Russians on ICJ "political games"

The head of the Russian delegation to the Council of Europe says the International Court of Justice should declare Kosovo's attempt to secede to be illegal.

Izvor: Veèernje novosti

Wednesday, 06.05.2009.

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The head of the Russian delegation to the Council of Europe says the International Court of Justice should declare Kosovo's attempt to secede to be illegal. Konstantin Kosachov told Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti that there is a possibility that this court will again start playing political games and making decisions not based on law. Russians on ICJ "political games" "That would be a great defeat for international law and the court," he warned. Asked whether Serbia's possible EU membership would affect the country's ties with Russia, including Moscow's position on Kosovo, Kosachov said that initially, when the EU started accepting eastern European countries, there was a lot of "nervousness", but that later on, "we saw that this brought no essential problems, rather it created new possibilities on many occasions". NATO membership, Kosachev continued, is another matter, "but I think there are no serious discussion on this issue in Serbia at the moment". He also ruled out the possibility that Kosovo could one day join the Council of Europe. "In any case, not while there's disunity within the EU. Anyway, the Russian position will not change. It is important that Russia and Serbia do not stand alone. We need other countries in order to block attempts to legalize Kosovo's independence," Kosachov explained.

Russians on ICJ "political games"

"That would be a great defeat for international law and the court," he warned.

Asked whether Serbia's possible EU membership would affect the country's ties with Russia, including Moscow's position on Kosovo, Kosachov said that initially, when the EU started accepting eastern European countries, there was a lot of "nervousness", but that later on, "we saw that this brought no essential problems, rather it created new possibilities on many occasions".

NATO membership, Kosachev continued, is another matter, "but I think there are no serious discussion on this issue in Serbia at the moment".

He also ruled out the possibility that Kosovo could one day join the Council of Europe.

"In any case, not while there's disunity within the EU. Anyway, the Russian position will not change. It is important that Russia and Serbia do not stand alone. We need other countries in order to block attempts to legalize Kosovo's independence," Kosachov explained.

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