"Serbia won't recognize Abkhazia, S. Ossetia"

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has said that Serbia is not going to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 24.09.2008.

11:45

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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has said that Serbia is not going to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia. "We are not going to do that," Jeremic said in an interview to the Vienna daily Die Presse. "Serbia won't recognize Abkhazia, S. Ossetia" "We are grateful for the support Moscow is giving us over Kosovo, but what we have here is a protection of our national interests," he underlined, adding that "we are not a part of some Russian policy". The foreign minister voiced his belief that no agreement will be reached between Russia and the United States on the recognitions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Kosovo. "Russia has given us assurances that it will not change its position on Kosovo," he pointed out, adding that as far as the province was concerned, Serbia will continue to use diplomatic means. "The sovereignty and territorial integrity of internationally recognized countries is something what we regard as sacrosanct, whether it be Serbia, or any other country in the world," Jeremic continued. "When Kosovo declared its independence unilaterally, we warned that it represented a dangerous precedent," he said. "Some countries thought that Kosovo was a special case and that an exception to the rule should be made, but this is very dangerous," Jeremic noted. "When someone makes an exception under international law, they must know that someone else in some other part of the world will do the same," the foreign minister told the Austrian newspaper.

"Serbia won't recognize Abkhazia, S. Ossetia"

"We are grateful for the support Moscow is giving us over Kosovo, but what we have here is a protection of our national interests," he underlined, adding that "we are not a part of some Russian policy".

The foreign minister voiced his belief that no agreement will be reached between Russia and the United States on the recognitions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Kosovo.

"Russia has given us assurances that it will not change its position on Kosovo," he pointed out, adding that as far as the province was concerned, Serbia will continue to use diplomatic means.

"The sovereignty and territorial integrity of internationally recognized countries is something what we regard as sacrosanct, whether it be Serbia, or any other country in the world," Jeremić continued.

"When Kosovo declared its independence unilaterally, we warned that it represented a dangerous precedent," he said.

"Some countries thought that Kosovo was a special case and that an exception to the rule should be made, but this is very dangerous," Jeremić noted.

"When someone makes an exception under international law, they must know that someone else in some other part of the world will do the same," the foreign minister told the Austrian newspaper.

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