Should policy toward Kosovo be reexamined?

A possible delay in Serbia's further steps toward the EU is increasingly posing the question of should "both Kosovo and EU" policy of Belgrade be reexamined.

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Tuesday, 30.08.2011.

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A possible delay in Serbia's further steps toward the EU is increasingly posing the question of should "both Kosovo and EU" policy of Belgrade be reexamined. While the opposition is saying that it is time for agreement on the least painful solution, some politicians are claiming that the reality in Kosovo should be recognized. On the other hand, top state officias are saying they are not giving up on Serb institutions in northern Kosovo. Should policy toward Kosovo be reexamined? In the next round of talks on Kosovo that is supposed to be held in early September in Brissels, most probably the issue of customs stamps will be solved, announced Borislav Stefanovic, the head of the Serb negotiating team, after the talks with EU mediator Robert Cooper. "The issue of northern Kosovo can be a topic of conversation, but not now and not in the sense of negotiations on technical issues. The functioning of our institutions on northern Kosovo particularly cannot be a topic, because constitutional and also moral obligations cannot be a subject of negotiations," he said. Former Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic stresses that the policy until now of Kosovo and EU is not implementable, that it pushes Serbia to isolation and that it must be urgently changes. Draskovic stated that the story about sovereignty in Kosovo must be forgotten because it is realistically not there while Serbs and Serb cultural heritage in Kosovo should be protected with EU guarantees obtained for the implementation of the status neutral part of the Ahtirsaari plan along with guarantees offered to Serbs in Croatia within the Z4 plan. "With this Kosovo, without any conditions all economic, trade and other relations should be established in the same way they existed without mutual recognition of independence between the two German states or that exist today between China and Taiwan," Draskovic said. Representatives of the Serb Progressive Party will on Thursday discuss Kosovo and Serbia's integrations with EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule. Deputy president of Progressives Aleksandar Vucic said that the Serbian president should call all political actors in the country in order to reach consensus on further moves when it comes to European integration and Kosovo. "Let's put all on the table and bring a solution that is the least harmful because none of the solutions here are good. We are ready to take that responsibility, not to be called in the 89th minute and asked do you have any solutions," said Vucic.

Should policy toward Kosovo be reexamined?

In the next round of talks on Kosovo that is supposed to be held in early September in Brissels, most probably the issue of customs stamps will be solved, announced Borislav Stefanović, the head of the Serb negotiating team, after the talks with EU mediator Robert Cooper.

"The issue of northern Kosovo can be a topic of conversation, but not now and not in the sense of negotiations on technical issues. The functioning of our institutions on northern Kosovo particularly cannot be a topic, because constitutional and also moral obligations cannot be a subject of negotiations," he said.

Former Foreign Minister Vuk Drašković stresses that the policy until now of Kosovo and EU is not implementable, that it pushes Serbia to isolation and that it must be urgently changes. Drašković stated that the story about sovereignty in Kosovo must be forgotten because it is realistically not there while Serbs and Serb cultural heritage in Kosovo should be protected with EU guarantees obtained for the implementation of the status neutral part of the Ahtirsaari plan along with guarantees offered to Serbs in Croatia within the Z4 plan.

"With this Kosovo, without any conditions all economic, trade and other relations should be established in the same way they existed without mutual recognition of independence between the two German states or that exist today between China and Taiwan," Drašković said.

Representatives of the Serb Progressive Party will on Thursday discuss Kosovo and Serbia's integrations with EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule. Deputy president of Progressives Aleksandar Vučić said that the Serbian president should call all political actors in the country in order to reach consensus on further moves when it comes to European integration and Kosovo.

"Let's put all on the table and bring a solution that is the least harmful because none of the solutions here are good. We are ready to take that responsibility, not to be called in the 89th minute and asked do you have any solutions," said Vučić.

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