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"In my opinion, discussions about Kosovo, which is the southern region of the state of Serbia, are problematic from the perspective of international law, because we are awaiting the opinion of the International Court of Justice as to the legitimacy of Kosovo’s status in the international environment. Neither the Serbian Government nor many sovereign European states have yet recognised the legitimacy of the process through which Kosovo embarked on its problematic journey towards autonomous administration of the region.
Kosovo can certainly become part of the European Union as an integral part of Serbia, whose legitimacy as an independent, sovereign, European state no one, I believe, doubts.
Attempts by arbitrary nationalistic groups – such as Albanians or other nationalists – to break up functioning democratic states only cause suffering among the inhabitants. Kosovars have the same right to participate in the running of the Serbian state as any ethnic minority in any country of the European Union.
I strongly believe that we should not set the Serbs and Kosovars at odds, but help them to find a common European path."@en1
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