Debate over Hong Kong model for Kosovo

Vuk Jeremic says that Belgrade is showing how essential autonomy can be implemented with the Hong Kong model. The Foreign Minister told B92 that there are similarities between the statuses of Kosovo and Hong Kong, but that Belgrade used the idea to show that the proposal of essential autonomy is realistic. Debate over Hong Kong model for Kosovo Jeremic added that in any case, the suggestion of autonomy offers more possibilities to the Kosovo Albanians than the Hong Kong model does. “I agree that one difference between Kosovo and Hong Kong is that the Chinese live on both sides of the administrative border. But, there is a similarity on both sides of the border in our case, and that is an economic system,” Jeremic said. Political analyst Bosko Jaksic, however, a guest on the same B92 TV program, said that it is "too late for Belgrade to work with such a proposal," and that it has "more holes in it than Swiss cheese.” Jaksic , a columnist for daily Politika, said that a confederation is a much more realistic solution. “The only possibility is ‘lose-lose.’ In other words, both sides must be unsatisfied, and create a balance in the lack of satisfaction." "Whether someone will be more or less unsatisfied is not important, what is important is that both sides be dissatisfied because there will then be no winners,” Jaksic said. “Also, there is the argument that because of the galactic distance in the stances of Belgrade and Pristina, only a solution imposed on both sides can work,” Jaksic said. He added that such a move would also benefit Russia and the U.S., because "they do not intend to spend years solving the Kosovo issue." Vuk Jeremic (Beta)

Debate over Hong Kong model for Kosovo

Jeremić added that in any case, the suggestion of autonomy offers more possibilities to the Kosovo Albanians than the Hong Kong model does.

“I agree that one difference between Kosovo and Hong Kong is that the Chinese live on both sides of the administrative border. But, there is a similarity on both sides of the border in our case, and that is an economic system,” Jeremić said.

Political analyst Boško Jakšić, however, a guest on the same B92 TV program, said that it is "too late for Belgrade to work with such a proposal," and that it has "more holes in it than Swiss cheese.”

Jakšić , a columnist for daily Politika, said that a confederation is a much more realistic solution.

“The only possibility is ‘lose-lose.’ In other words, both sides must be unsatisfied, and create a balance in the lack of satisfaction."

"Whether someone will be more or less unsatisfied is not important, what is important is that both sides be dissatisfied because there will then be no winners,” Jakšić said.

“Also, there is the argument that because of the galactic distance in the stances of Belgrade and Priština, only a solution imposed on both sides can work,” Jakšić said.

He added that such a move would also benefit Russia and the U.S., because "they do not intend to spend years solving the Kosovo issue."