Belgrade: Kosovo impairing relations with US
Kosovo is impairing all relations between Serbia and the U.S., says the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague, Rasim Ljajic.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, February 06, 2009
"My impression is that Kosovo is an absolute priority for the State Department and administration, and that's a theme where we have more differences of opinion than over cooperation with the Hague," said Ljajic.
Ljajic told U.S. officials that Serbia was interested in the unhindered movement of goods between Serbia and Kosovo, but that it was unacceptable for those goods to bear the stamp of the Republic of Kosovo, a state Serbia does not recognize.
"I said that it is unacceptable for Serbia for goods to carry the tag ‘Republic of Kosovo', as even the CEFTA agreement is signed by UNMIK-Kosovo, and not the Republic of Kosovo," he added.
Ljajic was speaking with the National Security Council's Director for Southeast Europe Katherine Helgerson and Assistant Secretary of State Stuart Jones.
He pointed out to U.S. officials that the six-point agreement signed at the UN was not being applied in Kosovo, particularly in the areas of justice, police and customs.
