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Sat, Feb 11 2012
Firm stance against European Parliament resolution backing recognition of Kosovo independence
Serbia says resolution violates international law
In the approach to the first anniversary of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17 2008, the European Parliament adopted, by a large majority, a resolution calling on those EU countries that had not recognised Kosovo to do so.
But before and after the European Parliament resolution was approved, EU member states Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain held firm that they would not reverse their firmly-held positions rejecting Kosovo's breakaway from Serbia.
Serbia, not an EU member state, was swift to condemn the European Parliament resolution.
In a statement to Serbia's Tanjug news agency, Serbian foreign minister Vuk Jeremic said that the resolution was unconstitutional and was against international law. Jeremic said that the European Parliament was not an institution authorised by the EU to deal with foreign policy issues.
"The Council of Ministers deals with foreign policy on behalf of the EU and, within the Council, there are countries that recognise Kosovo as an independent state and others that do not. Therefore, the EU is divided within the institution that is legally tasked with this issue," Jeremic told Tanjug.
The resolution welcomes the deployment of the EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, throughout the territory of Kosovo.
It asks the EU Special Representative in Kosovo to ensure that the Kosovo government promotes the participation of Kosovo Serbs in the political, economic and social life of Kosovo, including by means of specific economic development measures for the Mitrovica region.
The European Parliament resolution emphasises the need for a multi-ethnic police force in all areas of Kosovo.
The European Parliament also urged Kosovo authorities to support the reintegration of
the Serb police officers who have yet to return.
The resolution was proposed by the European Parliament's Kosovo rapporteur and Dutch MP, Joost Lagendijk, and adopted with 424 votes in favor and 133 against.
But before and after the European Parliament resolution was approved, EU member states Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain held firm that they would not reverse their firmly-held positions rejecting Kosovo's breakaway from Serbia.
Serbia, not an EU member state, was swift to condemn the European Parliament resolution.
In a statement to Serbia's Tanjug news agency, Serbian foreign minister Vuk Jeremic said that the resolution was unconstitutional and was against international law. Jeremic said that the European Parliament was not an institution authorised by the EU to deal with foreign policy issues.
"The Council of Ministers deals with foreign policy on behalf of the EU and, within the Council, there are countries that recognise Kosovo as an independent state and others that do not. Therefore, the EU is divided within the institution that is legally tasked with this issue," Jeremic told Tanjug.
The resolution welcomes the deployment of the EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, throughout the territory of Kosovo.
It asks the EU Special Representative in Kosovo to ensure that the Kosovo government promotes the participation of Kosovo Serbs in the political, economic and social life of Kosovo, including by means of specific economic development measures for the Mitrovica region.
The European Parliament resolution emphasises the need for a multi-ethnic police force in all areas of Kosovo.
The European Parliament also urged Kosovo authorities to support the reintegration of
the Serb police officers who have yet to return.
The resolution was proposed by the European Parliament's Kosovo rapporteur and Dutch MP, Joost Lagendijk, and adopted with 424 votes in favor and 133 against.
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Bush's decision to recognize Kosovo's independence will probably go down in history as his most dangerous precedent. We have the president of the United States calling for the break up of a sovereign state against its will. The Americans soon saw the dangerous consequences of their precedent when Russia decided to help the Abkhazis and the South Ossetians in the US-allied Republic of Georgia break away and set up their own autonomus entities, without the Georgian govt's permission. Shame on Bush for establishing this most dangerous precedent, which flies in the face of international law. Written by an American currently [...]
Read the full comment residing in Slovakia.
Rule Britania - the most morally decadent country opn the planet. One of your own feamale journalists proclaimed without shame that `Were a country of slags`
Your teenagers take the cake for sexual depravity, and drink and drugs and by the way British and American teenagers are the unhappiest chirldren in the so called developed world- you cannot even take care of your children - a perverted society.
Furthermore what yoiu have forgotten that the Bosnian and Kosova albanians were Nazi collaborators in the World War 11 and collaborated with the Nazis to genocide the SErbs- [...]
Read the full comment so who are the real genociders - you Johnny Rotten creep.
If the Israelis can fight for their Holyland - so can Serbia - for KOSOVO.
Any idiot who thinks that Serbia will hand over its precious Monasteries to a bunch of KLA terrorists can go to a lunatic asylum.
If the Kosova Albanians can declare independence - so can the Serbs North of Kosovo Mitrovaica can do the same and no bloody Americano , or Euro-imperialist can do anything about it. So shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Johnny and co.
And by the way the before the word `Greek` you should bow your shabby head!
