Lavrov: Russia won’t recognize Kosovo
There can be no talk of any kind of Russian recognition of Kosovo, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Friday, 20.02.2009.
14:01
There can be no talk of any kind of Russian recognition of Kosovo, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov made the statement following a meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, in response to Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s claim in yesterday’s daily Politka that Russia would recognize Kosovo. Lavrov: Russia won’t recognize Kosovo “"I think Mr. Thaci is indulging in wishful thinking,” said Lavrov, adding that, “Thaci certainly is not the person who should be speaking on the Russian Federation’s behalf.” “Russia’s stance has been expressed by its leadership, something I confirmed today. There can be no kind of ambiguity,” he said, according to the Russian Itar-Tass agency. Meanwhile, President Boris Tadic has said that the situation in Kosovo is extremely bad. Speaking to Russian daily Vremya Novosti, he said that Belgrade would never stop pursuing its legitimate interests nor accept Pristina’s unilaterally declared independence. Asked about Thaci’s recent statement qualifying Kosovo as a “democratic state”, Tadic first pointed out that the level of human rights protection in Kosovo was the lowest possible in Europe. “Let’s look at it on the basis of how many people have returned to Kosovo, those who were exiled from their homes. Let’s look at it on the basis of those people in Kosovo who have been charged with war crimes,” he said. Tadic also observed that Serb community representatives in Kosovo were very vulnerable, and warned that they continued to received threats to this day, “unambiguously and practically all the time.” “The Kosovo administration, the Pristina administration, wants to usurp our centuries-old existence in Kosovo, and our Serbian Orthodox monasteries, and declare it so-called Kosovar cultural heritage,” he said. “That is something which is simply unimaginable, impermissible from the perspective of preserving national identity. It threatens the fundamental human rights of the Serb people in Kosovo,” Tadic concluded.
Lavrov: Russia won’t recognize Kosovo
“"I think Mr. Thaci is indulging in wishful thinking,” said Lavrov, adding that, “Thaci certainly is not the person who should be speaking on the Russian Federation’s behalf.”“Russia’s stance has been expressed by its leadership, something I confirmed today. There can be no kind of ambiguity,” he said, according to the Russian Itar-Tass agency.
Meanwhile, President Boris Tadić has said that the situation in Kosovo is extremely bad.
Speaking to Russian daily Vremya Novosti, he said that Belgrade would never stop pursuing its legitimate interests nor accept Priština’s unilaterally declared independence.
Asked about Thaci’s recent statement qualifying Kosovo as a “democratic state”, Tadić first pointed out that the level of human rights protection in Kosovo was the lowest possible in Europe.
“Let’s look at it on the basis of how many people have returned to Kosovo, those who were exiled from their homes. Let’s look at it on the basis of those people in Kosovo who have been charged with war crimes,” he said.
Tadić also observed that Serb community representatives in Kosovo were very vulnerable, and warned that they continued to received threats to this day, “unambiguously and practically all the time.”
“The Kosovo administration, the Priština administration, wants to usurp our centuries-old existence in Kosovo, and our Serbian Orthodox monasteries, and declare it so-called Kosovar cultural heritage,” he said.
“That is something which is simply unimaginable, impermissible from the perspective of preserving national identity. It threatens the fundamental human rights of the Serb people in Kosovo,” Tadić concluded.
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