Koštunica: Serbia has no alternative

Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica says Serbia will never be without Kosovo, unless she herself recognizes this NATO creation, "which is impossible".

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Saturday, 19.04.2008.

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Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica says Serbia will never be without Kosovo, unless she herself recognizes this NATO creation, "which is impossible". "I believe the parliament will never have a majority for such a decision," Kostunica, the leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), told the daily Danas in an interview published Saturday. Kostunica: Serbia has no alternative He added that "one foreign politician has said it well that Serbia is not and cannot be isolated – it is the fake state of Kosovo that is isolated, since more than 150 countries recognize Serbia in her legitimate international borders". "As for the self-isolation propaganda, this is, unfortunately, about an attempt to once again reach for intimidation of citizens, as the worst form of struggle to maintain a position of power." "Serbia must be a truly free and democratic country and this scaremongering – that the end of the world will take place if a change of government occurs – must stop once and for all," Kostunica said. Asked what is likely to happen if Serbia does not continue on path toward the EU, Kostunica said that there is consensus among all parties about continued European integrations, but that the integrity of the country comes first. "If we today give up Kosovo, tomorrow, acting on this principle and established custom, we will give up Vojvodina, and the day after, some third part of our country." "In the end, there will be no Serbia, so it will integrate nowhere. Therefore, just as is the case with the French or Argentines, for whom France and Argentina have no alternative, for us only Serbia has no alternative," Kostunica said, in reference to one of his political rivals' slogans – "Europe has no alternative".

Koštunica: Serbia has no alternative

He added that "one foreign politician has said it well that Serbia is not and cannot be isolated – it is the fake state of Kosovo that is isolated, since more than 150 countries recognize Serbia in her legitimate international borders".

"As for the self-isolation propaganda, this is, unfortunately, about an attempt to once again reach for intimidation of citizens, as the worst form of struggle to maintain a position of power."

"Serbia must be a truly free and democratic country and this scaremongering – that the end of the world will take place if a change of government occurs – must stop once and for all," Koštunica said.

Asked what is likely to happen if Serbia does not continue on path toward the EU, Koštunica said that there is consensus among all parties about continued European integrations, but that the integrity of the country comes first.

"If we today give up Kosovo, tomorrow, acting on this principle and established custom, we will give up Vojvodina, and the day after, some third part of our country."

"In the end, there will be no Serbia, so it will integrate nowhere. Therefore, just as is the case with the French or Argentines, for whom France and Argentina have no alternative, for us only Serbia has no alternative," Koštunica said, in reference to one of his political rivals' slogans – "Europe has no alternative".

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