Serbian Prime Minister
Vojislav Kostunica attends a government session in Belgrade,
Serbia, on Thursday, February 14, 2008.
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Friday that
Serbia will not join the European Union through undignified
trading, the official Tanjug news agency reported.
"Serbia has always been in Europe and therefore nobody can
either bring it in or take it out, and Serbia should join the
European Union as a whole, in the same way as all other members
entered this union," Kostunica said, addressing the statehood Day
and Army Day celebrations at Orasac of central Serbia.
Serbia was requested to "sit at the table of the European
family" as the only state which got its seat through undignified
trading and by sacrificing its memories and identity, he said,
adding that "Serbia can never agree to this."
The Prime Minister called for unity of political leader and
state officials at the time when Serbia's sovereignty and
territorial integrity are violated.
"This is perhaps the only question where differences must not
exist," he said.
Kostunica's cabinet adopted on Thursday a resolution to annul a
unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo.
It is widely believed that the Kosovo parliament will adopt a
statement of intent to proclaim independence on Sunday.
(Xinhua News Agency February 16, 2008)
