"Serbian MUP offices operating in Kosovo"
UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker says that Serbian MUP offices are operating in Kosovo, but denies this is UNMIK’s fault.
Saturday, 05.04.2008.
11:23
UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker says that Serbian MUP offices are operating in Kosovo, but denies this is UNMIK’s fault. “The truth is that there are parallel security structures,” says Ruecker in today’s edition of Pristina daily Koha Ditore, adding that it has been impossible for UNMIK to achieve everything that it wanted to. "Serbian MUP offices operating in Kosovo" However, he says that “certain parallel structures will be legalized, as envisaged by the Ahtisaari Plan.” “I’m thinking in particular about structures in the fields of health and education. I don’t think that the presence of parallel Serbian MUP structures in Kosovo is in line with our existing legal framework,” says the UNMIK chief in his first interview since returning to the province after a break of several weeks. Deputy UNMIK Police Commissioner Jim Lias and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) official Reshat Maliqi said at the end of last month that they had no knowledge of the existence of Serbian MUP stations in Kosovo. Ruecker was not in Kosovo during the March 17 riots, but in today’s interview, he offers his full support to his deputy, Larry Rossin, while, at the same time, refusing to speak about any differences of opinion with UN Regional Administrator in Kosovska Mitrovica Gerald Galluci. Asked about the organization of Serbian local and parliamentary elections in Kosovo, the UNMIK chief said that according to Security Council Resolution 1244, “UNMIK runs Kosovo, and Belgrade should respect that.” He said that “only UNMIK is authorized to organize elections in Kosovo,” and expressed the hope that “Belgrade, because it says that it respects Resolution 1244, will not organize municipal elections in Kosovo.” “We will insist that Belgrade clarifies whether it plans to organize municipal elections in Kosovo without UNMIK’s consent, and then we’ll see how this matter will unfold,” said Ruecker. Asked how UNMIK would react if Serbia went ahead with elections without UNMIK approval, he replied that that “would simply mean that those elections in Kosovo would be invalid.” The UNMIK chief said that the UN administration “will have its response for Serbia on that matter in the next few days.” Joachim Ruecker (FoNet, archive)
"Serbian MUP offices operating in Kosovo"
However, he says that “certain parallel structures will be legalized, as envisaged by the Ahtisaari Plan.”“I’m thinking in particular about structures in the fields of health and education. I don’t think that the presence of parallel Serbian MUP structures in Kosovo is in line with our existing legal framework,” says the UNMIK chief in his first interview since returning to the province after a break of several weeks.
Deputy UNMIK Police Commissioner Jim Lias and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) official Reshat Maliqi said at the end of last month that they had no knowledge of the existence of Serbian MUP stations in Kosovo.
Ruecker was not in Kosovo during the March 17 riots, but in today’s interview, he offers his full support to his deputy, Larry Rossin, while, at the same time, refusing to speak about any differences of opinion with UN Regional Administrator in Kosovska Mitrovica Gerald Galluci.
Asked about the organization of Serbian local and parliamentary elections in Kosovo, the UNMIK chief said that according to Security Council Resolution 1244, “UNMIK runs Kosovo, and Belgrade should respect that.”
He said that “only UNMIK is authorized to organize elections in Kosovo,” and expressed the hope that “Belgrade, because it says that it respects Resolution 1244, will not organize municipal elections in Kosovo.”
“We will insist that Belgrade clarifies whether it plans to organize municipal elections in Kosovo without UNMIK’s consent, and then we’ll see how this matter will unfold,” said Ruecker.
Asked how UNMIK would react if Serbia went ahead with elections without UNMIK approval, he replied that that “would simply mean that those elections in Kosovo would be invalid.”
The UNMIK chief said that the UN administration “will have its response for Serbia on that matter in the next few days.”
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