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Who Cares what Holland Says?!

Commenting Serbia's foreign-funded campaigners' belligerent drive to focus the pre-elections discussion in Serbia on the signing of Solana's SAA deal, and after the latest bits of information that "Holland remains unmoved" in its alleged determination to prevent Tadic's Yellow Camp from signing the agreement, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said it is entirely irrelevant what Holland says or thinks.

"The only important issue is Serbia's position regarding this agreement which could tomorrow be interpreted by the NATO pact as Serbia's signature and recognition of Kosovo province as the first NATO state", Kostunica said to Tanjug.

He reminded that Holland has recognized the illegal declaration of independence by the Pristina separatists, an act which represents a brutal violation of the international law, and of the initialed Stabilization and Association Agreement.

"Because of this, Holland has no right whatsoever to set any conditions for Serbia. On the contrary, it is more than natural and necessary for Serbia to seek clear guarantees from Holland and from all the EU-member states which have recognized the fake state of Kosovo, that Stabilization and Association Agreement pertains to the entire Serbia," Kostunica stressed.

He pointed once again that Serbia has to open a serious dialog with the EU in order to clarify all the contentious issues, because Serbia's citizens have the right and must know what exactly is being signed in their name.

"No-one has the right to place Serbia's signature on an agreement that could be interpreted as the recognition of Kosovo province independence", Kostunica concluded.