Jeremić: Serbia won't recognize Kosovo

FM Vuk Jeremić is sure that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in favor of the preservation of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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Wednesday, 22.04.2009.

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FM Vuk Jeremic is sure that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in favor of the preservation of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. “The Serbian government will not recognize Kosovo at any cost,” Jeremic said. Jeremic: Serbia won't recognize Kosovo “This is the first time that the ICJ is giving its opinion on the legality of an act of secession,” the minister pointed out. “The ICJ decision in this case will determine the course of events in future,” he said. Speaking in an interview for Belgrade daily Blic published on Wednesday, Jeremic said he could not imagine a 21st century in which an act of secession was left to the free will of ethnic communities which maintained that their human rights had been treated in an unsatisfactory manner by the state in which they live. "That would be a very unstable world. That is why I believe the Court will decide in favor of the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a sovereign democratic state. Anyway, whatever happens, we are bound by the Constitution of Serbia above all else. Nevertheless, we would not have entered into this complex and globalized process had we not concluded that we stand the best prospects of winning precisely in the field of international law," he said. “The Belgrade government will not recognize Kosovo, at any cost, even in the event that the decision goes in favor of Pristina,” Jeremic stressed, "as long as a democratic order based on the Serbian Constitution exists in this country." Asked whether it was time that Belgrade took the first step in establishing diplomatic relations with Podgorica, the minister replied that “when it comes to the process of selecting a new representative of the Montenegrin government in Belgrade, the ball is in their court.” “We certainly won’t be calling anyone, that’s not in keeping with diplomatic practice,” he explained. The ICJ announced last night that it had received submissions from 35 UN member states as part of the upcoming proceedings on the question of the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral independence. Vuk Jeremic (FoNet, archive)

Jeremić: Serbia won't recognize Kosovo

“This is the first time that the ICJ is giving its opinion on the legality of an act of secession,” the minister pointed out. “The ICJ decision in this case will determine the course of events in future,” he said.

Speaking in an interview for Belgrade daily Blic published on Wednesday, Jeremić said he could not imagine a 21st century in which an act of secession was left to the free will of ethnic communities which maintained that their human rights had been treated in an unsatisfactory manner by the state in which they live.

"That would be a very unstable world. That is why I believe the Court will decide in favor of the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a sovereign democratic state. Anyway, whatever happens, we are bound by the Constitution of Serbia above all else. Nevertheless, we would not have entered into this complex and globalized process had we not concluded that we stand the best prospects of winning precisely in the field of international law," he said.

“The Belgrade government will not recognize Kosovo, at any cost, even in the event that the decision goes in favor of Priština,” Jeremic stressed, "as long as a democratic order based on the Serbian Constitution exists in this country."

Asked whether it was time that Belgrade took the first step in establishing diplomatic relations with Podgorica, the minister replied that “when it comes to the process of selecting a new representative of the Montenegrin government in Belgrade, the ball is in their court.”

“We certainly won’t be calling anyone, that’s not in keeping with diplomatic practice,” he explained.

The ICJ announced last night that it had received submissions from 35 UN member states as part of the upcoming proceedings on the question of the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral independence.

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