Jočić: Unilateral moves illegal and void

There is a genuine risk Kosovo Albanians may, backed by the U.S., unilaterally declare independence, Dragan Jocic warns. “The U.S. insistence on the Ahtisaari plan, coupled with recurrent statements from Pristina that independence of the province will be unilaterally declared by the end of the year signals a dangerous possibility that the Albanian separatists realize their intentions after 120 days of continued status talks,” the interior minister told Beta news agency Sunday Jocic: Unilateral moves illegal and void “Should the international community fail to timely react and condemn separatists’ intentions about making unilateral moves, such behavior can be interpreted as tacit support for the realization of a dangerous and illegal scenario,” Jocic warned. He stressed that, with that in mind, “it is of utmost importance the international community sends a clear message to Albanian separatists the unilateral proclamation of independence is an illegal and void act.” In his words, EU envoy to the mediating Troika Wofgang Ischinger should be the one to come forward with such a statement. Dragan Jocic (FoNet, archive)

Jočić: Unilateral moves illegal and void

“Should the international community fail to timely react and condemn separatists’ intentions about making unilateral moves, such behavior can be interpreted as tacit support for the realization of a dangerous and illegal scenario,” Jočić warned.

He stressed that, with that in mind, “it is of utmost importance the international community sends a clear message to Albanian separatists the unilateral proclamation of independence is an illegal and void act.”

In his words, EU envoy to the mediating Troika Wofgang Ischinger should be the one to come forward with such a statement.