Peace has no alternative, says Tadić

President Boris Tadic stated on Saturday evening that, after the painful experiences of the 1990s, Serbia's most important goal is to preserve peace. This is because only a peaceful policy can yield results in the fight for the protection of the interests of Serbia and the Serbian people, said he. Peace has no alternative, says Tadic At the parliament session on Kosovo-Metohija, Tadic stated that the situation in Kosovo-Metohija is difficult and dramatic, as any conflict in the Western Balkans can grow into violence with human casualties. He said he is joining the majority of the citizens of the Western Balkans, who believe that only a peaceful policy is the policy of the future, and that it has no alternative. The position that Serbia is a country of peace and a regional guarantor of peace is, as Tadic explained, Serbia's strongest argument before international institutions. With a different policy, Serbia would immediately give up on its interests, and the proof for that are the 1990s, that one must draw lessons from, he said. Tadic said that the issue of Kosovo-Metohija has regional and global dimensions, and that Serbia has responsibility not only towards its citizens, but also to the entire world, which could experience a chain reaction if a new conflict broke out in the province. Admitting that sometimes international factors have no understanding for the nature of conflicts on the Western Balkans, or the nature of the necessary solutions, Tadic stated that Serbia nevertheless cannot resolve issues without cooperation with those factors. The Serbian president said that he believes the support of certain countries to the embargo imposed by Pristina on the import of goods from central Serbia as very harmful and contrary to the basic principles of modern Europe. Tadic stated that Serbia will not fight a war as it is a country of peace, and this is its strongest argument. "The democratic Serbia wants to build peace on the entire territory of the Western Balkans, particularly in the southern province, as our politics is peaceful and will remain as such," Tadic said. "Serbia is a country of peace, and wants peace for all the people and nations of the Southeast Europe, and that is the central point of our policy," Tadic underscored. Boris Tadic (Beta)

Peace has no alternative, says Tadić

At the parliament session on Kosovo-Metohija, Tadić stated that the situation in Kosovo-Metohija is difficult and dramatic, as any conflict in the Western Balkans can grow into violence with human casualties.

He said he is joining the majority of the citizens of the Western Balkans, who believe that only a peaceful policy is the policy of the future, and that it has no alternative.

The position that Serbia is a country of peace and a regional guarantor of peace is, as Tadić explained, Serbia's strongest argument before international institutions.

With a different policy, Serbia would immediately give up on its interests, and the proof for that are the 1990s, that one must draw lessons from, he said.

Tadić said that the issue of Kosovo-Metohija has regional and global dimensions, and that Serbia has responsibility not only towards its citizens, but also to the entire world, which could experience a chain reaction if a new conflict broke out in the province.

Admitting that sometimes international factors have no understanding for the nature of conflicts on the Western Balkans, or the nature of the necessary solutions, Tadić stated that Serbia nevertheless cannot resolve issues without cooperation with those factors.

The Serbian president said that he believes the support of certain countries to the embargo imposed by Pristina on the import of goods from central Serbia as very harmful and contrary to the basic principles of modern Europe.

Tadić stated that Serbia will not fight a war as it is a country of peace, and this is its strongest argument.

"The democratic Serbia wants to build peace on the entire territory of the Western Balkans, particularly in the southern province, as our politics is peaceful and will remain as such," Tadić said.

"Serbia is a country of peace, and wants peace for all the people and nations of the Southeast Europe, and that is the central point of our policy," Tadić underscored.