Rumors rife of Kosovo Serb assembly

A Kosovo Serb assembly will be formed on February 15 in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, says Priština daily Zeri.

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A Kosovo Serb assembly will be formed on February 15 in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, says Pristina daily Zeri. The move is an initiative conceived by Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic. Rumors rife of Kosovo Serb assembly “That way, Kostunica and Samardzic would finalize the plan to create a separate political and territorial Serb entity with special links to Serbia,“ says Zeri. The daily reiterates that such an initiative was presented at the start of the Vienna talks in February 2006. Albanian leaders in Pristina vehemently oppose the plan. “That sort of assembly would not be legal and would not represent the citizens of Kosovo. No other institutions, save those elected by the free will of the citizens is legitimate in Kosovo,“ said Xhavit Beqiri, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu’s spokesman. Beqiri added that “no Kosovo Serb assembly, anywhere in Kosovo, can help the citizens of Kosovo, not even the Serbs.“ The president’s spokesman repeated the Kosovo institutions’ call to the Serbs to become an active part of the province’s social and political life. Zeri says that the UN administration reacted when Samardzic opened a Serbian Kosovo Ministry office in northern Mitrovica. UNMIK does not wish to comment on the possible formation of a Kosovo Serb assembly, and is waiting for instructions from New York. “We won’t comment on anything that has not yet happened. We need to wait and see how things develop in the future,“ UNMIK spokesman Alexander Ivanko told Zeri.

Rumors rife of Kosovo Serb assembly

“That way, Koštunica and Samardžić would finalize the plan to create a separate political and territorial Serb entity with special links to Serbia,“ says Zeri.

The daily reiterates that such an initiative was presented at the start of the Vienna talks in February 2006.

Albanian leaders in Priština vehemently oppose the plan.

“That sort of assembly would not be legal and would not represent the citizens of Kosovo. No other institutions, save those elected by the free will of the citizens is legitimate in Kosovo,“ said Xhavit Beqiri, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu’s spokesman.

Beqiri added that “no Kosovo Serb assembly, anywhere in Kosovo, can help the citizens of Kosovo, not even the Serbs.“

The president’s spokesman repeated the Kosovo institutions’ call to the Serbs to become an active part of the province’s social and political life.

Zeri says that the UN administration reacted when Samardžić opened a Serbian Kosovo Ministry office in northern Mitrovica.

UNMIK does not wish to comment on the possible formation of a Kosovo Serb assembly, and is waiting for instructions from New York.

“We won’t comment on anything that has not yet happened. We need to wait and see how things develop in the future,“ UNMIK spokesman Alexander Ivanko told Zeri.

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