Serbian Kosovo ministry official rejects partition ideas
Serbian Kosovo Ministry State Secretary Oliver Ivanovic says a partition of Kosovo was "out of the question" and that the government "had not changed its stand".
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The government continues to abide by the Constitution, which says that Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia, and Belgrade's policy towards Kosovo is based on the Constitution and decisions made by parliament, he noted.
"Most of the remaining Serb population in Kosovo is south of the Ibar River and everything that is important for Serbian identity, culture and history is also there, he stated, adding that therefore, it would be disastrous to divide Kosovo," said he.
Serbs in the south live in isolated enclaves, while in the north they are a majority which rejects the authority of the Kosovo Albanian government in Pristina.
"Many of those who have joined Serbia in saying that Kosovo cannot be independent would change their mind if a division were accepted, which would then open the door of the UN to Kosovo," Ivanovic said.
