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Israeli envoy to Serbia: We recognised Kosovo on September 4; not an issue any Author: N1 Belgrade 2-3 minutes _____ There was no any question whether Israel would recognise Kosovo as an independent state, it was done on September 4, and now it should be seen what effect that would have on relations between Israel and Serbia, the country's ambassador in Belgrade Yahel Vilan told N1 on Monday. "Israel hasn't signed anything in Washington; we haven't been a part of that summit. An agreement between Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdulah Hoti and the US has been signed. Our Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the mutual recognition," Vilan said. He added he talked with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic about the improvement of the relations between the two countries during the inaugural meeting. Asked about Vucic's reaction to Israeli recognition of Kosovo, Vilan said that was "something he (Vucic) is not happy about, and he doesn't support that." "But, Israel is a sovereign state, and that's our decision. The agreement has been signed, that's not something that Vucic and I can change. We should work on the improvement of relations, not to deal too much with something done two and a half weeks ago in Washington," the ambassador said. He described the Belgrade's decision to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as "very positive, very good news." Asked what Belgrade might get in return for that decision, Vilan said it was "a bit odd that we have to give anything in return for something normal for every country… We are looking at how to help Serbia in the best possible way, mostly in the economy, to increase investments and improve the trade." The ambassador said he met his colleague Mohammed Nabhan, the Palestinian envoy to Serbia, who earlier said he hoped Serbia would not move its embassy to Jerusalem. Vilan said "the meeting was useful," and that he didn't "have any dispute with him (Nabhan) here." "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, we can discuss which parts of the city, but it is the capital," Vilan said. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/01b801d68ffd%2473e16ee0%245ba44ca0%24%40gmail.com.
