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Serbis current authorities rhetoric on the Kosova issue was identical to that of Miloševic during the Rambouillet discussions.
By AP
Published: October 21, 2007
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"Kosova will declare independence"
BELGRADE, KRAGUJEVAC -- Former Foreign Minister Vuk Draškoviæ reckons Priština will unilaterally declare Kosova independence on December 11 or 12.
“Priština could unilaterally declare Kosova independence on December 11 or 12, or possibly because of the Christmas holidays, wait until January, after a which a whole series of countries could recognize that independence,” Draškoviæ told today's edition of Novi Sad daily Graðanski List.
In his opinion, this wave of recognitions could be launched “by a chain of predominantly Islamic countries.”
“I assume that the EU and the U.S. won’t be in too much of a hurry to recognize, though they will do so in the end, in order to complete the magic number of 192 states needed for recognition of independence to become legitimate,” said the former minister.
He said that direct talks on Kosova between Belgrade and Priština did not exist as such, and that it was all just a form of manipulation.
“That’s one of the forms of manipulation, as there are no direct talks. They can’t be called direct when neither side is listening to the other’s suggestions,” said Draškoviæ.
“Missed chance in Rambouillet”
President of the Serb Renewal Movement Draškoviæ said last night in Kragujevac that at the Kosova talks in Rambouillet, Serbia was offered a document according to which “Kosova had essential autonomy within the borders of Yugoslavia and Serbia,” while at the same time ruling out the possibility of an Albanian referendum on independence in the long term.
Under the terms of the document, 2000 Serb soldiers and 3000 police officers would have remained in the province, while there was also the prospect of parallel legal systems for Albanians and Serbs, said Draškoviæ.
Furthermore, NATO troops together with Serb forces would have disarmed the Kosova Liberation Army and confiscated weapons from all Kosova civilians.
At the promotion of his new book, “Target”, in Kragujevac, Draškoviæ said that Serbia had then spurned an opportunity to get what it was now fighting so hard for, stressing that the current authorities’ rhetoric on the Kosova issue was identical to that of Miloševiæ during the Rambouillet discussions.
He said that that was why he was pessimistic about the outcome of talks, particularly as “up to now we haven’t missed a single opportunity – to miss an opportunity.”
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Dani
Vetëm përpara djema... this is
a true about balkan killers
Rian
Just dont give UP, trooth is
in your side
Dragan
God site, hello from Belgrad
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