Koštunica: Unilateral independence – political crime

Serbia will make clear that Kosovo will not be independent, Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica says.

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Wednesday, 26.09.2007.

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Serbia will make clear that Kosovo will not be independent, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica says. Belgrade's message, as Serbian government and Kosovo Albanian teams meet for direct talks Friday, will be that the province cannot become an independent country and that a unilateral proclamation of independence would represent “political gangland,” Kostunica said Wednesday, ahead of his departure for New York. Kostunica: Unilateral independence – political crime “We will make it clear at the negotiations in New York that Kosovo will not be independent,” Kostunica underlined in an interview to Tanjug news agency. The prime minister also pointed to the fact that there was "an essential difference between an independent country and unilateral independence." “This is a difference between the legitimate and that contrary to law, that which represents an illegal existence, i.e. some kind of political gangland,” Kostunica said. "For Serbia, all the documents referring to unilateral independence are illegal and, therefore, invalid,” he said. “All the member states of the UN, and therefore the United States as well, have an explicit international obligation to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia, which is guaranteed by the UN Charter and which is explicitly confirmed by Resolution 1244." "The respect of international law represents the only path that can bring us to a compromise and lasting solution,” Kostunica told the agency. The prime minister and President Boris Tadic will on Sept. 26 in New York meet with the Pristina delegation representing ethnic Albanian leadership for direct talks. Vojislav Kostunica (FoNet, archive)

Koštunica: Unilateral independence – political crime

“We will make it clear at the negotiations in New York that Kosovo will not be independent,” Koštunica underlined in an interview to Tanjug news agency.

The prime minister also pointed to the fact that there was "an essential difference between an independent country and unilateral independence."

“This is a difference between the legitimate and that contrary to law, that which represents an illegal existence, i.e. some kind of political gangland,” Koštunica said.

"For Serbia, all the documents referring to unilateral independence are illegal and, therefore, invalid,” he said.

“All the member states of the UN, and therefore the United States as well, have an explicit international obligation to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia, which is guaranteed by the UN Charter and which is explicitly confirmed by Resolution 1244."

"The respect of international law represents the only path that can bring us to a compromise and lasting solution,” Koštunica told the agency.

The prime minister and President Boris Tadić will on Sept. 26 in New York meet with the Priština delegation representing ethnic Albanian leadership for direct talks.

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