"No major changes in Serbia's Kosovo policy"

A spokesman for the outgoing Serbian government has said that he was "confident there would be no major changes in the policy towards Kosovo and Metohija".

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 25.05.2012.

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A spokesman for the outgoing Serbian government has said that he was "confident there would be no major changes in the policy towards Kosovo and Metohija". "The future lies in seeking pragmatic solutions for a better life of the people," Milivoje Mihajlovic said on Friday, adding that sudden changes in the country's policy should be neither expected, nor were possible. "No major changes in Serbia's Kosovo policy" Mihajlovic told KiM Radio that it was "not by accident that the Kosovo and Metohija issue had been labeled as the greatest national and state interest", and the change of authority in Belgrade "could not bring into question its resolution". Serbia proved that the policy of "both Kosovo and the EU" was viable and that it should continue to be pursued, he said. "Serbia's goal is not just to become a member of the EU. The EU is also tools for resolving the problems in Kosovo," Mihajlovic added. "If the whole region joins the EU there will be a much higher standard for Serbs, it will not be important if come borders exist or not," said the spokesman. He reiterated that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo, pointing out that the territory's independence did not depend on foreigners, ethnic Albanians or the political elite in Pristina, but on the strength of the resolve of Belgrade and its political elite. He underlined that dialogue was the only way towards a just solution to the problems in Kosovo and Metohija, but also a path leading to the stabilization of the region as a whole. Commenting on a "plan for northern Kosovo" recently announced by the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pristina, he said that their intention was to subjugate that part of Kosovo, "just like they had already done in the municipalities south of the Ibar River" - where Serb live in isolated enclaves. "Pristina will pay whatever it takes to make that happen and it will find followers just like it did in the south," Mihajlovic believes. Serbs north of the Ibar form the majority population and reject both the authority of the government in Pristina, and the ethnic Albanian unilateral proclamation of independence, made in February 2008. Milivoje Mihajlovic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug KIM radio

"No major changes in Serbia's Kosovo policy"

Mihajlović told KiM Radio that it was "not by accident that the Kosovo and Metohija issue had been labeled as the greatest national and state interest", and the change of authority in Belgrade "could not bring into question its resolution".

Serbia proved that the policy of "both Kosovo and the EU" was viable and that it should continue to be pursued, he said.

"Serbia's goal is not just to become a member of the EU. The EU is also tools for resolving the problems in Kosovo," Mihajlović added.

"If the whole region joins the EU there will be a much higher standard for Serbs, it will not be important if come borders exist or not," said the spokesman.

He reiterated that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo, pointing out that the territory's independence did not depend on foreigners, ethnic Albanians or the political elite in Priština, but on the strength of the resolve of Belgrade and its political elite.

He underlined that dialogue was the only way towards a just solution to the problems in Kosovo and Metohija, but also a path leading to the stabilization of the region as a whole.

Commenting on a "plan for northern Kosovo" recently announced by the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Priština, he said that their intention was to subjugate that part of Kosovo, "just like they had already done in the municipalities south of the Ibar River" - where Serb live in isolated enclaves.

"Priština will pay whatever it takes to make that happen and it will find followers just like it did in the south," Mihajlović believes.

Serbs north of the Ibar form the majority population and reject both the authority of the government in Priština, and the ethnic Albanian unilateral proclamation of independence, made in February 2008.

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