Resolution 1244 “is from another time”

UN Security Council Resolution 1244 was passed in 1999 and time has not been standing still since then, German Ambassador to Serbia Wolfram Maas has stated.

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Thursday, 26.01.2012.

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UN Security Council Resolution 1244 was passed in 1999 and time has not been standing still since then, German Ambassador to Serbia Wolfram Maas has stated. “Things need to be looked at in a context. The Resolution was passed in 1999 and time has not been standing still since then. Germany recognized Kosovo and more and more countries did it after that,” he added. Resolution 1244 “is from another time” “The question whether Serbia should give up on the Resolution is not being raised, because it was passed by the Security Council and it is not in Serbia’s power to decide on it,” the ambassador stressed. Maas noted that there were no new conditions and that Serbia should fulfill the conditions that had been determined earlier. “We have always supported Serbia’s EU accession but we have always stood by the fact that rules must be respected to a certain extent. The Copenhagen criteria were determined back in the 90s, and they say what is expected from a country that wants to join the EU,” he explained. “When Chancellor Angela Merkel was here in August, she clearly stated that they (the criteria) need to be respected and pointed out that the EU accession is a process which takes many years. We believed on December 9 that the criteria had not been fulfilled yet and the European Council made conclusions about what else was expected from Serbia in order to get the candidate status. There is no risk that the Belgrade authorities will face new requests if they fulfill what they are asked now,” Maas concluded. Wolfram Maas Blic

Resolution 1244 “is from another time”

“The question whether Serbia should give up on the Resolution is not being raised, because it was passed by the Security Council and it is not in Serbia’s power to decide on it,” the ambassador stressed.

Maas noted that there were no new conditions and that Serbia should fulfill the conditions that had been determined earlier.

“We have always supported Serbia’s EU accession but we have always stood by the fact that rules must be respected to a certain extent. The Copenhagen criteria were determined back in the 90s, and they say what is expected from a country that wants to join the EU,” he explained.

“When Chancellor Angela Merkel was here in August, she clearly stated that they (the criteria) need to be respected and pointed out that the EU accession is a process which takes many years. We believed on December 9 that the criteria had not been fulfilled yet and the European Council made conclusions about what else was expected from Serbia in order to get the candidate status. There is no risk that the Belgrade authorities will face new requests if they fulfill what they are asked now,” Maas concluded.

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