UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The acrimonious relations between Serbia and its former territory Kosovo spilled over at the United Nations on Monday when Kosovo accused Belgrade of stirring up crime in its northern areas.
Serbia, in response, said an "ethnic-Albanian mafia" was involved in human trafficking, arms-smuggling and drugs.
The exchanges took place in a Security Council debate on a report on Kosovo from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a year after Pristina seceded from Serbia. That followed more than a decade of upheaval in the Balkans.
"The situation in the north remains an issue of utmost concern," Kosovo's Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni told the meeting. "Lawlessness, with evident support of the leadership in Belgrade, has turned this part of Kosovo into a safe haven for all kinds of criminal and illegal economic activity."
Serbian President Boris Tadic restated Belgrade's position that his country would "never recognize the independence of Kosovo, either directly or indirectly."
"Serbia, together with a number of European Union member states, faces tremendous problems arising out of the activities of the ethnic-Albanian mafia in Kosovo, which specializes in the trafficking of narcotics, human beings and weapons." ...
Ban's report to the council said the security situation in Kosovo was generally stable, apart from a few recent incidents in the north.
He said many Kosovo Serbs there refuse to cooperate with authorities in the capital Pristina, while many Albanians see a continued U.N. presence as an obstacle to their independence.
TADIC: "KOSOVO IS NO STATE"
Hyseni said that his government was ready to engage in direct talks and normalize relations with Belgrade.
Tadic dismissed the idea that Kosovo had transformed itself into an independent country. "It is obvious to everyone today that 13 months after the illegal, unilateral declaration of independence Kosovo is no state," he told the council. ...
Russia's U.N. ambassador Vitaly Churkin brushed aside Hyseni's complaints of Serbian interference, saying "it is an attempt ... to accuse Belgrade of all the problems of Kosovo."
Kosovo, Serbia hurl charges at each other at U.N. - washingtonpost.com
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the words tha Tadic used in his speech, are nither Democratic-like nor President-Like
its to be ashamed of his manner for a President
Serbia, in response, said an "ethnic-Albanian mafia" was involved in human trafficking, arms-smuggling and drugs.
The exchanges took place in a Security Council debate on a report on Kosovo from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a year after Pristina seceded from Serbia. That followed more than a decade of upheaval in the Balkans.
"The situation in the north remains an issue of utmost concern," Kosovo's Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni told the meeting. "Lawlessness, with evident support of the leadership in Belgrade, has turned this part of Kosovo into a safe haven for all kinds of criminal and illegal economic activity."
Serbian President Boris Tadic restated Belgrade's position that his country would "never recognize the independence of Kosovo, either directly or indirectly."
"Serbia, together with a number of European Union member states, faces tremendous problems arising out of the activities of the ethnic-Albanian mafia in Kosovo, which specializes in the trafficking of narcotics, human beings and weapons." ...
Ban's report to the council said the security situation in Kosovo was generally stable, apart from a few recent incidents in the north.
He said many Kosovo Serbs there refuse to cooperate with authorities in the capital Pristina, while many Albanians see a continued U.N. presence as an obstacle to their independence.
TADIC: "KOSOVO IS NO STATE"
Hyseni said that his government was ready to engage in direct talks and normalize relations with Belgrade.
Tadic dismissed the idea that Kosovo had transformed itself into an independent country. "It is obvious to everyone today that 13 months after the illegal, unilateral declaration of independence Kosovo is no state," he told the council. ...
Russia's U.N. ambassador Vitaly Churkin brushed aside Hyseni's complaints of Serbian interference, saying "it is an attempt ... to accuse Belgrade of all the problems of Kosovo."
Kosovo, Serbia hurl charges at each other at U.N. - washingtonpost.com
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the words tha Tadic used in his speech, are nither Democratic-like nor President-Like
its to be ashamed of his manner for a President
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