FM: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić told the BBC on Saturday that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo's independence.

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 15.02.2009.

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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told the BBC on Saturday that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo's independence. He also said that the issue of the province's future status and Serbia's bid to join the EU are two separate processes and that this is the official policy both in Belgrade and in Brussels. FM: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo Speaking almost a year after Kosovo's Albanians unilaterally declared independence – which Serbia rejected as an illegal act – Jeremic said that five EU member states have not recognized that proclamation and that, according to announcements coming from those countries, they will not do so in the future. He repeated that Serbia is using only peaceful and legal means in order to solve the Kosovo problem, and reminded that the case of the declaration's legality is now at the International Court of Justice. Asked about Serbia's cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, Jeremic said that the government is doing everything to arrest the remaining two indictees – former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, and former Croatian Serb political leader Goran Hadzic. He also pointed out that "44 persons from Serbia" are in the tribunal's detention unit. The foreign minister said that Serbia is doing everything to locate, arrest and extradite the fugitives and close that chapter.

FM: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo

Speaking almost a year after Kosovo's Albanians unilaterally declared independence – which Serbia rejected as an illegal act – Jeremić said that five EU member states have not recognized that proclamation and that, according to announcements coming from those countries, they will not do so in the future.

He repeated that Serbia is using only peaceful and legal means in order to solve the Kosovo problem, and reminded that the case of the declaration's legality is now at the International Court of Justice.

Asked about Serbia's cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, Jeremić said that the government is doing everything to arrest the remaining two indictees – former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić, and former Croatian Serb political leader Goran Hadžić.

He also pointed out that "44 persons from Serbia" are in the tribunal's detention unit.

The foreign minister said that Serbia is doing everything to locate, arrest and extradite the fugitives and close that chapter.

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