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After meeting the EU's Franco-German envoy, Vucic: Long live Serbia without recognizing the independence of "Kosovo"

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【Text/Observer Network Wang Mochu】

On the 9th local time, Serbian President Vucic posted on social platforms after meeting with eu, French and German envoys in Belgrade: "Serbia, will not recognize 'Kosovo'! "Don't surrender!" Long live Serbia! ”

Vucic pointed out that Serbia has always been prepared for a compromise solution, but all this is established on the premise of complying with serbia's constitution and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.

According to Russia Today (RT), the United States and the European Union are currently pressuring Serbia to recognize Kosovo's "independence." The UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which Vucic mentioned in his post-meeting statement, was adopted on June 10, 1999, reaffirming the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (serbia's predecessor) over the "Kosovo region" and demanding that "all UN Member States respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FRY."

After meeting the EU's Franco-German envoy, Vucic: Long live Serbia without recognizing the independence of "Kosovo"

Screenshot of the "Russia Today" report

On the 9th local time, Serbian President Vucic met with EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak, French envoy Emanuel Bonne and German envoy Jens Plettner and announced the results of their talks on Instagram.

"Serbia, will not recognize 'Kosovo'!" Vucic writes at the beginning.

"In accordance with the Serbian Constitution and UN Security Council Resolution 1244, we are always ready for a compromise solution," the article mentions. After that, the article was titled "Do not surrender! Long live Serbia! " as a conclusion.

After meeting the EU's Franco-German envoy, Vucic: Long live Serbia without recognizing the independence of "Kosovo"
After meeting the EU's Franco-German envoy, Vucic: Long live Serbia without recognizing the independence of "Kosovo"

Pictured from Vucic ins

Rajak, who met with Vucic, was the EU's envoy to the Western Balkans, while Bone and Pletna were recently appointed by Paris and Berlin to pressure the Serbian side to recognize "Kosovo independence."

According to the Armenian media "News Network" (news.am), the Serbian side said on Friday (9th) that a meeting of the National Security Council will be held on Saturday morning, and the main topic of the meeting will be the situation in Kosovo and Metohija.

Kosovo is an autonomous province of the former Republic of Serbia of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, entrusted to the United Nations after the end of the Kosovo War in June 1999. In February 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared its "independence". Although Kosovo is recognized by the United States and some of its allies, about 90 countries, including Serbia and Russia, do not recognize Kosovo's "independence." In the European Union, not all countries recognize Kosovo, and Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain have not yet recognized it.

The Serbian and Kosovo authorities have been negotiating the normalization of relations for a long time under the coordination of the United Nations and the European Union. Over the past decade, the two sides have had many discussions on the conditions for Serbia's recognition of the so-called "independence of Kosovo".

The adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which Vucic mentioned in his statement, was adopted on 10 June 1999, which explicitly promised the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the predecessor of Serbia) and other countries in the region, and that Kosovo practiced a "high degree of autonomy and effective self-governance", not a sovereign state like Serbia. Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence in 2008 was also not accepted by about half of the UN's member states, including Serbia, China and Russia. The agreement will remain in legal force until a political settlement is reached on the province's final status.

Excerpt from the provisions of United Nations Resolution 1244

Tensions in the Kosovo region have continued to escalate in recent months as a result of two unilateral decisions by the Kosovo authorities on license plates and identity cards.

On 29 June, the Serbian autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija (i.e., the "Republic of Kosovo", which is not recognized by China and Serbia), declared itself that it would not recognize the validity of identity cards and license plates issued by the Serbian government in the territory of the "country". If the owner does not change the license plate in time, the authorities will confiscate the vehicle. Serbian President Vucic expressed strong condemnation.

At the end of July, large-scale protests broke out in northern Kosovo over the incident, and gunshots rang out at the scene. Later, under pressure from the European Union and the U.S. government, Kosovo authorities announced late July 31 that the ban would be postponed until September 1.

License plates of Serbia and "Kosovo", pictured from Serbian media

In addition, the Kosovo authorities' restoration plan, from 1 August, requires any holder of Serbian identity documents to obtain provisional documents from the Kosovo authorities during their stay in the Kosovo area.

Later, on August 27, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrelli announced on Twitter that Serbia and kosovo authorities had reached an agreement on identity cards, allowing holders of identity cards from both sides to freely enter and leave the border.

At a news conference earlier in the day, Vucic said the progress of the negotiations with the Kosovo authorities was "very unsuccessful" and that "there was no consensus on one small issue with 'Kosovo'". The "license plate issue" between the two sides has not yet been resolved.

Vucic stressed that Serbia accepts the "Kosovo Identity Card" only for "practical reasons" in order to facilitate the flow of people, which cannot be interpreted as recognition of "Kosovo independence".

On the same day on August 27, Vucic said Serbia had persuaded seven countries to cancel recognition of Kosovo. Serbian diplomats "did not stand idly by" in the face of "Kosovo's" ongoing attempts to win international support, Vucic said, and "now the number of countries that have cancelled their recognition (of Kosovo) has increased from 4 to 7."

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