RSS
Home
Serb President states new approach needed for Kosovo
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
Serbian President Boris Tadic has stated that Serbia must take a new approach in regards to Kosovo. President Tadic told journalists in Belgrade that "'a different approach is what Serbia needs today...inflexibility is one of the primary problems which we face. Innovation is needed now more than ever in reaching political decisions. He who has not learnt the simple lesson that a rigid, stiff and overly traditional approach doesn't give results and can't be repeated in the future, loses the right and legitimacy to perform his or her job in the present'" (http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/24033/).
Serbia has been lobbying countries to not recognize Kosovo's independence ever since it unilateraly declared independence from Belgrade in February 2008. Belgrade claims UN Resolution 1244 is still in effect, which states that Kosovo is part of Serbia, albeight under international administration. Serbia has also taken this issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence (http://www.examiner.com/x-27426-Volusia-County-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-ICJ-ruling-on-Kosovos-independence-will-be-vague) in accordance with established international law. Currently, 64 countries have recognized Kosovo as an independent state.
Related info:.
Comments
