FM calls on UN chief to prevent unilateral moves

In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic called on the UN to take necessary measures to prevent Pristina's unilateral actions. He added that the ongoing dialogue might be threatened otherwise. FM calls on UN chief to prevent unilateral moves “I urge the United Nations to take all necessary measures to prevent a course of action that has not been sanctioned by your ASRSG (Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General or the Security Council),” reads the letter in which Tanjug was given an insight into. Jeremic recalled a series of official announcements by the Pristina authorities that they intend to unilaterally impose customs and border police control over the administrative boundary crossings between north Kosovo and Serbia proper. According to him, Serbia has received information that KFOR and EULEX intend to facilitate the operation, which would constitute grave violations of their respective status-neutral mandates under UN Security Council Resolution 1244. “Responsibility for the consequences that would result will rest with the authorities in Pristina and those with the mandate and capacity to stop them. There must be no repetition of the July 25 inaction, when the international community failed to prevent Pristina's unauthorized incursion into north Kosovo,” the foreign minister noted. “It is imperative that both EULEX and KFOR continue to operate under the overall authority and within the status neutral framework of the UN,” he pointed out. “In the present circumstances, this requires them to take all appropriate preventive measures against the announced unilateralism,” the letter underlines. “The Serbian Government has strongly condemned the announcement by the province's ethnic-Albanian authorities, designed to unilaterally change the situation on the ground,” Jeremic stressed. “If they are allowed to carry out their unsanctioned, unilateral action, the continuation of dialogue between Serbia and Pristina will become impossible, as will the implementation of what has already been agreed,” the minister cautioned. He called on the Security Council to take appropriate measures to avoid the threat to regional peace and security, which Pristina's announced actions represent. “The Republic of Serbia remains committed to the preservation of peace and stability in the region. However, there is no doubt that Pristina's announcement constitutes a serious threat to their maintenance,” Jeremic underscored in the letter. Vuk Jeremic (FoNet, file)

FM calls on UN chief to prevent unilateral moves

“I urge the United Nations to take all necessary measures to prevent a course of action that has not been sanctioned by your ASRSG (Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General or the Security Council),” reads the letter in which Tanjug was given an insight into.

Jeremić recalled a series of official announcements by the Priština authorities that they intend to unilaterally impose customs and border police control over the administrative boundary crossings between north Kosovo and Serbia proper.

According to him, Serbia has received information that KFOR and EULEX intend to facilitate the operation, which would constitute grave violations of their respective status-neutral mandates under UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

“Responsibility for the consequences that would result will rest with the authorities in Priština and those with the mandate and capacity to stop them. There must be no repetition of the July 25 inaction, when the international community failed to prevent Priština's unauthorized incursion into north Kosovo,” the foreign minister noted.

“It is imperative that both EULEX and KFOR continue to operate under the overall authority and within the status neutral framework of the UN,” he pointed out.

“In the present circumstances, this requires them to take all appropriate preventive measures against the announced unilateralism,” the letter underlines.

“The Serbian Government has strongly condemned the announcement by the province's ethnic-Albanian authorities, designed to unilaterally change the situation on the ground,” Jeremić stressed.

“If they are allowed to carry out their unsanctioned, unilateral action, the continuation of dialogue between Serbia and Priština will become impossible, as will the implementation of what has already been agreed,” the minister cautioned.

He called on the Security Council to take appropriate measures to avoid the threat to regional peace and security, which Priština's announced actions represent.

“The Republic of Serbia remains committed to the preservation of peace and stability in the region. However, there is no doubt that Priština's announcement constitutes a serious threat to their maintenance,” Jeremić underscored in the letter.