Land Ripoff Won’t Result in “Stability”
Chair of the EU’s Parliament: Kosovo Independence Would Not Lead to Stability
MOSCOW, Russia, Jan. 12, 2007 — The independence of Serbian Kosovo-Metohija province would not contribute to stability in this part of Europe, Chair of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (CEPA) Rene van der Linden said in Moscow on Friday.
Van der Linden was speaking in an interview for the Echo of Moscow and responding to the question if he was in favor of independence of Serbia’s southern province.
Van der Linden, who is a Dutch Christian Democrat, said that the CEPA would discuss the situation in Kosovo-Metohija province at the regular January session, which would open on January 22.
Dimitrij Rupel: EU Getting More Rational on the Kosovo Issue
BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 12, 2007 — During his meeting with Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel on Friday Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica underscored that the United Nations Charter and its basic principle of preservation of sovereignty and territorial integrity of states should be respected in the search for a solution for the future status of Kosovo and Metohija province, while Minister Rupel evaluated that the European Union had lately been more rational in its consideration of the Serbian province’s issue.
Premier Kostunica noted that the Serbian and Albanian Muslim minority may find a solution for Kosovo only through dialog and compromise, while respecting the international law and European standards, emphasizing that essential autonomy is the solution for Kosovo-Metohija province within Serbia, the Serbian government Office for Cooperation with Media said in a statement.
Kostunica underscored that the Serbian province is not and may not be an exception, underlining that a growing number of states is urging for respect and inviolability of basic principles of international law and that those countries are warning there must not be any exceptions to the rule of law.
Minister Rupel said the relations between Serbia and Slovenia are good and that economic cooperation is particularly important, adding that trade between the two states had increased manifold.
Tanjug does not mention if Serbian Prime Minister asked Mr. Rupel about Slovenia’s administrative genocide and if over 18,000 of remaining Erased citizens of Slovenia will get their basic human rights restored in this new, supposedly democratic state, any time soon.
Cartoon by Zoran Matic Mazos