The Serb request to test the legality of Kosovo independence at the World Court in the Hague, according to the leader of the Liberal Party of Kosovo (PLK), Gjergj Dedaj, "not only is absurd, cynical, and offensive - but it once again in front of the people of Kosovo and the international community shows the shamelessness of the official Belgrade policy."
Serbia is the main culprit for all tragedies that happened in the
territory of former Yugoslavia during the last decades and of genocide
in Kosovo during 1998-1999, says PLK leader, adding that Serbia should
send to the Hague "war criminals and those that murdered innocent
civilians in Kosovo."
"The declaration of independence of Kosovo and its political status is not a matter of Serbia, which in fact lost the military, political, moral, human and international war in Kosovo, but of the free will of Kosovo people not to live in captivity with the destructive polices of Serbia,” says Dedaj.
British historian Mark Almond of Oxford in an interview for BBC in Serbian said that Tadic made statements about the division of Kosovo “as a last resort” would be unacceptable to the 2/3 of Serbs living south of the Iber River, not forgetting the fact the "in the pure Albanian part" would also remain the monasteries of Gracanica, Decan, and the Serb Orthodox Patriarchy of Peja.
Similar statements were made on Monday by Kosovo Serb leader Rada Trajkovic, who criticized Belgrade for being out of touch with reality on the ground.
Almond says that there are several practical problems with the Tadic statements.
"If you say that you are ready to consider the territorial division of Kosovo, which is also in contravention with the request made at the UN and ICJ not to sanction Kosovo independence, you are in essence saying that you are willing to accept Kosovo independence but only based on your conditions," said Almond.
Almond also stated that the Tadic declaration for the division of Kosovo was not welcome by the Western countries. He added that the territorial division of Kosovo would be a precedent for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia.
"The declaration of independence of Kosovo and its political status is not a matter of Serbia, which in fact lost the military, political, moral, human and international war in Kosovo, but of the free will of Kosovo people not to live in captivity with the destructive polices of Serbia,” says Dedaj.
British historian Mark Almond of Oxford in an interview for BBC in Serbian said that Tadic made statements about the division of Kosovo “as a last resort” would be unacceptable to the 2/3 of Serbs living south of the Iber River, not forgetting the fact the "in the pure Albanian part" would also remain the monasteries of Gracanica, Decan, and the Serb Orthodox Patriarchy of Peja.
Similar statements were made on Monday by Kosovo Serb leader Rada Trajkovic, who criticized Belgrade for being out of touch with reality on the ground.
Almond says that there are several practical problems with the Tadic statements.
"If you say that you are ready to consider the territorial division of Kosovo, which is also in contravention with the request made at the UN and ICJ not to sanction Kosovo independence, you are in essence saying that you are willing to accept Kosovo independence but only based on your conditions," said Almond.
Almond also stated that the Tadic declaration for the division of Kosovo was not welcome by the Western countries. He added that the territorial division of Kosovo would be a precedent for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia.
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Zbedan
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... @Perun There is no mention to the so-called Freakland's medieval past the same way as the freaks don't mention Dardania's ANCIENT past,where illirians was already there since the beggining,until the freak's arrival,by the end of Roman Empire,and spread like the rats they are.Their logic is that "If you steal something,that thing belongs to you".Based on it,they still "think"(what I doubt they do,since you need a BRAIN to think,what they don't have...)that Dardania is their,based on their invented history,without giving any concrete prove of their statements. And the most pathetic of all this is that they think that EU will accept then soon after they had defied it... |
Perun
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... There is no mention of the Serbian medieval period, which is deeply rooted in Serbian identity. That’s why the Serbian people oppose Kosovar independence so viciously. Thought I do praise the article for not being biased, the article clearly misses out on the geopolitical aspects of Kosovar independence story and the Russian stance on it. The countries that encompass Russia have all started to align with the West and with that come the possibility of NATO and EU membership. It feels surrounded, its sphere of influence disappearing. That is why Russia has been so decisive in regards to Kosovo and Georgia. One sphere of Russian influence was Serbia and when Russia had no word in the NATO bombing campaign against its ally it was deeply offended. It felt neglected. A once world super power had no say in world affairs and especially for one of its historic allies. Yet the west continued bullying Russia by aligning with Georgia, a strategic state in the Caucuses. It responded in turn, using the “genocide of an ethnic minority” as an excuse for its action in Georgia, just like NATO did. Russia is back on its economic feet again and it doesn’t like the West playing in its backyard. That’s why Russia is doing what it is doing in Georgia, trying to get back its sphere of influence. But should Kosovo like all previous Yugoslav states become independent. In my opinion the collapse of Yugoslav Federation and the resulting civil war played into the hands of the west. The more divided Yugoslavia was the weaker it would be in the future European Parliament in where France, Germany and Great Britain will have the final word. The plan of the European Union is to create a federation, (though most people don’t say it out loudly). Europe to be a global player needs to amalgamate so that it can play with China, Russia, India and the US in future world affairs. Creating another state like Kosovo is no issue for the top countries, as it will further have more power in the future European Parliament to pass laws and amendments. |
Sebaneau
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... The Kosovo declaration of independence follows the precedent set by those of Slovenia and Croatia 17 years ago. http://www.newkosovareport.com...sovo.html http://www.bosnia.org.uk/bosrep/report_format.cfm?articleid=2929&reportid=124 http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc2m8p62_166csgq6mfh http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?mode=1&gl=200802200000002&jezik=2&sid= Here is the Almond interview: "Cilj Tadićeve izjave: analiza" ("The aim of Tadić's declaration: An analysis") http://www.bbc.co.uk/serbian/n...ndit.shtml |
Zbedan
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... Oh and the declaration of independence of Kosovo is not a precedent for a lot of other countries? No,it isn't.Kosova was aways a federal unity the Evil King Milosevitch forcefuly attached it to Freakland.If the International Community had recognised its independence at the early 90's,all that mess would never had happened... |
anony
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... Statement: Almond also stated that the Tadic declaration for the division of Kosovo was not welcome by the Western countries. He added that the territorial division of Kosovo would be a precedent for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. Oh and the declaration of independence of Kosovo is not a precedent for a lot of other countries? |
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