Tadić: Serbia won't accept blackmail

What Serbias president is trying to achieve is absurd:becoming Eu member and at same time challenging the most important members of the EU: UK,Germany, Italy, France, Austria and more... More absurd is hoping to reverse Kosova-s independence and the will and need of more than 2 million citizens of this new country.It seems to me that the best they are hoping is to get the northern part of it where the mine of Trepca is situated.But they will have to remmember that they have Sanjak, Presevo region and Vojvodina province who used to be autonomous to worry about, as this atempt will cause a precedent who will thretten the soverenity of Serbia afterwards.

"I am convinced that the government of Serbia will solve the concrete issues of the citizens and bring needed stability to the state," he said.
Suppose Kosovo is still part of Serbia, does he really think this sentence could be true for ALL citizens, K.Albanians including? With a K.Albanian majority in this province it is impossible for the Serbian government to bring STABILITY in its state. The K.Albanians will never accept to be a part of Serbia again. The ruling of Milosevic went too far by using destructive power.
Better exept the REALITY of an independent Kosova in order to have the stability in Serbia and peace in the whole region.

Serbia is on the right track now and your president Tadic is right when he says that kosovo is not for sale at any price. I visited Serbia this summer and you have a great and beautiful country, please take care off it.. dont destroy it by living in the past, the war is over it's time to move on.

-Therefore we send back our ambassadors to the blackmailing contries.

Tadic Sachasvili & Co, what a pretty bunch they are...

Good for Tadic & Co. for basically sticking to their guns while shifting strategies. By showing a clear willingness to work with the EU and in meeting all outstanding commitments that have been on the books since the late 1990s, Serbia is now positioning itself for better leverage over what it sees as more important: Serbia in the EU with Kosovo.

I don't think there's any illusions that Albanian desire to be goverened by Serbs is any less vocal than Serb desire not to be governed by Albanians, but in the realistic world of diplomatic compromises, Tadic is working to place Serbia in a better position to get some tangible concessions over Kosovo - and by playing their hands to EU rules, BG is working to soften up Brussels stance that it developed while Kostunica was at the helm. Should Mladic be found by the end of the summer, BG's hand gains exponentially.

B92,

Still no comment on Vuk Jeremic's words to the BBC 2 days ago. Why?

Unlike the equivocation of Tadic trying to mislead the Serbian public, Jeremic was forced into giving a straight answer by a skilled and professional journalist.

When asked if Serbia will join the EU if recognition Kosovo's independence is a condition, he replied: NO.

Listen to it here if you don't believe me: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7536925.stm It's the very last exchange on the recording.

Why aren't you and the rest of the Serbian media carrying the stories from this interview? Don't you think Serbia is ready for the 'truth' yet?

The tuth

Your Transistria has not been recognized by the whole G 7 my dear"The truth" and your province has not gone through masacres and etnic cleansing and a Nato war etc. Neither have you been recognized by anyone as far as I know. 20 of 27 that about 75 prosent of most EU countries have recognized Kosova.
About football Kosova will soon get membership in Uefa and Fifa when even countries like San Marino and Monaco on F.irelands and Northern Ireland have been axepted so dont you vorry about football.

The EU does not care what Serbia will or won't accept.

If you want to be part of EU, you will have to recognize Kosovo.

Otherwise you won't join. Now you can accept it or not accept it, you still won't get in.

The EU is not crazy to spend billions on Kosovo just so that Serbia can become an EU member and create even more problems for Kosovo, which would require even more billions by the EU.

The EU is the one who won't accept Serb blackmail, so you get that straight Mr. Tadic.

The 7 non-recognizers of the EU are creating one of the most embarassing foreign policy splits for the union, and topped with the Lisbon fiasco it's making the EU look like a sham.

And somehow Serbia wants to join, while telling the EU that...hey, we want to add more divisions to your policies. We want to embarass you even more on the foreign policy front. Please make us members of the EU so that we can hurt your reputation even further.

Yeah, that will fly well with Brussels.

@willie garvin. You claim B92 not to write the words Jeremic spoke in Hard Talk? Well that is because it is NOT contradictory to what Tadic says, not at all. Jeremic says that if the EU conditions membership of the EU with recognising Kosovo THEN Serbia will choose not to become a member. And Tadic said the same but did not use the possible conditioning by the EU. Just learn to listen a bit better Willie! all the best for now.
@Filip, what, are you treatening or what is this? Just wake up, soon you will see that the ICJ rules about the mistakes made by the world and a frozen conflict is born. Never a member of any Int. group, always isolated, no WC Football, nor any other sport. Dream on about your funny independence. As I live in Transnistria I know how that feels!

