balkan insight
18 Nov 2010 / 12:03
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic says that that unlike Belgrade, Pristina is still not ready for a dialogue, at least not before elections in Kosovo scheduled for December.
Tanjug, B92
Explaining that Belgrade was ready for talks, the minister underscored that the official Serbian stance is clear.
“We shall never recognise the unilaterally declared independence by Kosovo.
We will use all diplomatic and political means to find compromising and rational solutions," Jeremic said in the central Serbian town of Cacak late on Wednesday.
According to the minister, talks can start on less contentious topics, such as missing persons or mine clearing along the administrative line.
"In that way a better atmosphere can be created for more serious talks," he noted.
Jeremic also said that the Belgrade-Pristina talks will be held under the umbrella of the United Nations and with the mediation of EULEX (European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo), making sure that the status of Kosovo and Metohija is in keeping with Resolution 1244.
Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuqi said recently that talks would begin after Kosovo's December 12 general elections, which Belgrade has told Kosovo Serbs not to participate in.
“Our government was unanimous in its call to our citizens not to take part in the elections, because the elections were not called in keeping with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, according to which only the chief of the the UN foce in Kosovo (UNMIK) can call them, which he failed to do,” Jeremic said.
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