Serbian Parliament, resolution for Kosovo
01/08/2011 09:10
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After several hours of debates, the Serbian Parliament approved the
declaration for Kosovo, through which it condemned all sorts of violence
and appealed for a peaceful resolution of the crisis that according to
them was caused by Prishtina’s unilateral actions. The declaration also
stated that the Serbian Parliament wanted to continue the dialogue
with Prishtina.
181 of 207 Serbian MPs voted in favor, 20 against, among them also the only Albanian MP, Riza Halimi. Four abstained and two other did not participate. A few minutes before the approval, the Serbian President Boris Tadic addressed a declaration to the Serbian MPs in which he considered the situation in Kosovo as difficult and dramatic, as any other conflict in Western Balkans, and also a conflict that could grow and cause violence and victims.
The declaration proposed by the Serbian Democratic Party underlined the obligation of the government for asking international missionaries to respect the Resolution 1244 and not allow unilateral actions by Prishtina Institutions, in order to not endanger peace, stability and the possibility of finding a compromise that would change the existing situation in the terrain.
The Serbian Parliament demanded their state authorities to defend Serbia’s territorial sovereignty and integrity, and to protect the interests of the Serbian residents in Kosovo.
The tensions grew up this Monday, July 25th, when Kosovo government sent Police Special Forces in northern border checkpoints, mainly directed by Serbian employees, for implementing the embargo against Serbian goods. This was a counter-response to the Serbian decision for implementing an embargo against Kosovo goods, after the disagreements for the Customs stamps.
NATO sent peacekeeping troops for eliminating the violence that left one Albanian police agent dead, and one border checkpoint building burnt.
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