Samardžić: No negative impact on Kosovo

Slobodan Samardžić says early elections will not negatively influence the state policy toward the province.

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Sunday, 09.03.2008.

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Slobodan Samardzic says early elections will not negatively influence the state policy toward the province. "After yesterday's decision to hold new parliamentary elections in Serbia and constitute a new government, Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija and other loyal Serbian citizens have no particular reason to worry," the minister for Kosovo from Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), said today. Samardzic: No negative impact on Kosovo He added that the outgoing government will continue with all its activities in Kosovo until a new cabinet is formed. The ministries will continue to implement the state policy based on the Serbian constitution, parliamentary resolutions in force and adopted action plans, Samardzic added. He said his ministry will continue to realize the functions of the state of Serbia in Kosovo, and to, along with other ministries, pay special attention to the needs of the citizens there. The minister also explained that the Serbs in the province, as well as any other citizens who wish to do so, will vote in the coming elections, most likely to take place in May. "This democratic act will be done in Kosovo and Metohija just as in the rest of Serbia, which will demonstrate the fact that Kosovo is an inalienable part of Serbia," Samardzic stressed. Earlier in the day, one of the leaders of the Kosovo Serbs, Rada Trajkovic, said she believed the fall of the government will make the position of the Serbs in the province more difficult. The vice-president of the Serb National Council of Central Kosovo says that "now Serbs who live in Kosovo will not have an address to go to in Belgrade". She added that the situation was made more difficult because a political body representing the Serbs in the province has not been formed. "Still, a policy that was not united and that strategically differed could not have survived. Such policy confused the international community," Trajkovic said of the Serbian government.

Samardžić: No negative impact on Kosovo

He added that the outgoing government will continue with all its activities in Kosovo until a new cabinet is formed.

The ministries will continue to implement the state policy based on the Serbian constitution, parliamentary resolutions in force and adopted action plans, Samardžić added.

He said his ministry will continue to realize the functions of the state of Serbia in Kosovo, and to, along with other ministries, pay special attention to the needs of the citizens there.

The minister also explained that the Serbs in the province, as well as any other citizens who wish to do so, will vote in the coming elections, most likely to take place in May.

"This democratic act will be done in Kosovo and Metohija just as in the rest of Serbia, which will demonstrate the fact that Kosovo is an inalienable part of Serbia," Samardžić stressed.

Earlier in the day, one of the leaders of the Kosovo Serbs, Rada Trajković, said she believed the fall of the government will make the position of the Serbs in the province more difficult.

The vice-president of the Serb National Council of Central Kosovo says that "now Serbs who live in Kosovo will not have an address to go to in Belgrade".

She added that the situation was made more difficult because a political body representing the Serbs in the province has not been formed.

"Still, a policy that was not united and that strategically differed could not have survived. Such policy confused the international community," Trajković said of the Serbian government.

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