Russian parliament: Close Hague, renew Kosovo talks

The deputies of the Russian Duma on Friday addressed the issue of Kosovo and the Un war crimes tribunal at the Hague.

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 21.03.2009.

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The deputies of the Russian Duma on Friday addressed the issue of Kosovo and the Un war crimes tribunal at the Hague. They urged president Dmitry Medvedev and PM Vladimir Putin, to make "every possible effort so that the negotiations on Kosovo's status could be renewed with full respect of UN Security Council Resolution 1244", and called for the termination of the mandate of the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, informally known as the Hague Tribunal. Russian parliament: Close Hague, renew Kosovo talks "As long as a solution which both sides will find as satisfactory is not reached and a corresponding legal decision adopted, Kosovo and Metohija will continue to be an integral part of Serbia," the lower house of the Russian parliament stated in a declaration which it adopted on the occasion of the approaching 10th anniversary of NATO's attack against Serbia and then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ). The deputies pointed out that any activities which were made bypassing the UN and which violated international law, could in no way whatsoever contribute to the settlement of complicated conflicts and the stabilization of the situation in the world. NATO's military operation against one sovereign state has led to the illegal self-proclamation of Kosovo independence, the Duma concluded. Also in Moscow on Friday, Duma's Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Kosntantin Kosachev said that "the sole way of resolving the Kosovo issue is the one chosen by the Serbian authorities" and that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will return the Kosovo issue to the legal track. Serbia last year gained support at the UN General Assembly to ask the ICJ for its opinion on the legality of the Kosovo Albanians' independence proclamation, made in February 2008, and rejected by Belgrade as illegal. In his address to the Duma after it adopted the declaration, Kosachev noted that in international institutions, "Serbia opposes the self-proclaimed Kosovo independence and its recognition by the majority of Western countries". "The ICJ is considering Serbia's request, but it can already be said with conviction that there are no bases for justifying Kosovo's sovereignty," he said.

Russian parliament: Close Hague, renew Kosovo talks

"As long as a solution which both sides will find as satisfactory is not reached and a corresponding legal decision adopted, Kosovo and Metohija will continue to be an integral part of Serbia," the lower house of the Russian parliament stated in a declaration which it adopted on the occasion of the approaching 10th anniversary of NATO's attack against Serbia and then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ).

The deputies pointed out that any activities which were made bypassing the UN and which violated international law, could in no way whatsoever contribute to the settlement of complicated conflicts and the stabilization of the situation in the world.

NATO's military operation against one sovereign state has led to the illegal self-proclamation of Kosovo independence, the Duma concluded.

Also in Moscow on Friday, Duma's Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Kosntantin Kosachev said that "the sole way of resolving the Kosovo issue is the one chosen by the Serbian authorities" and that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will return the Kosovo issue to the legal track.

Serbia last year gained support at the UN General Assembly to ask the ICJ for its opinion on the legality of the Kosovo Albanians' independence proclamation, made in February 2008, and rejected by Belgrade as illegal.

In his address to the Duma after it adopted the declaration, Kosachev noted that in international institutions, "Serbia opposes the self-proclaimed Kosovo independence and its recognition by the majority of Western countries".

"The ICJ is considering Serbia's request, but it can already be said with conviction that there are no bases for justifying Kosovo's sovereignty," he said.

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