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KOSOVO: KOSTUNICA, USA NON POSSONO REGALARE TERRITORI SERBI
BELGRADO - ''La Serbia e' amareggiata con la politica americana per
la soluzione del problema del Kosovo. Gli Usa non hanno diritto di
regalare i territori serbi agli albanesi''. E' questa la risposta del
premier serbo, Vojislav Kostunica, alle posizioni del presidente Usa
George W. Bush che ieri a Tirana e oggi a Sofia ha detto che il
Kosovo deve diventare indipendente e che ''il momento per far
avanzare il piano Ahtsaari e' adesso''.
''L'America ha diritto di appoggiare alcuni popoli e Paesi, ma non
regalandogli qualcosa che non e' in loro possesso. L'America deve
trovare un altro modo di mostrare le sue preferenze e il suo amore
verso gli Albanesi invece di regalare loro territori Serbi'', ha
insistito Kostunica.
Secondo il premier serbo, con i bombardamenti della Serbia gli Usa
hanno fatto uno sbaglio come successo altre volte in questo secolo.
''Un nuovo sbaglio e' appoggiare l'indipendenza del Kosovo,
rappresenterebbe una ingiustizia che il popolo serbo non
dimenticherebbe mai. Se l'America ignorera' il diritto internazionale
deve sapere che la Serbia rigettera' e considera' nulla ogni forma di
indipendenza della sua regione'' ha concluso Kostunica.
Osservatori politici a Belgrado notano che i toni duri usati dal
Primo ministro serbo trovano fondamento molto probabilmente nei
risultati di un incontro con il presidente russo Vladimir Putin due
giorni fa a San Pietroburgo, nel quale la Russia ha ripetuto la sua
posizione contraria a una soluzione che non soddisfi le due parti in
causa.
11/06/2007 14:42
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070611-0952-serbia-kosovo-
bush.html
Reuters
June 11, 2007
Serbs 'disgusted' by Bush Kosovo pledge – premier
By Douglas Hamilton
BELGRADE – Serbs will never forgive the United States
if it helps ensure Kosovo's Albanians win independence
for the Serbian province, Prime Minister Vojislav
Kostunica said on Monday.
In a bitter response to President George W. Bush's
promise to Albanians that Kosovo would soon be
independent, Kostunica said Serbia was 'justifiably
disgusted' by U.S. policy, the official Serbian news
agency Tanjug reported.
The row over Kosovo's future deepened as the province
marked the eve of the 8th anniversary of the June 12
deployment of 60,000 NATO troops who entered the
territory from Macedonia as Serb forces withdrew to
the north.
It has turned into a high-stakes diplomatic standoff
between Russia, which backs Serbia in opposition to
independence, and the West, which believes it is the
only viable solution to future stability in the
southern Balkans.
'The U.S. has a right to support certain states and
peoples in accordance with its interests, but not by
making them a present of something which doesn't
belong to it,' the Serb premier said.
'The U.S. bombing of Serbia was a big enough mistake
for the last century and this one as well,' added
Kostunica, who has suggested that Serbia would curtail
diplomatic ties with any state that recognises
independence.
'Supporting one-sided independence for Kosovo would be
a fresh mistake, a further act of unjustified
violence, which would not be forgotten by the Serbian
people,' he said.
EIGHT-YEAR WAIT
The United States led NATO military intervention in
the Kosovo crisis in 1999, bombing Serbia for 11
weeks....
Kosovo has been under U.N. administration and NATO
protection since June 1999, awaiting a decision on its
future.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed last week to
broker a compromise deal with Russia over Kosovo,
suggesting a six-month delay to any U.N. resolution in
exchange for Russian acceptance of independence.
France's foreign ministry said on Monday senior
officials from France, the United States, Britain,
Germany and Italy would meet in Paris on Tuesday to
discuss next steps on Kosovo.
Visiting Albania on Sunday, Bush said the United
States and European Union were convinced that
independence for Kosovo was the only viable solution,
as demanded by the province's 90 percent ethnic
Albanian majority.
Bush said Washington would make further diplomatic
efforts to convince Russia, which could veto a U.N.
resolution.
But Bush also said that 'at some point in time, sooner
rather than later, you have to say enough is enough,
Kosovo is independent'. The West could bring the issue
to a Security Council vote this month.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the
Council to endorse a plan drafted by U.N. envoy Martti
Ahtisaari for an independent Kosovo supervised by the
European Union.
'I hope at this time we should not waste too much time
in making a decision,' said Ban. 'But I hope and I
expect that the consultations among the parties
concerned will continue.'
