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Passy: culprits for violence in Kosovo will be punished
Belgrade,
24 March 2004
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met today with Chairman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Solomon Passy who said that international forces will seek out and punish those responsible for violence and terror against Serbs in Kosovo, and will help Serbs to return to the province.
Solomon Passy (L) and Vojislav Kostunica
Passy told Kostunica that KFOR and UNMIK agreed that the last week's attack by ethnic Albanian terrorists against Serbs had been prepared in detail and well organised, and that the international forces were caught off-guard by the intensity of violence.
The Serbian Prime Minister said that the international community must respond resolutely to ethnic Albanian terrorism and prevent new attacks. Kostunica said that the presence of the international peacekeeping forces neither secured the return of internally displaced Serbs and freedom of their movement, nor it reduced the number of ethnically motivated crimes. Therefore it is necessary to find institutional solutions and establish some kind of decentralisation in Kosovo-Metohija, which will guarantee minority rights by European standards to Serbs and other non-Albanians in the province.
Passy delivered to the Serbian Prime Minister letters of support from Bulgarian President Georgi Prvanov and Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha. The two officials congratulated Kostunica on his appointment as Serbian Prime Minister, pointed out to the importance of peace and stability in the region and voiced readiness to improve bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Serbia.
The Serbian Prime Minister said that the international community must respond resolutely to ethnic Albanian terrorism and prevent new attacks. Kostunica said that the presence of the international peacekeeping forces neither secured the return of internally displaced Serbs and freedom of their movement, nor it reduced the number of ethnically motivated crimes. Therefore it is necessary to find institutional solutions and establish some kind of decentralisation in Kosovo-Metohija, which will guarantee minority rights by European standards to Serbs and other non-Albanians in the province.
Passy delivered to the Serbian Prime Minister letters of support from Bulgarian President Georgi Prvanov and Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha. The two officials congratulated Kostunica on his appointment as Serbian Prime Minister, pointed out to the importance of peace and stability in the region and voiced readiness to improve bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Serbia.
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