Fleiner on Kosovo (Politika/Tanjug)
Swiss expert and legal advisor of the Serbian delegation in the negotiations
on the future status of Kosovo, Professor Tomas Fleiner, has assessed in an
interview to Tanjug that there is no international-legal foundation for
one-sided secession of Kosovo from Serbia. That possibility is not
envisaged with local law or constitution, as in the case of the
Constitutional Charter of the state union and the referendum in Montenegro,
but neither does international law give adequate foundation for this, said
Fleiner. He explained that, according to international law, there are two
cases where secession or self-determination is justified the first was
implemented in cases of liberation from colonial authority, and the second
in case of total state repression and exploitation of the people of some
region. According to him, Kosovo Albanians and the international community
could have perhaps quoted the second reason during Milosevics authority,
before the NATO intervention in 1999, but it has no sense today anymore.
First of all, the international community didnt opt for that in 1999,
said professor Fleiner, adding that UNSCR 1244 confirms sovereignty of the
SCG, as the UN member, over the territory of Kosovo.
Kesic on Kosovo (Glas Javnosti)
The time he doesnt spend in convincing the American administration that
independence of Kosovo would be a wrong move, political analyst from
Washington Obrad Kesic spends in convincing Serbs that the southern Serbian
province still isnt lost. It is a big question what is the more difficult
and in vain job at this moment, but this analyst of the American foreign
policy is convinced that the outcome of negotiations on the future status of
Kosovo is not known in advance. The negotiations will be a difficult and
very painful process, but everyone will have to make a concession at the
end, Kesic said in an interview to Glas Javnosti. Serbs will have to make
a concession when it comes to sovereignty, while Albanians will have to make
a concession in the sense of territory and independence. The problem is that
it is thought how an eventual imposed solution will be to the benefit to the
Albanians, that they dont have to make any concessions. I think this is not
correct, because we have someone non-stop coming from America and Europe,
such as Ahtisaari and his team, to convince us how independence is a done
matter, but if it was really so, I dont see a reason why would they be
coming to seek consent from Belgrade.
Washingtons stand towards Kosovo status (Politika/Tanjug)
US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Freed has stated in Washington that
he cannot say exactly what will be the final status of Kosovo as it doesnt
depend on the US and at issue is a negotiating process. According to the
information published on the State Department web site, Freed said that US
supported the efforts by UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari who is
negotiating on reaching a final status for Kosovo in the course of 2006. I
dont know what will be the agreement, but I know what it will not be, said
Freed in talks with the foreign press within the round table organized by
the State Department in Washington earlier this week. There will be no
return to the situation before 1999, and we will not divide Kosovo and
change borders. Whatever the solution will be in Kosovo, it must respect the
rights of the minorities, Serbs and Turks, said Freed.
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