Jeremić: EULEX acceptable, with conditions

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said in New York Friday that the conditions under which EULEX would be acceptable "are clear". This EU mission will not get UN Security Council support without Serbia's acceptance, he said. Jeremic: EULEX acceptable, with conditions "Any international civilian presence in Kosovo must be in keeping with the UN SC Resolution 1244 and be status neutral and must not implement Ahtisaari's plan," Jeremic told Serbian state TV RTS. Serbia may consider possible reconfiguration of the international civilian presence in Kosovo, provided it complies with these principles, he continued. The foreign minister pointed to the importance of the six-point plan set out by UN Secretary General ban Ki-Moon in his letter to President Boris Tadic, including continued presence of UN institutions in part of Kosovo with a majority Serb population. "Deployment of a civilian mission in Kosovo will not be legal is the UN SC does not agree on its neutrality regarding status and any mission in Kosovo must have UN SC approval," he said. Jeremic added he was assured by Russia that it will support Serbia's stand. "If the mission were to endanger Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity in any way, even implicitly, and if it is not committed to neutrality regarding status and to compliance with Resolution 1244, Russia will not support it in the UN SC," he said. "If these principles are not accepted, there will be no room in Kosovo for any mission but UNMIK," Jeremic concluded.

Jeremić: EULEX acceptable, with conditions

"Any international civilian presence in Kosovo must be in keeping with the UN SC Resolution 1244 and be status neutral and must not implement Ahtisaari's plan," Jeremić told Serbian state TV RTS.

Serbia may consider possible reconfiguration of the international civilian presence in Kosovo, provided it complies with these principles, he continued.

The foreign minister pointed to the importance of the six-point plan set out by UN Secretary General ban Ki-Moon in his letter to President Boris Tadić, including continued presence of UN institutions in part of Kosovo with a majority Serb population.

"Deployment of a civilian mission in Kosovo will not be legal is the UN SC does not agree on its neutrality regarding status and any mission in Kosovo must have UN SC approval," he said.

Jeremić added he was assured by Russia that it will support Serbia's stand.

"If the mission were to endanger Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity in any way, even implicitly, and if it is not committed to neutrality regarding status and to compliance with Resolution 1244, Russia will not support it in the UN SC," he said.

"If these principles are not accepted, there will be no room in Kosovo for any mission but UNMIK," Jeremić concluded.