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Voice of Russia
March 19, 2008
UN AND NATO MISSIONS IN KOSOVO DEMONSTRATE POLITICAL
BIAS
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic called on the US
Secretary General to carefully investigate the case of
the storming of the court building in the town of
Mitrovica.
Begun on Monday by UN police and NATO servicemen as an
action against a group of lawyers protesting against
their illegal dismissal, it grew into fierce clashes
with the Serb population.
In conditions of Kosovo split on ethnic grounds,
international forces should show much restraint and an
unbiased attitude.
This did not happen. Therefore the use of force has
been seen as a demonstration of readiness to write an
end to any form of the Serbs’ discontent and also as
open support to Albanian separatists who unilaterally
proclaimed independence in Kosovo.
Unfortunately, the UN and NATO missions in Kosovo
demonstrate a biased attitude.
They do not fulfill in full their duties.
The US Security Council mandate stipulates not only
the ensuring of security in the region, but also the
inadmissibility of any unilateral moves, such as
proclamation of independence.
Yet international forces have done nothing to prevent
this.
They, instead, directed their wrath against Serb
lawyers who dared to defend their rights.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes
that Serbs’ protest in Kosovo is just. Here is what he
says.
"To force all those who do not want to live in an
illegally proclaimed state to put up with the
situation is not an easy task.
"And the fact that for the many years since 1999 the
rights of minorities, primarily Serbs, were not
ensured, their security was disregarded and their
freedom of movement was violated in Kosovo, certainly,
allows a sad conclusion that in conditions of Kosovo’s
independence those minorities will feel themselves
strangers in their own country.
"The biased attitude of the UN and NATO missions
further aggravate the tense situation in the region.
And the consequences of this are unpredictable."
Serbian News Network - SNN
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