15 minutes agoUS eyes Jeremic: Kosovo is state and this will not change
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)People's Party Chairman and Movement for Serbia leader Vuk Jeremic said today in Washington that most of the Serbian people will never accept Kosovo as an independent state, but the first priority should be establishing relations for normal living conditions of Serbs and Albanians. “in the State Department yesterday [...]
“In the State Department yesterday I was told that we must understand that Kosovo is an independent state and we have to accept reality, which will not change. I fear that this is impossible for anyone who holds our cultural and national identity “, Jeremic said in a speech at George Town University's Diplomatic Academy.
He reiterated that changing borders under ethnic principle would be a dangerous precedent and changing borders with Kosovo would not be the last in the region, which could cause catastrophic consequences.
Asked about the link between resolving the Kosovo issue and Serbia's path towards the EU, Jeremic said that the concept of accepting the entire Western Balkans would facilitate resolving the Kosovo issue, as there are no borders in the EU among member states, but according to him, this offer is not now on the table.
“We do not know what kind of offer it will be when EU reforms are completed or whether it will be at all “, Jeremic said.
