CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER SUPPORTS SERBIAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO AND METOHIJA

Belgrade, 25 July 2007 – HRH Crown Prince Alexander II welcomes the adoption of the “Resolution on the necessity of a just solution of the question of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, based on international law”, by the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia.

The adoption of this document with a large majority of votes by members of parliament shows that Serbia is politically united when its territorial integrity and sovereignty are in question, and that, in the solving of this issue, it calls for the generally accepted principles of international law to be upheld.

His Royal Highness calls upon the people of Serbia to give their full support to the state institutions and their principle stand that only through dialogue with the Albanians, with the full respect of the demand for autonomy, but within Serbia, can there be a solution which will bring permanent stability to the region.

The Crown Prince expresses hope that the international community will also be a constructive factor in the further negotiations about the status and that it will not allow that, counter to the UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and other fundamental principles of international law, a part of the territory of one of the founders of the UN is taken away.