Jeremić hopeful of Schengen progress

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says Serbia can hope for progress at the debate in the EU on liberalization of the visa regime.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 10.06.2009.

09:35

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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic says Serbia can hope for progress at the debate in the EU on liberalization of the visa regime. "When it comes to visa liberalization we can be hopeful, and that will be the main theme of talks this week in European circles,” said Jeremic ahead of a trip to Strasbourg and Brussels. Jeremic hopeful of Schengen progress As regards the white Schengen, Serbia is more favorably positioned than in terms of unfreezing the Interim Trade Agreement, said the minister, adding that this was being worked on, but that ultimately the final decision rested with Holland. “It’s all in the hands of one country, and that country has a sovereign right to decide whether it’s happy or not with the report of Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. We’re doing our utmost to create diplomatic pressure, but I wouldn’t care to make any forecasts in that regard,“ he explained. Jeremic said that Serbian diplomacy had been fairly successful and much more active than had been expected in terms of heading off new recognitions of Kosovo’s unilateral independence. “We’re in a tough position when it comes to preventing new recognitions in the diplomatic struggle, as the most powerful states in the world are exerting pressure on all countries that haven’t yet recognized Kosovo on a daily basis. We’re resisting this pressures as best we can,“ said the minister, recalling the most recent success in stopping recogntions from Latin American countries. He said that he was not unduly perturbed by reports from Pristina that charges were being drawn up against him for “racist and chauvinist” speeches aimed against Kosovo. “I’m doing my job, but if anyone should be afraid of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), then it’s the Kosovo Albanians,” stressed Jeremic, noting that only states were entitled to take their grievances to the ICJ, something “Kosovo is not, nor will ever be.” Speaking of the tenth anniversary of the Kumanovo Agreement, the minister said that it had been one of the key points in Serbia’s platform before the ICJ, as it explicitly underlined Serbia’s sovereignty over Kosovo, even more explicitly than UN resolution 1244. Vuk Jeremic (FoNet, archive)

Jeremić hopeful of Schengen progress

As regards the white Schengen, Serbia is more favorably positioned than in terms of unfreezing the Interim Trade Agreement, said the minister, adding that this was being worked on, but that ultimately the final decision rested with Holland.

“It’s all in the hands of one country, and that country has a sovereign right to decide whether it’s happy or not with the report of Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. We’re doing our utmost to create diplomatic pressure, but I wouldn’t care to make any forecasts in that regard,“ he explained.

Jeremić said that Serbian diplomacy had been fairly successful and much more active than had been expected in terms of heading off new recognitions of Kosovo’s unilateral independence.

“We’re in a tough position when it comes to preventing new recognitions in the diplomatic struggle, as the most powerful states in the world are exerting pressure on all countries that haven’t yet recognized Kosovo on a daily basis. We’re resisting this pressures as best we can,“ said the minister, recalling the most recent success in stopping recogntions from Latin American countries.

He said that he was not unduly perturbed by reports from Priština that charges were being drawn up against him for “racist and chauvinist” speeches aimed against Kosovo.

“I’m doing my job, but if anyone should be afraid of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), then it’s the Kosovo Albanians,” stressed Jeremić, noting that only states were entitled to take their grievances to the ICJ, something “Kosovo is not, nor will ever be.”

Speaking of the tenth anniversary of the Kumanovo Agreement, the minister said that it had been one of the key points in Serbia’s platform before the ICJ, as it explicitly underlined Serbia’s sovereignty over Kosovo, even more explicitly than UN resolution 1244.

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