Post by Fender on Jul 12, 2008 4:31:56 GMT -5
Below is a supposed interview with Dusan Janjic from the Kosovarpress. Please note the spelling and the language used.
Serb analyst: Serbia will not change stance on Kosovo
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Serbia will continue to follow the same policy concerning Kosovo regardless of the fact that the new government is mostly run by pro-European political parties and Vojislav Koshtunica in not in power anymore, says Dusan Janjic, an influential Serb analyst.
He evaluates the fourth government of Serbia, formed after the fall of Slobodan Milosheviq, "as one of the weakest from the political composition, human resources and strategic orientation of its political partners included in the coalition."
The change towards Kosovo of course is impossible, says Janjic. "It is absolutely impossible and illogical to expect that Serbia government will have a new strategy or policy towards Kosovo," said Janjic.
The rejection of the Serbia authorities to meet with the new UNMIK chief, Lamberto Zannier, is viewed by Janjic as a lack of willingness of Serbia's leadership. "The fact that they [Serbia government] have rejected a meeting, explains that Serbia is still strongly holding onto the stance to not recognize the independence of Kosovo. There is a problematic political faction that considers every contact with the international community as recognition of independence," says the Serb analyst.
The Serb political analyst also believes there is another reason to reject the meeting with UNMIK chief by Serbia government, "because Serbia does not want to give the impression that it is normalizing relations with a part of the international community, especially before the UN Session on Kosovo, which will take place on July 25th."
“Another reason is that Serbia does not agree with the reconfiguration of UNMIK because simply neither does Moscow. And Serbia president, Tadic, is quite independent from Russia when it comes to the issue of Kosovo,” stresses Janjic.
The north of Kosovo, which has a large ethnic Serbian populace, "will turn into an arena of clashes between Serbs because of political and financial reasons," says Janjic. He adds that Goran Bogdanoviq, the new so-called Minister for Kosovo appointed by the new Serbia government and Oliver Ivanoviq whom is speculated to be tagged as a secretary in this portfolio, are expected to run the illegal parallel structures; however, other parallel structures will remain in the hands of radical party and Koshtunica's party, Marko Jakshiq and Milan Ivanoviq.
"It is very difficult to decide which Serb fraction is going to be politically stronger, however we should not forget that the Radical and Kostunica fractions are going to control the so called 'Serb municipality assembly', other municipal illegal structures and most importantly the large amount of money they have received from Belgrade. I expect to see conflict between Kosovo Serbs getting worse as time passes by. In the first round there will be no winners. However, it is difficult to be able to conclude who is going to win this battle in the long term. Most of the clashes between each other are going to focus mainly on financial deals, on who is profiting what."
Regarding the issue of Serbia asking the International Court to review the legality of the Kosovo act of independence, the Serb analyst, Dusan Janjic says that “the whole idea, initiated by Tadiq and Koshtunica, is to prolong and delay the current irreversible course of Kosovo independence. The fact that Serb Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremiq, pushes this idea is another reason to show the Serbian public that [they] tried everything. Furthermore, International Justice Court does not have a legal say on an act that was not decided by General Assembly or Security Council. Basically, this neither does have any relevance nor does it affirm any practical help on this issue."
The Serb analyst is confident that the number of recognitions is going to increase significantly as it was foreseen at the time of declaration independence. "When a country like Kosovo has powerful allies and sponsors, assertively the number of diplomatic recognitions is going to progress in a more gradual fashion. Not sure whether 100 countries will recognize Kosovo by the end of this year, but certainly the number is going to be close to that," concludes Janjic.
www.newkosovareport.com/200807121040/Views-and-Analysis/Serb-analyst-Serbia-will-not-change-stance-on-Kosovo.html
Now look at the last known interview given by Dusan Janjic.
The two are six days apart.
D.JANJIC AND A. RADIC – IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN THAT COMMENCED WITH PROCLAMATION OF KOSMET INDEPENDEN
July 6, 2008
The recent session and conclusions of the international management group for Kosmet clearly show that the EU, USA and other countries supporting independence of Kosmet in cooperation with the Kosmet institutions persistently carry out the agreed plan that commenced with the proclamation of Kosmet independence, analysts Dusan Janjic and Aleksandar Radic assessed for International Radio Serbia in an interview prepared by Mladen Bijelic.
