Serbia urges UN members not to recognize Kosovo
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Serbian President Boris Tadic on Saturday called on UN members, most of whom do not accept the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, not to recognize Kosovo, a breakaway Serbian province, as an independent state to maintain that position during the upcoming talks between the concerned parties.
![Boris Tadic, president of Serbia, addresses the general debate of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 25, 2010. [Shen Hong/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100926/000cf1bdd03f0e08ef2212.jpg "Boris Tadic, president of Serbia, addresses the general debate of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 25, 2010. [Shen Hong/Xinhua]") |
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Boris Tadic, president of Serbia, addresses the general debate of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 25, 2010. [Shen Hong/Xinhua] |
"I want to underline that it is of critical importance for the UN member states that have not recognized Kosovo's UDI (unilateral declaration of independence) to stay the course on non-recognition over the course of the dialogue process," Tadic said.
Up to date, about 70 of the 192 countries have recognized the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo in 2008, reports said.
Serbia is ready to engage in dialogue in good faith on Kosovo, but the process requires mutual trust and must be framed by rules and accountability, said Tadic.
"We look forward to engage in the process that will hopefully lead to a mutually acceptable compromise solution to the problem of Kosovo," he said.
Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008, but Serbia has said that it will not recognize the declaration, and Tadic told the General Assembly here Saturday that the declaration violated the basic principles of the UN Charter.
In July, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion in which it concluded that the declaration did not violate either general international law, a 1999 Security Council resolution following the end of fighting in Kosovo, or the constitutional framework adopted by the Secretary-General's Special Representative on behalf of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
The advisory opinion, which is non-binding, was issued in response to an earlier request from the General Assembly.
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