(Source: R. Rozoff through http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
yugoslaviainfo )
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20070611144234330230.html
KOSOVO: KOSTUNICA, USA NON POSSONO REGALARE TERRITORI SERBI
BELGRADO - ''La Serbia e' amareggiata con la politica americana per
la soluzione del problema del Kosovo. Gli Usa non hanno diritto di
regalare i territori serbi agli albanesi''. E' questa la risposta del
premier serbo, Vojislav Kostunica, alle posizioni del presidente Usa
George W. Bush che ieri a Tirana e oggi a Sofia ha detto che il
Kosovo deve diventare indipendente e che ''il momento per far
avanzare il piano Ahtsaari e' adesso''.
''L'America ha diritto di appoggiare alcuni popoli e Paesi, ma non
regalandogli qualcosa che non e' in loro possesso. L'America deve
trovare un altro modo di mostrare le sue preferenze e il suo amore
verso gli Albanesi invece di regalare loro territori Serbi'', ha
insistito Kostunica.
Secondo il premier serbo, con i bombardamenti della Serbia gli Usa
hanno fatto uno sbaglio come successo altre volte in questo secolo.
''Un nuovo sbaglio e' appoggiare l'indipendenza del Kosovo,
rappresenterebbe una ingiustizia che il popolo serbo non
dimenticherebbe mai. Se l'America ignorera' il diritto internazionale
deve sapere che la Serbia rigettera' e considera' nulla ogni forma di
indipendenza della sua regione'' ha concluso Kostunica.
Osservatori politici a Belgrado notano che i toni duri usati dal
Primo ministro serbo trovano fondamento molto probabilmente nei
risultati di un incontro con il presidente russo Vladimir Putin due
giorni fa a San Pietroburgo, nel quale la Russia ha ripetuto la sua
posizione contraria a una soluzione che non soddisfi le due parti in
causa.
11/06/2007 14:42
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070611-0952-serbia-kosovo-
bush.html
Reuters
June 11, 2007
Serbs 'disgusted' by Bush Kosovo pledge – premier
By Douglas Hamilton
BELGRADE – Serbs will never forgive the United States
if it helps ensure Kosovo's Albanians win independence
for the Serbian province, Prime Minister Vojislav
Kostunica said on Monday.
In a bitter response to President George W. Bush's
promise to Albanians that Kosovo would soon be
independent, Kostunica said Serbia was 'justifiably
disgusted' by U.S. policy, the official Serbian news
agency Tanjug reported.
The row over Kosovo's future deepened as the province
marked the eve of the 8th anniversary of the June 12
deployment of 60,000 NATO troops who entered the
territory from Macedonia as Serb forces withdrew to
the north.
It has turned into a high-stakes diplomatic standoff
between Russia, which backs Serbia in opposition to
independence, and the West, which believes it is the
only viable solution to future stability in the
southern Balkans.
'The U.S. has a right to support certain states and
peoples in accordance with its interests, but not by
making them a present of something which doesn't
belong to it,' the Serb premier said.
'The U.S. bombing of Serbia was a big enough mistake
for the last century and this one as well,' added
Kostunica, who has suggested that Serbia would curtail
diplomatic ties with any state that recognises
independence.
'Supporting one-sided independence for Kosovo would be
a fresh mistake, a further act of unjustified
violence, which would not be forgotten by the Serbian
people,' he said.
EIGHT-YEAR WAIT
The United States led NATO military intervention in
the Kosovo crisis in 1999, bombing Serbia for 11
weeks....
Kosovo has been under U.N. administration and NATO
protection since June 1999, awaiting a decision on its
future.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed last week to
broker a compromise deal with Russia over Kosovo,
suggesting a six-month delay to any U.N. resolution in
exchange for Russian acceptance of independence.
France's foreign ministry said on Monday senior
officials from France, the United States, Britain,
Germany and Italy would meet in Paris on Tuesday to
discuss next steps on Kosovo.
Visiting Albania on Sunday, Bush said the United
States and European Union were convinced that
independence for Kosovo was the only viable solution,
as demanded by the province's 90 percent ethnic
Albanian majority.
Bush said Washington would make further diplomatic
efforts to convince Russia, which could veto a U.N.
resolution.
But Bush also said that 'at some point in time, sooner
rather than later, you have to say enough is enough,
Kosovo is independent'. The West could bring the issue
to a Security Council vote this month.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the
Council to endorse a plan drafted by U.N. envoy Martti
Ahtisaari for an independent Kosovo supervised by the
European Union.
'I hope at this time we should not waste too much time
in making a decision,' said Ban. 'But I hope and I
expect that the consultations among the parties
concerned will continue.'
(Source: R. Rozoff through http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
yugoslaviainfo )