kosovo as an independent state, nor was Kosovo a republic in the former SFRY.
That is why the Agreement on succession issues of the former SFRY from 2001, that was signed by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia, cannot be applied on Kosovo.
He underlined that Serbia has invested almost $18 billion in development of Kosovo-Metohija in the past three decades and that Serbia is the real owner of the former socially-owned companies from Kosovo-Metohija.
The Minister pointed out that the Fund for Development of Serbia had holdings in almost 150 companies in Kosovo-Metohija, whose value exceeds €140 million on the basis of the state’s investment into the economy of the province.
Bogdanovic stated that according to data of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Serbian companies claim around €190 million from Kosovo-Metohija, whether on the basis of investment and ownership, or on the basis of loans.
Companies from central Serbia and Vojvodina had their branch or representative offices, or dependant companies in the territory of Kosovo-Metohija, which as of 2003 started to be illegally sold by the Kosovo Trust Agency, and later Kosovo Privatisation Agency, Bogdanovic underlined.
Bogdanovic said that in previous negotiations Pristina avoided any serious talks on property matters.
That is why the Agreement on succession issues of the former SFRY from 2001, that was signed by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia, cannot be applied on Kosovo.
He underlined that Serbia has invested almost $18 billion in development of Kosovo-Metohija in the past three decades and that Serbia is the real owner of the former socially-owned companies from Kosovo-Metohija.
The Minister pointed out that the Fund for Development of Serbia had holdings in almost 150 companies in Kosovo-Metohija, whose value exceeds €140 million on the basis of the state’s investment into the economy of the province.
Bogdanovic stated that according to data of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Serbian companies claim around €190 million from Kosovo-Metohija, whether on the basis of investment and ownership, or on the basis of loans.
Companies from central Serbia and Vojvodina had their branch or representative offices, or dependant companies in the territory of Kosovo-Metohija, which as of 2003 started to be illegally sold by the Kosovo Trust Agency, and later Kosovo Privatisation Agency, Bogdanovic underlined.
Bogdanovic said that in previous negotiations Pristina avoided any serious talks on property matters.
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