Koštunica's ministers contunue anti-NATO rhetoric
The latest of DSS cabinet ministers to verbally take on NATO is Aleksandar Popović, in charge of energy.
Sunday, 19.08.2007.
13:08
The latest of DSS cabinet ministers to verbally take on NATO is Aleksandar Popovic, in charge of energy. The minister joined his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) colleagues in claims that the Alliance's alleged desire to set up its "military state" in Kosovo was what stood in the way of a compromise between Belgrade and Pristina over the province's future status. Kostunica's ministers contunue anti-NATO rhetoric "There is no state in the world, and this is especially true of those belonging to NATO, where armed forces are not placed under strict civilian control" Popovic told Beta Sunday. He added that, conversely, the Ahtisaari status plan envisaged "an allegedly independent Kosovo where NATO had unlimited authority with no civilian supervision whatsoever". Popovic's statement comes a day after the first official reaction from the DSS coalition partners, President Boris Tadic's Democrats (DS), to what has become a flood of public statements severely critical of NATO. However, the cabinet ministers from the DS ranks remain quiet on the issue. Instead, their parliamentary caucus chief Nada Kolundzija said Saturday the anti-NATO rhetoric was "damaging". Meanwhile, the Alliance has denied that its involvement in Kosovo went beyond the peacekeeping role and stressed it wished to develop good relations with Serbia, a Partnership for Peace member country. Aleksandar Popovic (FoNet, archive)
Koštunica's ministers contunue anti-NATO rhetoric
"There is no state in the world, and this is especially true of those belonging to NATO, where armed forces are not placed under strict civilian control" Popović told Beta Sunday.He added that, conversely, the Ahtisaari status plan envisaged "an allegedly independent Kosovo where NATO had unlimited authority with no civilian supervision whatsoever".
Popović's statement comes a day after the first official reaction from the DSS coalition partners, President Boris Tadić's Democrats (DS), to what has become a flood of public statements severely critical of NATO.
However, the cabinet ministers from the DS ranks remain quiet on the issue. Instead, their parliamentary caucus chief Nada Kolundžija said Saturday the anti-NATO rhetoric was "damaging".
Meanwhile, the Alliance has denied that its involvement in Kosovo went beyond the peacekeeping role and stressed it wished to develop good relations with Serbia, a Partnership for Peace member country.
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