Jeremić: UNMIK must continue in Kosovo

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says Serbia will seek Resolution 1244 confirmation as the Security Council meets tomorrow.

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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic says Serbia will seek Resolution 1244 confirmation as the Security Council meets tomorrow. "No transfer of jurisdiction from UNMIK to any other mission can occur," Jeremic told reporters in New York. Jeremic: UNMIK must continue in Kosovo According to him, Serbia insists that UN Resolution 1244, which clearly defines UNMIK's jurisdiction in the province, must be respected. Jeremic also explained that the very scheduling of the session was difficult, since there was "resistance to this proposal". The European Union has sent its mission, dubbed EULEX, to the province without a UN Security Council approval and without the secretary-general's invitation. Therefore Belgrade, but also Moscow, which has veto powers at the UN, consider its presence in Kosovo to be illegal. "Serbia considers the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence to have been in violation of international law. Serbia considers any status that has not been confirmed in the UN Security Council as completely unacceptable," Jeremic said today, and repeated that Belgrade favors new talks over Kosovo's status "with no preconditions". He also stressed that tomorrow's UN SC meeting, where Serbia will reiterate its argument in the Kosovo crisis, will be observed by 50 UN member states. The session will be an important springboard for continued political processes related to the province's status, the foreign minister believes. "Our goal at this point is to have as few UN member states as possible recognize the illegally declared state of Kosovo and to stop this false state from becoming a member of any multilateral institution," Jeremic explained.

Jeremić: UNMIK must continue in Kosovo

According to him, Serbia insists that UN Resolution 1244, which clearly defines UNMIK's jurisdiction in the province, must be respected.

Jeremić also explained that the very scheduling of the session was difficult, since there was "resistance to this proposal".

The European Union has sent its mission, dubbed EULEX, to the province without a UN Security Council approval and without the secretary-general's invitation. Therefore Belgrade, but also Moscow, which has veto powers at the UN, consider its presence in Kosovo to be illegal.

"Serbia considers the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence to have been in violation of international law. Serbia considers any status that has not been confirmed in the UN Security Council as completely unacceptable," Jeremić said today, and repeated that Belgrade favors new talks over Kosovo's status "with no preconditions".

He also stressed that tomorrow's UN SC meeting, where Serbia will reiterate its argument in the Kosovo crisis, will be observed by 50 UN member states.

The session will be an important springboard for continued political processes related to the province's status, the foreign minister believes.

"Our goal at this point is to have as few UN member states as possible recognize the illegally declared state of Kosovo and to stop this false state from becoming a member of any multilateral institution," Jeremić explained.

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