DEP:KOSOVO-MISSION-KOSTUNICA SERBIA RECOGNISES UNMIK MISSION, EULEKS ILLEGAL, KOSTUNICA 15:36 ELGRADE, Feb 29 (Tanjug) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Friday that Serbia recognized in Kosovo only UNMIK, and that the Euleks mission was illegal.
"The legality that is preserved in Kosovo and Metohija is contained in Resolution 1244 and in the UNMIK civilian mission ensuing from the resolution." Kostunica said. The prime minister assessed that only the UNMIK Mission is based in law while everything else is illegal for Serbia and it will oppose it. Responding to a question about the sending of the EU Euleks mission to Kosovo, Kostunica said that Serbia would urge that the UNMIK mission functions in the province, in keeping with Resolution 1244, and that it is strengthened and expanded. "The EU mission is illegal for Serbia," the Serbian prime minister emphasised. Commenting on the assessment by Economy and Regional development Minister Mladjan Dinkic that Serbia should not be paying Kosovo's debt , Kostunica said that the statement was "expected." "What is important is that Serbia has its constitution, under which Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of Serbia, the policy of all Serbian institutions - state negotiating team, Serbia's president, the Assembly and the government, apparently differs from what Minister Dinkic is saying," Kostunica said. (end) tp/mz
