Koštunica: Kosovo supercedes politics

Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica says that the issue of Kosovo for him is a “question of whether we are a country.“

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 12.04.2008.

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Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica says that the issue of Kosovo for him is a “question of whether we are a country.“ Kostunica added that it was a matter of “whether we respect ourselves as a people or as a puppet state that bargains with its own interests.“ Kostunica: Kosovo supercedes politics In an interview with daily Pres, he said that for him Kosovo was more than politics, territory, any function, any relaxations or donations, and that, as far he was concerned, that issue “would settle the question of who would form the future government.“ Asked whether he was a Euro-sceptic or anti-European, and why he opposed signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), the prime minister said that he was only interested in Serbia’s state and national interests. “I’m not a European commissioner, I’m the prime minister of Serbia, and every Serbian prime minister must exclusively worry about Serbia,“ Kostunica said. “Now we have this issue of what our relations with the EU should be like--the best possible, but only on a level playing field. If Brussels shows respect for Serbia’s territorial integrity, I’ll be the biggest Euro-optimist. My position towards the EU depends on the EU’s position towards Serbia,“ said the prime minister. He said that remaining prime minister after the May elections was less important to him than accomplishing the principles that the “national coalition“ espoused. Kostunica said that he had voluntarily stepped down from power on two occasions, and stressed that that proved that political principles were most important to him, and that he accepted responsibility only if he could implement principles that he believed in, and that were in the interests of the state and the nation. “Our policies always guide Serbia towards the firm defense of our fundamental state interests, while, of course, at the same time preserving peace, stability and development,“ stressed the prime minister. He added that the coalition that his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) headed, and included New Serbia, would decide on post-election coalition partners on the adopted principles after the elections, once the people had had the chance to express their will. Vojislav Kostunica (FoNet, archive)

Koštunica: Kosovo supercedes politics

In an interview with daily Pres, he said that for him Kosovo was more than politics, territory, any function, any relaxations or donations, and that, as far he was concerned, that issue “would settle the question of who would form the future government.“

Asked whether he was a Euro-sceptic or anti-European, and why he opposed signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), the prime minister said that he was only interested in Serbia’s state and national interests.

“I’m not a European commissioner, I’m the prime minister of Serbia, and every Serbian prime minister must exclusively worry about Serbia,“ Koštunica said.

“Now we have this issue of what our relations with the EU should be like--the best possible, but only on a level playing field. If Brussels shows respect for Serbia’s territorial integrity, I’ll be the biggest Euro-optimist. My position towards the EU depends on the EU’s position towards Serbia,“ said the prime minister.

He said that remaining prime minister after the May elections was less important to him than accomplishing the principles that the “national coalition“ espoused.

Koštunica said that he had voluntarily stepped down from power on two occasions, and stressed that that proved that political principles were most important to him, and that he accepted responsibility only if he could implement principles that he believed in, and that were in the interests of the state and the nation.

“Our policies always guide Serbia towards the firm defense of our fundamental state interests, while, of course, at the same time preserving peace, stability and development,“ stressed the prime minister.

He added that the coalition that his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) headed, and included New Serbia, would decide on post-election coalition partners on the adopted principles after the elections, once the people had had the chance to express their will.

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