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Parliament adopts Declaration on current situation in Kosovo-Metohija
Belgrade,
31 July 2011
After several hours of debate, Serbian MPs adopted by majority vote a Declaration of the Serbian Parliament on the current situation in Kosovo-Metohija following unilateral and violent acts by the interim self-government institutions in Pristina.
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The document asks for the protection of Serbs in the southern province and respect of UN SC Resolution 1244.
Prior to the vote on the declaration, MPs were addressed by President Boris Tadic.
Tadic noted that after the painful and difficult experiences in the 1990s, Serbia’s crucial task is peace and that only a politics of peace can yield results in the defence of the legitimate national interests of Serbia and its citizens.
He stressed that Serbia will not lead a war, that it is a country of peace and this is our strongest argument.
We, in a democratic Serbia, want to build peace on the entire Western Balkans, and especially in our southern province, because our politics is a politics of peace, and it will remain so, the President underlined.
He asked representatives of the international community to be refrained in this political crisis and to behave in line with their own mandate to be status-neutral in Kosovo-Metohija.
Tadic told Serbs in the province that the Parliament, the government and the President of Serbia are with them because they are facing grave temptations.
The Declaration condemns every form of violence and calls upon a peaceful resolution to the crisis caused by Pristina’s unilateral act.
Prior to the vote on the declaration, MPs were addressed by President Boris Tadic.
Tadic noted that after the painful and difficult experiences in the 1990s, Serbia’s crucial task is peace and that only a politics of peace can yield results in the defence of the legitimate national interests of Serbia and its citizens.
He stressed that Serbia will not lead a war, that it is a country of peace and this is our strongest argument.
We, in a democratic Serbia, want to build peace on the entire Western Balkans, and especially in our southern province, because our politics is a politics of peace, and it will remain so, the President underlined.
He asked representatives of the international community to be refrained in this political crisis and to behave in line with their own mandate to be status-neutral in Kosovo-Metohija.
Tadic told Serbs in the province that the Parliament, the government and the President of Serbia are with them because they are facing grave temptations.
The Declaration condemns every form of violence and calls upon a peaceful resolution to the crisis caused by Pristina’s unilateral act.
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