Serbian PM confers with UN secretary general

Serbia’s PM Ivica Dačić met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ahead on a UN Security Council session on Kosovo on Friday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 22.03.2013.

11:55

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NEW YORK Serbia’s PM Ivica Dacic met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ahead on a UN Security Council session on Kosovo on Friday. Dacic informed Ban about the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and said that UNMIK should have a leading role in Kosovo. Serbian PM confers with UN secretary general “I pointed out our determination to believe that the UN Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, should continue to have a leading, key role as a factor of peace and stability in Kosovo and that contrary to Pristina’s position, we want the mission to become stronger,” the Serbian prime minister said. According to him, even though UNMIK’s budget has been cut due to the difficult economic situation, the mission’s presence means a lot to Serbia in terms of protection of its religious and cultural heritage and the security of Serbs in northern Kosovo, their property and returnees. Dacic added that he Ban had also discussed the Hague Tribunal and Serbia’s initiative to allow Serbian citizens convicted in The Hague to serve their sentences in Serbia “or in worst case in the countries of the region”. “I talked with the secretary general about our police officers’ participation in missions and he is very pleased that Serbia this way supports establishment of peace worldwide,” he said. The prime minister noted that he had also talked to Russian Permament Representative to the Security Council Vitaly Churkin and thanked him for his country’s support to Serbia. “I informed him about the dialogue. I informed him that the fact that Serbia was leading the dialogue did not mean any change of our principled stance about the status issue. This means that Serbia will not change its position and will not recognize Kosovo and Metohija’s independence,” he underscored. Dacic told Churkin that just because progress was made in the dialogue should not prompt some countries to change their stance on the issue of Kosovo’s status. “Our dialogue is held in terms of finding a peaceful and sustainable solution for current problems in Kosovo and Metohija, solving the issue of parallelism of institutions,” he said and added that Churkin believed that Russia would not change its position and that it supported Serbia’s stance on the Kosovo issue. Ivica Dacic and Ban Ki-moon (Serbian Interior Ministry) Tanjug

Serbian PM confers with UN secretary general

“I pointed out our determination to believe that the UN Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, should continue to have a leading, key role as a factor of peace and stability in Kosovo and that contrary to Priština’s position, we want the mission to become stronger,” the Serbian prime minister said.

According to him, even though UNMIK’s budget has been cut due to the difficult economic situation, the mission’s presence means a lot to Serbia in terms of protection of its religious and cultural heritage and the security of Serbs in northern Kosovo, their property and returnees.

Dačić added that he Ban had also discussed the Hague Tribunal and Serbia’s initiative to allow Serbian citizens convicted in The Hague to serve their sentences in Serbia “or in worst case in the countries of the region”.

“I talked with the secretary general about our police officers’ participation in missions and he is very pleased that Serbia this way supports establishment of peace worldwide,” he said.

The prime minister noted that he had also talked to Russian Permament Representative to the Security Council Vitaly Churkin and thanked him for his country’s support to Serbia.

“I informed him about the dialogue. I informed him that the fact that Serbia was leading the dialogue did not mean any change of our principled stance about the status issue. This means that Serbia will not change its position and will not recognize Kosovo and Metohija’s independence,” he underscored.

Dačić told Churkin that just because progress was made in the dialogue should not prompt some countries to change their stance on the issue of Kosovo’s status.

“Our dialogue is held in terms of finding a peaceful and sustainable solution for current problems in Kosovo and Metohija, solving the issue of parallelism of institutions,” he said and added that Churkin believed that Russia would not change its position and that it supported Serbia’s stance on the Kosovo issue.

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