Thursday, September 22, 2005

Serbian official explains "less than autonomy more than independence" formula

Text of report by Serbian radio on 22 September

[Announcer] Explaining the more than autonomy less than independence formula, Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, chairwoman of the Coordination Centre for Kosovo and Metohija, specified that, in her opinion, Serbia should have the sovereignty [over Kosovo] and Kosovo should have its own executive, legislative, and judicial authorities. Furthermore, Serbian police should protect the border, the fiscal and customs policies would be within the state domain and controlled from a central place.

There should be a single defence minister, a single foreign minister, one single seat in the United Nations, but we would advocate for Kosovo to become a demilitarized zone to prevent the formation of paramilitary groups in that area, Sanda Raskovic-Ivic explained.

Source: Radio Belgrade in Serbian 1300 gmt 22 Sep 05

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kosova a demilitarized zone? Serbs patrolling the borders of Kosova? What has she been smoking?

Has the UN run out of seats or what that the seat at the UN becomes a problem? OK, I'll give you that. We'll send a homo from Kosova to sit together with Draskovic at the UN.

We're getting out for good, along with Montenegro. All the rights given to Albanians and Hungarians in Serbia and then some will be granted or already are to Serbs in Kosova. We've got a deal.

Over and out.

Anonymous said...

Prevent the formation of the paramilitary groups? Didn't the serbian government support the formation of paramilitary terrorist groups like Crna Ruka (Black Hand) who terrorized the albanian population alognside the serbian police?

Anonymous said...

WTF is she talking about. This is less then Autonomy and certainly less than indepemdent plan. That's how it was before Serbia got its a$$ bombed for causing genocide.
Independence would be better for the region since KFOR and the US troops would remain in the region. That way the very same state( Serbia) that killed our children won't be trusted with the millitary and the police.

Anonymous said...

Here is a very simple fact that many bloggers on this site don't seem to understand. I'll try to keep the english easy to understand so that it doesn't confuse you too much.

OK, now read this slowly and let it sink in (hopefully once and for all).

KOSOVO IS PART OF SERBIA.
(I KNOW IT HURTS BUT GET USED TO IT)

Anonymous said...

K O S O V A W A S P A R T O F S E R B I A

(Get along with it, be realistic. Six years after the war :), We have our customs service, you pay taxex for everything you bring in from Serbia (This is just a little fact))

Anonymous said...

Express reports in its leading front-page story that the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has turned down UNMIK’s request for a telephone code for Kosovo. The paper says that according to the ITU, the only possibility to get a code for Kosovo is to reach an agreement with Serbia on this issue.

more than autonomy less than independence sounds like the agreement that will be reached.

Anonymous said...

OK ... FOR ALL THOSE ALBANIANS WHO STILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND (AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OF YOU OUT THERE) - I'VE MADE IT EVEN SIMPLER.
NOW ... ALBANIANS OR SHIPTARS OR WHATEVER YOUR KNOWN AS TODAY ... READ THIS CAREFULLY AND REPEAT IT EVERY MINUTE UNTIL IT SINKS IN ...
"KOSOVO=SERBIA"
THERE. NOW THAT WASN'T TOO HARD WAS IT?