Posted on 05/19/2007 2:03:14 PM PDT by kronos77
BELGRADE - Serbia will never give up its sovereignty over the breakaway Kosovo province even to gain membership in the European Union, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said Saturday.
"The government is united and decisive in its stance that Serbia will never accept extortion over Kosovo for European integration," Kostunica said in an interview with the state-run Tanjug news agency.
Kostunica, a fierce opponent of Kosovo's independence, said there has been no "examples in the history of Europe that one state cedes 15 percent of its territory for any kind of concessions of prizes."
"If something like that was useful, good and possible, I believe someone would have already thought of that," said Kostunica, who was re-elected prime minister to the post on Tuesday after more than three-months of bickering between Serbian pro-European parties.
Though still technically Serbian territory, Kosovo has been run by a UN mission since NATO bombing drove out Belgrade-controlled forces in 1999 over a brutal crackdown on the province's ethnic Albanian majority.
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Ping!
Good for him.
Kosovo has been another big disappointment from this Republican administration and congress. I’m sorry that more conservatives aren’t pressing them on it.
Breaking up a sovereign nation and handing part of it over to Muslim terrorists and drug smugglers isn’t something this nation should be proud of.
Sooner, or later, we’re going to have to face the blue-helmets in combat.
Might as well bring it now. It'll be over in minutes.
Serbia was trying to evict illegal immigrants who crossed a body if water illegally from a poverty stricken Albania. Italy , at the same time loaded them back up and sent them back. clinton did not like that. gee, no wonder bush is taking the same stance - here and there.
“there has been no examples in the history of Europe that one state cedes 15 percent of its territory for any kind of concessions of prizes.”
the Europeans expect that of Israel
When Hillary's Prez,
she'll have our troops abandon
the middle east and
return to bombing
our Serbian friends. That's war
the way 'Rats like it.
Clinton chose the wrong side, the Maoist/Islamofascist/Albanian invaders.
yitbos
No body of water, just a border. Check you map. There’s the Adriatic Sea between Albania and Italy, but just a line on a map separates Albania from Serbia.
Once upon a time, the Serbs kept the Islam hordes from overrunning Europe. Milosvic was holding the line once again against the invaders. Tito and Milosevic were independent socialists. They stood against Stalin, Gorbachev and Mao. The EU didn't like Milosevic's brand of socialism. He had to go. The EU liked Clinton's brand of socialism. Clinton and the EU oust Milosevic. Notice, Milosevic has yet to stand trial for "crimes against humanity." He would put Clinton on the stand for his crimes.
yitbos
Clinton’s bombing did not remove Milosevic from power. He was overthrown by his own people after he lost an election and refused to relinquish power.
Milosevic died more than a year ago (March 2006) while his trial was still going on.
If the Clintons hadn’t bombed the Christian Serbs, the Serbs would have deposed Milosevic even sooner.
Yes, first Serbia then Israel. Unfortunately, most American Jews haven't realized that yet although many Israelis have.
Good for Serbia.
Milosevic was scum, and should have faced justice from his own people the way Nicolae Ceausescu did in Romania, instead of that Kangaroo Court in The Hague.
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