Kosovo issue must be solved, EP rapporteur says

European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin has said that “freezing” of the Kosovo issue would isolate Serbia and its economy.

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Sunday, 17.03.2013.

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NOVI SAD European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin has said that “freezing” of the Kosovo issue would isolate Serbia and its economy. “Unregulated relations between Serbia and Kosovo would block European integrations but what is more important, they would put a red flag on Serbia in the eyes of foreign investors,” he told Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik. Kosovo issue must be solved, EP rapporteur says Kacin added that this would freeze Serbia’s EU integration process, significantly slow down Kosovo’s integration and the integration of the entire region. “No club wants to import instability in its front yard, including the EU, especially after divided Cyprus joined the Union in 2004. Almost all Serbian and Kosovo leaders are aware of this and this is why I am convinced that the issue will not be frozen,” he was quoted as saying. According to the EP rapporteur, the Ahtisaari plan represents an “excellent” foundation for the organization of Kosovo and minority rights. He reiterated that partition of Kosovo was “absolutely unacceptable” because it would open Pandora’s Box of new demands for partition of countries in the Western Balkans and other places. “Kosovo is defined as a political, geographical, historical and economic unit. Kosovo can be a multinational, multicultural and multiconfessional society of all citizens,” Kacin concluded. Jelko Kacin (Beta, file) Beta

Kosovo issue must be solved, EP rapporteur says

Kacin added that this would freeze Serbia’s EU integration process, significantly slow down Kosovo’s integration and the integration of the entire region.

“No club wants to import instability in its front yard, including the EU, especially after divided Cyprus joined the Union in 2004. Almost all Serbian and Kosovo leaders are aware of this and this is why I am convinced that the issue will not be frozen,” he was quoted as saying.

According to the EP rapporteur, the Ahtisaari plan represents an “excellent” foundation for the organization of Kosovo and minority rights.

He reiterated that partition of Kosovo was “absolutely unacceptable” because it would open Pandora’s Box of new demands for partition of countries in the Western Balkans and other places.

“Kosovo is defined as a political, geographical, historical and economic unit. Kosovo can be a multinational, multicultural and multiconfessional society of all citizens,” Kacin concluded.

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