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Itar-Tass February 25, 2008 Kosovo’s independence is aimed at other states – Medvedev BELGRADE - Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he is convinced that the self-proclamation of Kosovo’s independence was aimed at other states. Medvedev told journalists on Monday, “We agreed that the proclamation of Kosovo’s independence really complicated the situation in the province, as well as in South Eastern Europe, and is aimed at other regions, other states that have certain territorial claims.” ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12409891&PageNum=0 Itar-Tass February 25, 2008 Kosovo independence violates all int’l documents – Medvedev BELGRADE - First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that the proclamation of Kosovo’s independence violates about all the international documents. “The proclamation of Kosovo’s independence is absolutely at variance with international law. It violates sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he told journalists. “In fact, those actions undermine the international security system, the system of international law, which humanity was building for about 100 years,” he continued. In his opinion, the Kosovo decision “violates the principle of international law, the U.N. Charter, the Helsinki Act, Resolution No. 1244 – about all international documents.” Medvedev said that Russia and Serbia would coordinate their efforts, aimed at settling the Kosovo problem. “We agreed to further coordinate our efforts, trying to find a way out of this extremely difficult situation. All the agencies involved will do it,” he added. ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12410349&PageNum=0 Itar-Tass February 25, 2008 RF to be committed to principled position on Kosovo – Medvedev BELGRADE - Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said his country would be committed to the principled position on Kosovo. “We believe that Serbia is a united state. Its jurisdiction is over the whole territory of Serbia. We’ll be committed to this position in future,” Medvedev said in his meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on Monday. In his words, “my blitz visit is designed to provide support for Serbia when illegal actions are taken on the unilateral recognition of Kosovo.” The Russian first deputy prime minister stressed that these actions were being made in violation of the existing norms of international law, the U.N. Security Council resolution and other international agreements. Kostunica thanked Moscow for its support. “I have an opportunity to thank the Russian people, in particular President Putin, for their support. This means that Russia recognises Serbia within the existing borders,” the Serbian prime minister said. He noted that Medvedev had arrived on the very important moment when the country faced the violation of the norms of international law. Kostunica said Serbia would demand all decisions, which were aimed at creating “a quasi state” on its territory, should be annulled. “We’ll insist the U.N. Security Council annuls all resolutions on creating a quasi state,” the Serbian prime minister said. Kostunica said during the talks, the sides agreed to take a common position “on Serbia’s sovereignty and defending the principles of global law and order. "This means that Serbia doesn’t recognise the quasi state of Kosovo. Belgrade annulled all agreements on the proclamation of Kosovo’s independence. "Serbia will do everything possible to preserve its jurisdiction over Kosovo and its prerogatives over the population that is loyal towards Belgrade. We’ll do our best jointly with Russia in order to annul the acts on the self-proclamation of Kosovo’s independence. "We’ll join efforts to convince the U.N. Security Council and other states to annul these acts, which wreck the fundamentals of international law”. “I’m sure that there will no stability and peace in Serbia until this act is annulled,” he added. Under these circumstances, it will be logical for Belgrade to refuse to change its policy towards the states that recognise independence of Kosovo. Protest actions against Kosovo’s independence will not end until Kosovo is recognised part of Serbia, Kostunica pointed out. Serbian News Network - SNN [email protected] http://www.antic.org/
