FM: ICJ won't rule in favor of independence

Unless there are political pressures, there is no chance the ICJ would rule in favor of Kosovo's independence, says Vuk Jeremić.

Izvor: Kommersant

Saturday, 21.02.2009.

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Unless there are political pressures, there is no chance the ICJ would rule in favor of Kosovo's independence, says Vuk Jeremic. Serbia last fall gained the support of the UN General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its advisory opinion on the legality of the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence. FM: ICJ won't rule in favor of independence The Serbian foreign minister told Moscow's Kommersant daily that there is "no chance whatsoever the ICJ would declare itself positively on the self-proclaimed independence" if the court manages to remain isolated from political pressures. "After that, no country will recognize Kosovo, it will not be able to join international organizations," said Jeremic. "Then, there will be only two ways out of such a situation: either Kosovo will remain some sort of a semi-state, or it will start negotiations with Belgrade," he specified. Asked whether he had any reaction from the countries that have not recognized Kosovo, to which he sent a letter asking them to send their opinion to the ICJ in the written form, Jeremic said his Russian interlocutors assured him Moscow would do this very soon. "And the Russian stance has not changed: the declaration of Kosovo's independence is a violation of the UN Charter. I expect several other countries to very shortly declare themselves in the same manner," said the foreign minister.

FM: ICJ won't rule in favor of independence

The Serbian foreign minister told Moscow's Kommersant daily that there is "no chance whatsoever the ICJ would declare itself positively on the self-proclaimed independence" if the court manages to remain isolated from political pressures.

"After that, no country will recognize Kosovo, it will not be able to join international organizations," said Jeremić.

"Then, there will be only two ways out of such a situation: either Kosovo will remain some sort of a semi-state, or it will start negotiations with Belgrade," he specified.

Asked whether he had any reaction from the countries that have not recognized Kosovo, to which he sent a letter asking them to send their opinion to the ICJ in the written form, Jeremić said his Russian interlocutors assured him Moscow would do this very soon.

"And the Russian stance has not changed: the declaration of Kosovo's independence is a violation of the UN Charter. I expect several other countries to very shortly declare themselves in the same manner," said the foreign minister.

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