Priština: Tadić speech overstepped mark

Kosovo officials say that President Boris Tadić’s statement during his <a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=04&dd=17&nav_id=58569" class="text-link" target= "_blank">visit to the Visoki Dečani monastery</a> went beyond an Easter message of peace.

Izvor: Beta

Tuesday, 21.04.2009.

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Kosovo officials say that President Boris Tadic’s statement during his visit to the Visoki Decani monastery went beyond an Easter message of peace. Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuqi told Radio Free Europe that Tadic’s message from Decani would be carefully analyzed: “We can’t say that he wasn’t reserved, but in certain lines he transcended what was agreed with the international community. We’ll analyze and make our own appraisal,” said Kuqi. Pristina: Tadic speech overstepped mark Ahead of his visit to Kosovo, Tadic informed the EU representative to Belgrade that he would be travelling to Decani for the Orthodox Easter, asking him to guarantee the conditions for the visit to pass off in normal conditions. EU High Representative Pieter Feith, who received the request, consulted with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, who, it was stated by his cabinet, approved the visit, treating it as a private visit to mark a religious holiday. At the same time, he called on the Serbian president to "withhold from making any remarks that were in breach of the Kosovo constitution, or which called into question Kosovo’s independence". In High Decani, Tadic said that he had come to send a message of peace to both Albanians and Serbs “in Kosovo, in our Serbia.” Kuqi said that the government would be assessing the statement from all sides. Under the constitution, the Kosovo institutions are the only authority that can permit or veto a visit by foreign statesmen. This was confirmed by the EU special envoy to Kosovo’s spokeswoman Julia Rueter, who said that the EU could neither approve nor prohibit such visits. Authority and responsibility for this lay solely in the hands of the Kosovo government, said Rueter. “The Kosovo authorities are entitled to decide on requests in line with their procedures. The role of the EU special envoy is more to give advice and support to the authorities in Kosovo, to help find practical solutions for certain issues, and to ensure that pragmatic solutions are chosen. The Kosovo institutions will evaluate all requests,” she said. Unlike previous cases, this is the first time that Serbian officials have informed the EU special envoy, rather than UNMIK, of an intended visit. Thus far the Kosovo authorities have prohibited Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanovic, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas and members of the parliament’s Kosovo Committee from entering the province "for failure to respect the constitution and procedural laws for visits to Kosovo". Boris Tadic (Beta, archive)

Priština: Tadić speech overstepped mark

Ahead of his visit to Kosovo, Tadić informed the EU representative to Belgrade that he would be travelling to Dečani for the Orthodox Easter, asking him to guarantee the conditions for the visit to pass off in normal conditions.

EU High Representative Pieter Feith, who received the request, consulted with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, who, it was stated by his cabinet, approved the visit, treating it as a private visit to mark a religious holiday.

At the same time, he called on the Serbian president to "withhold from making any remarks that were in breach of the Kosovo constitution, or which called into question Kosovo’s independence".

In High Dečani, Tadić said that he had come to send a message of peace to both Albanians and Serbs “in Kosovo, in our Serbia.”

Kuqi said that the government would be assessing the statement from all sides.

Under the constitution, the Kosovo institutions are the only authority that can permit or veto a visit by foreign statesmen.

This was confirmed by the EU special envoy to Kosovo’s spokeswoman Julia Rueter, who said that the EU could neither approve nor prohibit such visits.

Authority and responsibility for this lay solely in the hands of the Kosovo government, said Rueter.

“The Kosovo authorities are entitled to decide on requests in line with their procedures. The role of the EU special envoy is more to give advice and support to the authorities in Kosovo, to help find practical solutions for certain issues, and to ensure that pragmatic solutions are chosen. The Kosovo institutions will evaluate all requests,” she said.

Unlike previous cases, this is the first time that Serbian officials have informed the EU special envoy, rather than UNMIK, of an intended visit.

Thus far the Kosovo authorities have prohibited Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas and members of the parliament’s Kosovo Committee from entering the province "for failure to respect the constitution and procedural laws for visits to Kosovo".

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