THIS IS ONE PHONY SERBIAN PROPAGANDA I RELY HATE HOW GOOD LIES THEY MAKE DO YOU REALLY THINK SERBIA IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY? NO IT'S NOT SERBIA COMMITTED GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA KOSOVO TOTAL OF 385.000.00 IN BOSNIA 35,000.00 IN KOSOVO THINK NOW THAT KOSOVO IS GONE THERE GOING TO ISRAEL AND TELLING THEM KOSOVO IS TO SERBIA SAME AS JERUSALEM IS TO ISRAEL, THINK IN KOSOVO THERE WAS 41,000.00 BEFORE 1991 WHEN WAR STARTED IN BOSNIA 130,000.00 SERBIAN CAME TO KOSOVO MIND YOU THAT MY SCHOOL IN FERIZAJ (UROSEVAC) WAS TAKEN FROM POLICE AND GIVEN TO BOSNIAN SERBS,SERBIA BUILD 1,000.00 [...]
Read the full comment CHURCHES SO LATER CAN CLAM LOOK LOOK LOOK WE HAVE RELIGION SYMBOLS THINK 41,000.00 SERBIAN BEFORE 1991 1,200 CHURCHES SO DIVIDE 41,000.00 WITH 1,000.00= TOTAL OF 41 PEOPLE PER CHURCH I HOPE ONE DAY SERBS RELIES AND SEE THAT BY LIES AND PROPAGANDA DOS NOT GO WELL SO PLEASE LEARN AND MOVE ON LET KOSOVO PROVE YOU WRONG THE ONLY REASON SERBIA WONT KOSOVO IS BECAUSE OF TRPCA LOOK IT UP SERBIA WANTS NO THING BUT TREPCA AND OBILIC WITCH HAS 28 MILLION TONE OF COLE RESERVE SO SERBIA SAY GOOD BY TO THOSE 2 OK AND THANK YOU TO ALL BUT SERBIAN PROPAGANDA
Who are you to talk about democracy. Why dont you look around how immigrants and national minorities are treated in England. Its sad how minds of many were brainwashed by propaganda. In former Yugoslavia all nationalities enjoyed the freedom to worship and express their religion. It was in interest of many western axis countries for Yugoslavia to dissolve. Its unfortunate that England, France, and USA also wanted Yugoslavia to break up. Possibly of strategic NATO bases that are now created in Bosnia and Kosovo right off the Adriatic coast, possibly aimed against Russia. How can you call Serbs fascists when [...]
Read the full comment Serbs defended Europe from Ottomans for many years. Serbia was on the side of the allies during WWI and WWII. 1/4 of Serbian population was killed during WWI, and 1,400,000 during WWII. Albanians, Croatians, as well as Bosnian Muslims were siding with Nazi Germany where they killed millions of Serbs and Jews.(look up Jasenovac concentration camp) Stupid Serbs again believed they can live together with these nationalities in peace as Brotherhood and Unity. In recent Balkan wars Serbs only defended the lands that were inhibited for years by Serbs, and by Serbian majority. Serbs didn't want history of WWII to repeat once again. In this war more then 500 000 Serbs were expelled from Croatia where Serbs formed the majority of the former Croatian republic Srpska Krajna. The borders of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and other former Yugoslav countries were drawn during Titos role as to have equal governing democracy between republics in order to satisfy all nationalities of former Yugoslavia. As a result Serbs lost a lot of territory. The goal was to weaken Serbia as to make it have less power. Tito also created Kosovo and Vojvodina as two Serbian provinces. Unfortunately this redrawing of borders within former Yugoslavia made Serbs displaced all over former Yugoslav republics. And now when Serbs want to unite, they are aggressors, how are you an aggressor on your own territory that was taken away from you?
its very sad reality and strange that culture of europe is coming from greece !!!! becouse greece nw it has nothing to do with democracy greece is supporting serbia to ocupy kosovo and is supporting serbian fashizm like slobodan milosevic !!!! becouse greece is not recognised kosovo as yet ???? same slovakia ! romania! cypruss! spain ! those countrys are bigest old and faithfuly secret friends of russia !!!???
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yeah... greece is the place where an ancient form of democracy was born.. the reality was that if you werent greek... you were sh** outta luck werent you?
And more to the point... it was slobodan milosovic who took it upon himself to decide that within what was Yugoslavia... it was a specific group (serbs) who were to enjoy democracy... other yugoslav citizens were to be sh** out of luck.
Seeing How Kosovo is the SEVENTH country to be formed out of what was yugoslavia.... the ancient [...]
Read the full comment greek ethno-centric version of democracy doesnt work out quite so well in modern times.
honey, Greece is the place where democracy was born and you obviously don't know what "dmocracy" means, you idiot !
Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain - the bastions of democracy in Europe....please! Get real. If European policy depends on Romania and Slovakia and Greece - we want out of it! RULE BRITAINA