"The K.Albanians will never accept to be a part of Serbia again."

Please elaborate, what it means: "Serbia" and who are the "Serbs". Many scholars are not sure about that. Many Serbs are confused. I am not sure about that either. Please tell what you think.

Thanks.

Tadic (whom I really appreciate) is a politian and as president under obligation of the constitution of Serbia. sorry, but he has no chance for any alternative idea or solution. for what reason is it necessary to repeat again and again, what everyone in Serbia knows.

as long as Kosovo remains an political issue - it will remain unsolved. the issue of Kosovo is a manifestation of cultural and social problems with a long tradition. and of course: these dimensions have undergone a shift during last decades - and this complex process is hardly reversible - at least not juridically nor politically.

to reduce "integrity" only on the territorial aspect, is an illusion. without social and cultural integrity, Kosovo will remain a province of Serbia on the paper. socially and culturally it is not such one anymore.

nobody must Serbia blackmail to "sell Kosovo" for anything and I hope, that there will be a referendum, which will show the will of Serbian citizens. they are the souvereign - and not the political parties in Serbia. such a referendum is necessary from my point of view - the discussion of SAA has shown, that the citizens are easily to manipulate by the parties and their purposes.

I am optimistic, that Serbia can achieve both goals - but of course - the process will need more time then plus the evidence for social and cultural integrity in Kosovo.

Even though that Tadic and Jeremic appears in public saying that they will continue the fight for kosovo province.

The Serbian people should watch closely this Western backed DS-SPS coalition bcoz everybody knows how powerful US/EU money is and it deceives leaders to change their political position.

EU membership + kosovo UDI recognition will never happen

In its madness to please the EU bosses, Tadic and Co. seem to have forgotten one thing -

Even in case the SAA is activated and even if Serbia joins the EU as a member with conditions attached, will it withdraw in case pressure is put on it to either withdraw or support Kosovo’s membership aspirations to...!

For the time being, Serbia should forget the ‘supposed magic wand’ of EU and concentrate on being friends with those, who impose no preconditions...!

"I am convinced that the government of Serbia will solve the concrete issues of the citizens and bring needed stability to the state," he said.
Suppose Kosovo is still part of Serbia, does he really think this sentence could be true for ALL citizens, K.Albanians including? With a K.Albanian majority in this province it is impossible for the Serbian government to bring STABILITY in its state. The K.Albanians will never accept to be a part of Serbia again. The ruling of Milosevic went too far by using destructive power.
Better exept the REALITY of an independent Kosova in order to have the stability in Serbia and peace in the whole region.

Serbia is on the right track now and your president Tadic is right when he says that kosovo is not for sale at any price. I visited Serbia this summer and you have a great and beautiful country, please take care off it.. dont destroy it by living in the past, the war is over it's time to move on.

@willie garvin. You claim B92 not to write the words Jeremic spoke in Hard Talk? Well that is because it is NOT contradictory to what Tadic says, not at all. Jeremic says that if the EU conditions membership of the EU with recognising Kosovo THEN Serbia will choose not to become a member. And Tadic said the same but did not use the possible conditioning by the EU. Just learn to listen a bit better Willie! all the best for now.
@Filip, what, are you treatening or what is this? Just wake up, soon you will see that the ICJ rules about the mistakes made by the world and a frozen conflict is born. Never a member of any Int. group, always isolated, no WC Football, nor any other sport. Dream on about your funny independence. As I live in Transnistria I know how that feels!

What Serbias president is trying to achieve is absurd:becoming Eu member and at same time challenging the most important members of the EU: UK,Germany, Italy, France, Austria and more... More absurd is hoping to reverse Kosova-s independence and the will and need of more than 2 million citizens of this new country.It seems to me that the best they are hoping is to get the northern part of it where the mine of Trepca is situated.But they will have to remmember that they have Sanjak, Presevo region and Vojvodina province who used to be autonomous to worry about, as this atempt will cause a precedent who will thretten the soverenity of Serbia afterwards.

