Jeremić, Hyseni to face off at Security Council

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will take part at today's UN Security Council meeting to discuss S-G Ban Ki-moon's latest report on the situation in Kosovo.

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Thursday, 15.10.2009.

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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic will take part at today's UN Security Council meeting to discuss S-G Ban Ki-moon's latest report on the situation in Kosovo. Jeremic said that today’s SC session is of the utmost importance, being the last before the case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Jeremic, Hyseni to face off at Security Council He stressed that he would also use his visit to New York to meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and a number of heads of delegation to discuss whether they were changing their position on the issue of Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence. “Many countries were under a lot of pressure to recognize Kosovo during the General Assembly. None of them did. I think we were successful, maybe more successful than anyone had expected,” said Jeremic. “We have to keep working intensively on that,” he stressed. The secretary general's new report, which covers the period from June 1 to Sepember 15, commends UNMIK's efforts to encourage dialogue and cooperation between the communities in Kosovo, and between Belgrade and Pristina. The meeting will also be attended by Kosovo's foreign policy chief Skender Hyseni. According to the Serbian Foreign Ministry, during his visit to New York, Jeremic will meet with Ban and a large number of representatives of UN member states. In the secretary-general’s report published two weeks ago, Ban called on all parties in Kosovo to show restraint and be constructive in resolving their sensitive inter-ethnic issues. The report noted the low number of returnees, stating that 236 people, including seven Albanians, 31 Serbs and 177 Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians had returned in June and July this year. Ban called on all political parties taking part in the November local elections to steer clear of “belligerent rhetoric“ that ran the risk of triggering violence, especially in the north of the province. Vuk Jeremic (FoNet, archive)

Jeremić, Hyseni to face off at Security Council

He stressed that he would also use his visit to New York to meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and a number of heads of delegation to discuss whether they were changing their position on the issue of Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence.

“Many countries were under a lot of pressure to recognize Kosovo during the General Assembly. None of them did. I think we were successful, maybe more successful than anyone had expected,” said Jeremić.

“We have to keep working intensively on that,” he stressed.

The secretary general's new report, which covers the period from June 1 to Sepember 15, commends UNMIK's efforts to encourage dialogue and cooperation between the communities in Kosovo, and between Belgrade and Priština. The meeting will also be attended by Kosovo's foreign policy chief Skender Hyseni.

According to the Serbian Foreign Ministry, during his visit to New York, Jeremić will meet with Ban and a large number of representatives of UN member states.

In the secretary-general’s report published two weeks ago, Ban called on all parties in Kosovo to show restraint and be constructive in resolving their sensitive inter-ethnic issues.

The report noted the low number of returnees, stating that 236 people, including seven Albanians, 31 Serbs and 177 Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians had returned in June and July this year.

Ban called on all political parties taking part in the November local elections to steer clear of “belligerent rhetoric“ that ran the risk of triggering violence, especially in the north of the province.

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