Tadic: "Kosovo will be viewed differently"
The international community will see the Kosovo problem with different eyes after a report on crimes committed against Serbs, Boris Tadic believes.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, December 21, 2010
"Serbia has been waiting for years in front of international institutions for a report like this," said Tadic, according to reports.
He spoke in reference to the Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty and his document on the kidnappings of civilians in Kosovo and the trade in their body parts.
Tadic also stated that Serbia "appealed for all crimes to be brought to light", but that these appeals "were not accepted seriously in the past decades".
Now that "picture" has changed thanks to the Swiss senator and his report, the president said.
He further noted that in the past decade, the "Serb nation was presented as the sole culprit for the events in the former Yugoslavia," but added he was hopeful that the Marty report would spell an end to that approach.
Tadic called for a "wide-reaching and comprehensive investigation" that would determine "if such crimes occurred in Kosovo, and who perpetrated them". He also expressed hope that such an investigation would shed the light on the creation of the co-called state of Kosovo.