Tadic (whom I really appreciate) is a politian and as president under obligation of the constitution of Serbia. sorry, but he has no chance for any alternative idea or solution. for what reason is it necessary to repeat again and again, what everyone in Serbia knows.

as long as Kosovo remains an political issue - it will remain unsolved. the issue of Kosovo is a manifestation of cultural and social problems with a long tradition. and of course: these dimensions have undergone a shift during last decades - and this complex process is hardly reversible - at least not juridically nor politically.

to reduce "integrity" only on the territorial aspect, is an illusion. without social and cultural integrity, Kosovo will remain a province of Serbia on the paper. socially and culturally it is not such one anymore.

nobody must Serbia blackmail to "sell Kosovo" for anything and I hope, that there will be a referendum, which will show the will of Serbian citizens. they are the souvereign - and not the political parties in Serbia. such a referendum is necessary from my point of view - the discussion of SAA has shown, that the citizens are easily to manipulate by the parties and their purposes.

I am optimistic, that Serbia can achieve both goals - but of course - the process will need more time then plus the evidence for social and cultural integrity in Kosovo.

-Therefore we send back our ambassadors to the blackmailing contries.

Tadic Sachasvili & Co, what a pretty bunch they are...

B92,

Still no comment on Vuk Jeremic's words to the BBC 2 days ago. Why?

Unlike the equivocation of Tadic trying to mislead the Serbian public, Jeremic was forced into giving a straight answer by a skilled and professional journalist.

When asked if Serbia will join the EU if recognition Kosovo's independence is a condition, he replied: NO.

Listen to it here if you don't believe me: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7536925.stm It's the very last exchange on the recording.

Why aren't you and the rest of the Serbian media carrying the stories from this interview? Don't you think Serbia is ready for the 'truth' yet?

"The K.Albanians will never accept to be a part of Serbia again."

Please elaborate, what it means: "Serbia" and who are the "Serbs". Many scholars are not sure about that. Many Serbs are confused. I am not sure about that either. Please tell what you think.

Thanks.

Good for Tadic & Co. for basically sticking to their guns while shifting strategies. By showing a clear willingness to work with the EU and in meeting all outstanding commitments that have been on the books since the late 1990s, Serbia is now positioning itself for better leverage over what it sees as more important: Serbia in the EU with Kosovo.

I don't think there's any illusions that Albanian desire to be goverened by Serbs is any less vocal than Serb desire not to be governed by Albanians, but in the realistic world of diplomatic compromises, Tadic is working to place Serbia in a better position to get some tangible concessions over Kosovo - and by playing their hands to EU rules, BG is working to soften up Brussels stance that it developed while Kostunica was at the helm. Should Mladic be found by the end of the summer, BG's hand gains exponentially.

Even though that Tadic and Jeremic appears in public saying that they will continue the fight for kosovo province.

The Serbian people should watch closely this Western backed DS-SPS coalition bcoz everybody knows how powerful US/EU money is and it deceives leaders to change their political position.

EU membership + kosovo UDI recognition will never happen

The EU does not care what Serbia will or won't accept.

If you want to be part of EU, you will have to recognize Kosovo.

Otherwise you won't join. Now you can accept it or not accept it, you still won't get in.

The EU is not crazy to spend billions on Kosovo just so that Serbia can become an EU member and create even more problems for Kosovo, which would require even more billions by the EU.

The EU is the one who won't accept Serb blackmail, so you get that straight Mr. Tadic.

The 7 non-recognizers of the EU are creating one of the most embarassing foreign policy splits for the union, and topped with the Lisbon fiasco it's making the EU look like a sham.

And somehow Serbia wants to join, while telling the EU that...hey, we want to add more divisions to your policies. We want to embarass you even more on the foreign policy front. Please make us members of the EU so that we can hurt your reputation even further.

Yeah, that will fly well with Brussels.

The tuth

Your Transistria has not been recognized by the whole G 7 my dear"The truth" and your province has not gone through masacres and etnic cleansing and a Nato war etc. Neither have you been recognized by anyone as far as I know. 20 of 27 that about 75 prosent of most EU countries have recognized Kosova.
About football Kosova will soon get membership in Uefa and Fifa when even countries like San Marino and Monaco on F.irelands and Northern Ireland have been axepted so dont you vorry about football.

In its madness to please the EU bosses, Tadic and Co. seem to have forgotten one thing -

Even in case the SAA is activated and even if Serbia joins the EU as a member with conditions attached, will it withdraw in case pressure is put on it to either withdraw or support Kosovo’s membership aspirations to...!

For the time being, Serbia should forget the ‘supposed magic wand’ of EU and concentrate on being friends with those, who impose no preconditions...!