Slovakia: Serbian initiative entirely legitimate

Jan Kubis says that every country has the right to seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The decision to include the Serbian initiative seeking the ICJ’s opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration on the agenda of the upcoming UN General Assembly session came as no surprise to the Slovak Foreign Minister Kubis. Slovakia: Serbian initiative entirely legitimate “We believe that it is the right of every country to file a request asking for the opinion of the ICJ,” he told Novi Sad daily Dnevnik. “At the same time, Slovakia’s support for Serbia is well known, but we are also in favor of the EU having a united position, and we will work within this framework,” Kubis said. “There is still no united position in the EU regarding Serbia’s initiative, we just started talks in Monday within the Council of Ministers, and now we are working on it, and the decision will be taken at a meeting of foreign ministers in New York in about 10 days,” the minister explained. Jan Kubis (Beta, archive)

Slovakia: Serbian initiative entirely legitimate

“We believe that it is the right of every country to file a request asking for the opinion of the ICJ,” he told Novi Sad daily Dnevnik.

“At the same time, Slovakia’s support for Serbia is well known, but we are also in favor of the EU having a united position, and we will work within this framework,” Kubiš said.

“There is still no united position in the EU regarding Serbia’s initiative, we just started talks in Monday within the Council of Ministers, and now we are working on it, and the decision will be taken at a meeting of foreign ministers in New York in about 10 days,” the minister explained.