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Prime Minister announces plan to resolve Kosovo Serbs’ status
Belgrade,
2 April 2004
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica told UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri today that the issue of a different institutional status of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija is the most important issue and announced that the Serbian government will propose a plan to resolve that problem.
Kostunica explained that the plan, which is to be presented before the parliament, will entail a rational and democratic solution for the status of Serbs in the province and added that it will be drafted in line with European standards of human rights protection. Kostunica said that the ethnic cleansing that took place on March 17 and 18 was no surprise to Belgrade, as it was part of continuous activities of ethnic-Albanian extremists since June 1999. He pointed out that the survival not merely human rights of Serbs in the province is now at stake.
Holkeri said during the meeting in Belgrade that the recent violence in Kosovo was organised and ethnically motivated. He also informed Kostunica on KFOR’s and UNMIK’s resolve to bring the perpetrators to justice. Holkeri also said that 38 international prosecutors will work on this case.
He also informed Kostunica about obligations of Kosovo’s interim institutions concerning the rebuilding of Serb houses and Orthodox churches and added that UNESCO and the Council of Europe will also help repair the damage.
Holkeri said the plan for the implementation of standards is open to changes, adding that the issue of decentralisation should be on the agenda of talks between Belgrade and Pristina.
Holkeri said during the meeting in Belgrade that the recent violence in Kosovo was organised and ethnically motivated. He also informed Kostunica on KFOR’s and UNMIK’s resolve to bring the perpetrators to justice. Holkeri also said that 38 international prosecutors will work on this case.
He also informed Kostunica about obligations of Kosovo’s interim institutions concerning the rebuilding of Serb houses and Orthodox churches and added that UNESCO and the Council of Europe will also help repair the damage.
Holkeri said the plan for the implementation of standards is open to changes, adding that the issue of decentralisation should be on the agenda of talks between Belgrade and Pristina.
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