Serbia says independence is unacceptable

Tuesday, 27 March 2007

Serbian President Boris Tadic said Serbia strongly disagreed with the State Department’s decision to back Ahtisaari’s Kosovo plan. “Any form of independence for Kosovo-Metohija is unacceptable for Serbia, and we will strive to express the need to reach a compromise solution through continued negotiations in our contacts with the UN Security Council member states,” Tadic told U.S. Under secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns in a telephone conversation. Tadic said he saw “room for further dialogue”, as well as that the UN special Kosovo envoy Martti Ahtisaari had “not yet exhausted all potential for negotiations”, the president’s press office said in a statement issued today. “Serbia is ready to take a constructive part in further talks,” Tadic said, stressing it was “vitally important to do all in order to ensure peace and stability in Kosovo.” Tadic said that was “for the most part NATO’s responsibility”, adding that Serbia was ready to help maintain peace and stability in the province.

 

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