SPC bishop: Kosovo partition not an option
Serbian Orthodox Church Bishop Artemije said that imposed independence would be better than a partition of Kosovo.
Wednesday, 15.08.2007.
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SPC bishop: Kosovo partition not an option
"Imposed independence would be looked at as a form of occupation, and every occupation of a territory lasts a period of time and ends,” Artemije told daily Dnevnik.He said that Serbia cannot disown Kosovo under any conditions, nor at any price.
“And we must support this idea for a thousand, two thousand years, if necessary. They are offering us entrance into the European Union. But, what good will that do when the EU is the one that is ripping apart our national identity?” Artemije, based in Kosovo and considered one of the more moderate voices in the Serbian Church, said.
He added that the new negotiations will not bring about progress.
“Albanians have a clear signal that independence is guaranteed. So they will accept nothing less than independence, and in such conditions the negotiations are beforehand destined to fail,” Artemije said.
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