“West could propose Kosovo partition”

State Secretary in Serbia’s Ministry for Kosovo, Oliver Ivanović, said that the West could propose a partition of Kosovo for pragmatic reasons.

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Sunday, 27.06.2010.

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State Secretary in Serbia’s Ministry for Kosovo, Oliver Ivanovic, said that the West could propose a partition of Kosovo for pragmatic reasons. “I am afraid of western pragmatism, because that pragmatism offers some solutions that could influence a territorial partition,” Ivanovic told daily Press. “West could propose Kosovo partition” “The question of territory will no be put on the table by us, or the Albanians,” Ivanovic said, adding that the West might realize that it cannot solve the Kosovo problem in any other way and propose a partition. “But, I repeat, it is not a question of territory in Kosovo. The identity of the Serbs is tied to Kosovo, no matter where they live, in Croatia, Serbia, Canada or America,” Ivanovic said. He denied that the Serbian government’s decision to abolish seven municipalities south of the Ibar River was a silent partition of Kosovo, and said that this “was absolutely not the idea behind it.” “We are not satisfied with a solution that is not in accordance with the Serbian Constitution and international law,” Ivanovic said. In recent talks with British Minister David Lidington, the “Cyprus model” was proposed regarding Serbia’s entrance into the EU, Ivanovic said. “This means that Serbia would enter the EU with all of its territory, including Kosovo, but when it enters the EU, European rules will not be applied to Kosovo,” Ivanovic said, adding that Cyprus entered the EU as a whole, but the European rules and visa liberalization were not implemented on the northern part of Cyprus. He said that Kosovo and Serbia have had separate mechanisms for integration since 2003, and that there is a large difference in the number of European standards achieved between the rest of Serbia and Kosovo. He said that Kosovo’s status will not be solved without Serbia, and Serbia “has no intention, now or later, to accept Kosovo independence,” Ivanovic said. When he was told that the EU does not want another Cyprus, Ivanovic said that this proposal was good because there was no other solution, and that the EU cannot leave the Balkans on the sidelines, because it would be a problem for them as well.

“West could propose Kosovo partition”

“The question of territory will no be put on the table by us, or the Albanians,” Ivanović said, adding that the West might realize that it cannot solve the Kosovo problem in any other way and propose a partition.

“But, I repeat, it is not a question of territory in Kosovo. The identity of the Serbs is tied to Kosovo, no matter where they live, in Croatia, Serbia, Canada or America,” Ivanović said.

He denied that the Serbian government’s decision to abolish seven municipalities south of the Ibar River was a silent partition of Kosovo, and said that this “was absolutely not the idea behind it.”

“We are not satisfied with a solution that is not in accordance with the Serbian Constitution and international law,” Ivanović said.

In recent talks with British Minister David Lidington, the “Cyprus model” was proposed regarding Serbia’s entrance into the EU, Ivanović said.

“This means that Serbia would enter the EU with all of its territory, including Kosovo, but when it enters the EU, European rules will not be applied to Kosovo,” Ivanović said, adding that Cyprus entered the EU as a whole, but the European rules and visa liberalization were not implemented on the northern part of Cyprus.

He said that Kosovo and Serbia have had separate mechanisms for integration since 2003, and that there is a large difference in the number of European standards achieved between the rest of Serbia and Kosovo.

He said that Kosovo’s status will not be solved without Serbia, and Serbia “has no intention, now or later, to accept Kosovo independence,” Ivanović said.

When he was told that the EU does not want another Cyprus, Ivanović said that this proposal was good because there was no other solution, and that the EU cannot leave the Balkans on the sidelines, because it would be a problem for them as well.

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