"Kosovo stamps must be status-neutral"
Official Belgrade finds acceptable all solutions for customs stamps which do not impinge upon the issue of Kosovo status, says Borislav Stefanovic.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The head of Belgrade's negotiating team in the talks with Kosovo Albanian authorities in Priština, taking place in Brussels, spoke for Tanjug news agency on Monday.
Stefanovic did not want to comment the release by Belgrade-based daily Blic on the proposal for introduction of two customs stamps, a Serbian and a Kosovo Albanian one, at the Kosovo administrative line, but said that Belgrade claims that customs stamps have to be in keeping with UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
"All other solutions which do not impinge upon the status of Kosovo are on the cards. We have different proposals, but one thing is certain - Belgrade cannot accept customs stamps which read 'The Republic of Kosovo-Customs' as well as anything else that has the symbols of statehood. Moreover, the accompanying documentation has to be status neutral," Stefanovic told.
In the talks with Belgrade, Pristina insisted on a stamp which would read "republic of Kosovo".
Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic did not wish to comment the proposal of introduction of two customs stamps, believing that this would be a prejudgment of solution before the continuation of the talks in Brussels in September.
