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Tadie

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  1. “Serbia will be the cornerstone of stability in the Western Balkans and make efforts to become a State member of the European Union. But that does not mean that Serbia will give up its legitimate interests.”

    2009-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6097 (2009) · source

  2. “We established a free trade zone in the former Yugoslavia and the Western Balkans, which includes Albania and Moldova. Unfortunately, the Pristina representative has tried to mislead the Council by saying that Serbia is blocking trade with the province. That is simply not true. Serbia remains ready to implement free trade commitments as defined by CEFTA. UNMIK-Kosovo is a party to CEFTA, and we will continue trading with it. But we cannot accept unilaterally designed customs forms entitled "Republic of Kosovo"; we must engage and find a solution. That is very important to Serbia, and it is our official position. Finally, I thank Council members for their presentations. Serbia will continue all its efforts to establish peace and find a democratic solution for the region.”

    2009-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6097 (2009) · source

  3. “In Serbia's view, the six-point plan proposed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must be fully implemented. First of all, it is a decision of the Security Council, and secondly, it will help everyone in Kosovo to establish normal conditions. The Kosovo Security Force is completely unacceptable to Serbia; it represents a paramilitary organization that violates resolution 1244 (1999) and the Kumanova Military-Technical Agreement. The Force, which represents a challenge to regional stability, should be dismantled. That is the position of Serbia. Serbia's proposal for Kosovo was demilitarization, not the creation of a new paramilitary security force. With regard to free trade in the region, we signed the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), which defines our obligations and our cooperation in the economic sector.”

    2009-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6097 (2009) · source

  4. “I cannot understand the logic whereby EULEX would forbid a United Nations presence at our meetings. That is unacceptable to Serbia. And I cannot understand why the United Nations would accept such a position. We must work together, not squeeze one another out. We need each other: we want to successfully resolve difficult problems, and in order to solve such problems, we need each other. Very briefly, I should like to make a few comments. Stopping Serbian officials on the Administrative Boundary Line is extremely dangerous and disturbing. It must end. Today, the Mayor of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was stopped and prevented from delivering humanitarian aid to Serbian villages in Kosovo. If we do not find a systematic solution to that issue, we will have many difficulties, and we must avoid that.”

    2009-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6097 (2009) · source

  5. “In response to the intervention by the representative of the United Kingdom: I am not making up my own definition of the remit of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX); I am only reading the report of the Secretary-General dated 24 November 2008 (S/2008/692), which was endorsed by the Security Council. In the report, it is crystal-clear that UNMIK and EULEX are to work in Kosovo under resolution 1244 (1999) and that they have to take a neutral position regarding Kosovo's status. The presence of the United Nations and EULEX in Kosovo is crucially important to Serbia. That is why I must stress that we expect UNMIK always to be represented at the regional meetings in which Serbia participates.”

    2009-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6097 (2009) · source

  6. “Mr. Tadie (spoke in Serbian; English interpretation provided by the delegation): I strongly condemn all crimes committed in 1999. Today, 10 years later, every Albanian person who lived in Kosovo still lives there. Two hundred thousand Serbian people do not live there any longer. Is this going to be the legacy of the policy of 1999? That is my question to the Council. Serbia is a democracy. After October 2000, when we defeated the Milosevic regime, we established democracy in our country. We respect the rule of law and minority rights, but at the same time we are protecting the integrity and sovereignty of our State, like every Member State of the United Nations. For that reason, we are going to continue our efforts to establish the rule of law, peace, democracy and the highest standards for all nationalities and citizens of my country.”

    2009-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6097 (2009) · source