Jeremic praises UN for resisting to US-EU pressure
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic praised the UN for “resisting the pressure from a loud minority of countries” seeking to legitimize the illegal unilateral secession of Kosovo.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, March 04, 2008
In an address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Jeremic called on the countries that have recognized the unilaterally-declared Kosovo independence to rethink their decisions and appealed to those that have not acknowledged it yet not to do so.
Serbia's Foreign minister reiterated that Belgrade "will use all diplomatic and political means to hinder, prevent and finally annul the unilateral, illegal, and illegitimate proclamation of independence of its southern province."
"This is not a current policy or stand, but rather a part of the national strategy to keep Serbia whole and free, fully integrated in Europe and actively engaged in the world, which we will pursue as long as Serbia exists. Kosovo will always remain a part of Serbia," Jeremic underlined.
He blasted the human rights situation in Kosovo as "very poor" and, in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, said Serbia would seek a new Security Council session within days.
