Serbia facing "no requests contrary to Constitution"

"At the end of the Belgrade-Priština normalization the EU will not require Serbia to recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence," says Marko Đurić.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 24.01.2014.

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BELGRADE "At the end of the Belgrade-Pristina normalization the EU will not require Serbia to recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence," says Marko Djuric. “Nobody in the EU requires Serbia to recognize Kosovo's independence,” this presidential adviser said in an interview for Tanjug and noted that the EU could not even make such a request from the legal standpoint. “We do not expect any EU institution would set such a condition for Serbia,” he said. Serbia facing "no requests contrary to Constitution" "We are currently conducting intense talks with EU partners as to the criterion which advocates of the Kosovo independence would acknowledge as measurable and politically acceptable in terms of normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations and the levels and degrees of normalization necessary for Serbia to be admitted into the EU," Djuric said. He underscored that Serbia has demonstrated to its European partners and the entire world that it is willing to carry out internal reforms and normalise relations with those with whom it had most severe conflicts, but he also said that Serbia should not be asked to make a move that is impossible both according to the Constitution and the moral codex. “Recognition of Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence is not on the agenda in Serbia and it will not be on the agenda at any point in the foreseeable future, and in this sense, Serbia should not be subjected to pressures and requests to do the impossible,” Djuric said. On the other hand, there is a lot that can be done to improve Belgrade-Pristina relations, ensure better functioning of institutions in Kosovo and raise the living standards for citizens, he said. Djuric stated that the pragmatic approach to solving problems with tolerance and understanding led to the signing of the Brussels agreement on the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations in April 2013. This is proof that such an approach produces results and helps remove tensions and create conditions to find a solution to the conflict in which the two relevant sides maintain diverging stands, the adviser said. (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Serbia facing "no requests contrary to Constitution"

"We are currently conducting intense talks with EU partners as to the criterion which advocates of the Kosovo independence would acknowledge as measurable and politically acceptable in terms of normalization of Belgrade-Priština relations and the levels and degrees of normalization necessary for Serbia to be admitted into the EU," Đurić said.

He underscored that Serbia has demonstrated to its European partners and the entire world that it is willing to carry out internal reforms and normalise relations with those with whom it had most severe conflicts, but he also said that Serbia should not be asked to make a move that is impossible both according to the Constitution and the moral codex.

“Recognition of Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence is not on the agenda in Serbia and it will not be on the agenda at any point in the foreseeable future, and in this sense, Serbia should not be subjected to pressures and requests to do the impossible,” Đurić said.

On the other hand, there is a lot that can be done to improve Belgrade-Priština relations, ensure better functioning of institutions in Kosovo and raise the living standards for citizens, he said.

Đurić stated that the pragmatic approach to solving problems with tolerance and understanding led to the signing of the Brussels agreement on the normalization of Belgrade-Priština relations in April 2013.

This is proof that such an approach produces results and helps remove tensions and create conditions to find a solution to the conflict in which the two relevant sides maintain diverging stands, the adviser said.

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