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September 4,
2003
ERP KIM Newsletter
04-09-03
SERBIAN ORTHODOX
CHURCH PRESENTS MEMORANDUM WHILE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT UNAMIMOUSLY ADOPTS
RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
BELGRADE, September 3rd
The Church and the state have reached a unanimous position for the first
time since World War II, particularly regarding Serbia's territorial
integrity and Serbia-Montenegro's sovereignty over the province,
regardless of the fact that Kosovo is currently administered by the United
Nations.
(left to right: Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro, Bishop Artemije of
Kosovo and Metohija, Dr. Nebojsa Covic, Bishop Atanasije - the author of
the Memorandum on Kosovo)
CONTENTS:
 SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PRESENTS MEMORANDUM ON
KOSOVO
Stressing that he
spent 34 years in Kosovo, Serbian Patriarch Pavle said he warned all
responsible parties back then that "an ethnically cleansed state" was
being created in Europe.
FEDERAL PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
"The dream of an
independent Kosovo is less and less a dream and more and more a nightmare
for Albanian extremists who are aware that dream will remain unfulfilled,"
the Serbian prime minister told a sitting of the federal parliament.
AFP: ALBANIAN REBEL LEADER THREATENS TO LAUNCH WAR
IN MACEDONIA
The self-declared
commander of the banned Albanian Liberation Army (ANA), Avdil Jakupi,
Thursday threatened to launch a separatist war in Macedonia in an
interview with Bulgaria's bTV private television.
PERPETRATORS OF GORAZDEVAC MASSACRE STILL NOT ARRESTED - DAY 22...
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SERBIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH PRESENTS MEMORANDUM ON KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
Stressing
that he spent 34 years in Kosovo, Serbian Patriarch Pavle said he warned
all responsible parties back then that "an ethnically cleansed state" was
being created in Europe.
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BELGRADE
September 04, 2003
 Belgrade,
Sept 4, 2003 - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Centre for
Kosovo-Metohija head Nebojsa Covic said at a presentation of the Serbian
Orthodox Church's Memorandum on Kosovo-Metohija (see
http://www.spc.org.yu/Vesti-2003/08/memorandum-e.html ) that the
church and the state have reached a unanimous position for the first time
since World War II, particularly regarding Serbia's territorial integrity
and Serbia-Montenegro's sovereignty over the province, regardless of the
fact that Kosovo is currently administered by the United Nations.
The unanimous stance, confirmed in the Serbian parliament's Declaration on
Kosovo-Metohija and the Serbian Orthodox Church's Memorandum, is aimed at
creating conditions for the peaceful life of all citizens and religious
communities in Serbia-Montenegro, said Covic.
Stressing that he spent 34 years in Kosovo, Serbian Patriarch Pavle said
he warned all responsible parties back then that "an ethnically cleansed
state" was being created in Europe.
Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro described the Memorandum as a
reminder of developments in Kosovo-Metohija through centuries.
The 200-page Memorandum was edited by Bishop Atanasije.
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BETA: SCG
FEDERAL PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
The
Parliament of Serbia-Montenegro this evening adopted a resolution on
Kosovo tabled by MPs from DOS and Montenegro's Democratic Party of
Socialists.... "The dream of an independent Kosovo is less and less a
dream and more and more a nightmare for Albanian extremists who are aware
that dream will remain unfulfilled," the Serbian prime minister told a
sitting of the federal parliament.
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Beta News
Agency, Belgrade
September 4, 2003
 BELGRADE
-- Thursday - The Parliament of Serbia-Montenegro this evening adopted a
resolution on Kosovo tabled by MPs from DOS and Montenegro's Democratic
Party of Socialists.
The document calls for implementation of UN Security Council Resolution
1244 and calls for all measures to be taken to begin a dialogue which
could help solve the crisis in the province.
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic had earlier addressed the federal
parliament, telling MPs that independence for Kosovo will remain a dream
only and that no one in Serbia had the right to relinquish the southern
province.
"The dream of an independent Kosovo is less and less a dream and more and
more a nightmare for Albanian extremists who are aware that dream will
remain unfulfilled," the Serbian prime minister told a sitting of the
federal parliament.
Zivkovic said that no one in Serbia could insist on the return of the army
and police to the province without the agreement of the international
community.
"Instead, we must insist that the international community fully honour and
implement Security Council Resolution 1244 because this guarantees
security and conditions for a normal life for all citizens of Kosovo," he
said.
The prime minister said he was optimistic that new governor Harri Holkeri
would succeed where his predecessors had failed in implementing Resolution
1244.
The resolution, which established the international protectorate in the
province, covers the return of refugees, the establishment of conditions
for security of person and property, freedom of movement and criminal
justice.
Zivkovic also expressed the hope that all who carried illegal weapons,
whose number he estimated at half a million, would be disarmed.
"Neither Belgrade nor Pristina can define what the future will be, which
is why it is necessary to establish standards.
"The issue of status will then be more easily resolved.
"I see the future and the final status in our accession to the EU. That is
the goal and the solution for Kosovo," said the Serbian prime minister.
TOP
AFP:
ALBANIAN REBEL LEADER THREATENS TO LAUNCH WAR IN MACEDONIA
The
self-declared commander of the banned Albanian Liberation Army (ANA),
Avdil Jakupi, Thursday threatened to launch a separatist war in Macedonia
in an interview with Bulgaria's bTV private television.
TOP
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
04-Sep-2003 4:01AM
 SOFIA, Sept 4
(AFP) - The self-declared commander of the banned Albanian Liberation Army
(ANA), Avdil Jakupi, Thursday threatened to launch a separatist war in
Macedonia in an interview with Bulgaria's bTV private television.
"Macedonia cannot be a state because Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski is
a criminal who is implicated in the murder of (slain Serbian prime
minister Zoran) Djindjic", Jakupi told bTV by telephone.
"Because of this we will rise up and start a war," the rebel, who is
wanted by Macedonian police, added.
"Macedonia must become a protectorate of Europe and the United States."
ANA on Monday issued an ultimatum to the Macedonian police, demanding that
they withdraw from the Albanian-majority north of the country.
They had set Thursday evening as the deadline for the government to heed
their call, but later extended it indefinitely.
The rebel movement has also demanded that the Albanian authorities declare
a general amnesty and free detained ANA members, whom they consider
political prisoners.
ANA has claimed responsibility for several attacks in Macedonia since late
2001 after the end of an ethnic Albanian insurgency, when the now defunct
National Liberation Army (NLA) laid down arms following a Western-brokered
peace agreement with the government.
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