"Kosovo cannot be independent"

PM Vojislav Koštunica says Serbia will declare any unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence legally null and void.

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 16.12.2007.

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PM Vojislav Kostunica says Serbia will declare any unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence legally null and void. "For us, Kosovo's independence does not exist and cannot happen. The backing of other countries that find themselves in a similar position plays a huge role here," Kostunica told Russia's TVC channel yesterday. "Kosovo cannot be independent" The prime minister also said that the Kosovo Serbs had expressed their will to live in Serbia by supporting the country's constitution. Asked if it was possible for some Western countries to circumvent the UN and use European structures to recognize the southern Serbian province's independence, Kostunica said UN Resolution 1244, regulating Kosovo's status, is still valid. "The status can only change with a new UN SC resolution," the Serbian prime minister said, adding that any attempt to come up with a different solution, such as a unilateral declaration of independence or recognition by regional states or the U.S., would represent "direct violence and a breach of international legal order". "And that would be a blow not only to the UN, but something that would be used by separatists in other countries, bringing into question the entire international order in the future," Kostunica explained. Asked whether Kosovo's status was sealed during the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, he said that this attack came with no UN decision. "There were explanations that this was a humanitarian war, however this NATO campaign had all other hallmarks, save the humanitarian ones." "Later on we saw Albanians return – more returned than had previously left. They came from Albania, Macedonia, while at the same time nothing was done to bring back the exiled Serbs," Kostunica said. "We thus arrive to a conclusion that after the bombing, the next thing was to create an unusual entity, a NATO state in the territory of Kosovo, with a capital in a U.S. army base, known as Bondstill," the prime minister concluded. Vojislav Kostunica (FoNet)

"Kosovo cannot be independent"

The prime minister also said that the Kosovo Serbs had expressed their will to live in Serbia by supporting the country's constitution.

Asked if it was possible for some Western countries to circumvent the UN and use European structures to recognize the southern Serbian province's independence, Koštunica said UN Resolution 1244, regulating Kosovo's status, is still valid.

"The status can only change with a new UN SC resolution," the Serbian prime minister said, adding that any attempt to come up with a different solution, such as a unilateral declaration of independence or recognition by regional states or the U.S., would represent "direct violence and a breach of international legal order".

"And that would be a blow not only to the UN, but something that would be used by separatists in other countries, bringing into question the entire international order in the future," Koštunica explained.

Asked whether Kosovo's status was sealed during the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, he said that this attack came with no UN decision.

"There were explanations that this was a humanitarian war, however this NATO campaign had all other hallmarks, save the humanitarian ones."

"Later on we saw Albanians return – more returned than had previously left. They came from Albania, Macedonia, while at the same time nothing was done to bring back the exiled Serbs," Koštunica said.

"We thus arrive to a conclusion that after the bombing, the next thing was to create an unusual entity, a NATO state in the territory of Kosovo, with a capital in a U.S. army base, known as Bondstill," the prime minister concluded.

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