On the other hand, Serb representatives in Kosmet and politicians in Belgrade still behave as if they do not understand the world they live in and refuse to accept the reality, underlined political analyst and Director of the Ethnic Relations Forum Dusan Janjic. According to him, the recent session of the international management group for Kosmet is a logical continuation of the commenced plan and it means support and encouragement to the Kosmet authorities to continue with adoption of laws, in the same fashion as they supported their adoption of the Constitution and the set of necessary laws in order to secure conditions for the functioning of the independent state. Bearing in mind that at the session the attention was paid to non-existence of security structures in Kosmet, it will certainly be their next step, as well as the reform of the Kosmet police service, that is, the Ministries of Interior and Defense. Janjic assessed that the forming of security anti-terrorist units is possible through transformation of the Kosmet Protection Corps. Director of the Ethnic Relations Forum also underlines that at the same time, official Belgrade did not have a clear political plan. The story about party political unity in defending Kosmet, which allegedly existed throughout the then authorities, was a deception for daily policy, as in reality it did not exist. We only saw several successful moves in diplomacy, but much more counterproductive actions, Janjic says.
Military analyst Aleksandar Radic also underlines that with support of a larger number of most developed world countries, the Kosmet institutions continue to carry out the plan to secure functioning of the independent state of Kosmet, quoting that the next step is the forming of security structures in Kosmet. Preparations to constitute the Kosmet security forces have commenced months before proclamation of independence and NATO was directly involved in that, Radic says. Serbia can now do very little to protect its interests and prevent constitution of the security systems in Kosmet. Unfortunately, this could be anticipated immediately after proclamation of independence and other activities that shortly followed, Radic believes. Under those circumstances, the activities should have been thoroughly though over in order to avoid their being counterproductive for the interests of Serbia, underlines this military analyst adding that some politicians used the situation to profit in the political or economic field. All actions of official Belgrade should now be reexamined, as obviously many of those were counterproductive in the previous period. It should be determined who mostly benefited from such activities, as they were only detrimental for the state, assessed military analyst Aleksandar Radic in his statement for International Radio of Serbia.
glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3433&Itemid=27
Serb analyst: Serbia will not change stance on Kosovo
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Serbia will continue to follow the same policy concerning Kosovo regardless of the fact that the new government is mostly run by pro-European political parties and Vojislav Koshtunica in not in power anymore, says Dusan Janjic, an influential Serb analyst.
He evaluates the fourth government of Serbia, formed after the fall of Slobodan Milosheviq, "as one of the weakest from the political composition, human resources and strategic orientation of its political partners included in the coalition."
The change towards Kosovo of course is impossible, says Janjic. "It is absolutely impossible and illogical to expect that Serbia government will have a new strategy or policy towards Kosovo," said Janjic.
The rejection of the Serbia authorities to meet with the new UNMIK chief, Lamberto Zannier, is viewed by Janjic as a lack of willingness of Serbia's leadership. "The fact that they [Serbia government] have rejected a meeting, explains that Serbia is still strongly holding onto the stance to not recognize the independence of Kosovo. There is a problematic political faction that considers every contact with the international community as recognition of independence," says the Serb analyst.
The Serb political analyst also believes there is another reason to reject the meeting with UNMIK chief by Serbia government, "because Serbia does not want to give the impression that it is normalizing relations with a part of the international community, especially before the UN Session on Kosovo, which will take place on July 25th."
“Another reason is that Serbia does not agree with the reconfiguration of UNMIK because simply neither does Moscow. And Serbia president, Tadic, is quite independent from Russia when it comes to the issue of Kosovo,” stresses Janjic.
The north of Kosovo, which has a large ethnic Serbian populace, "will turn into an arena of clashes between Serbs because of political and financial reasons," says Janjic. He adds that Goran Bogdanoviq, the new so-called Minister for Kosovo appointed by the new Serbia government and Oliver Ivanoviq whom is speculated to be tagged as a secretary in this portfolio, are expected to run the illegal parallel structures; however, other parallel structures will remain in the hands of radical party and Koshtunica's party, Marko Jakshiq and Milan Ivanoviq.
"It is very difficult to decide which Serb fraction is going to be politically stronger, however we should not forget that the Radical and Kostunica fractions are going to control the so called 'Serb municipality assembly', other municipal illegal structures and most importantly the large amount of money they have received from Belgrade. I expect to see conflict between Kosovo Serbs getting worse as time passes by. In the first round there will be no winners. However, it is difficult to be able to conclude who is going to win this battle in the long term. Most of the clashes between each other are going to focus mainly on financial deals, on who is profiting what."
Regarding the issue of Serbia asking the International Court to review the legality of the Kosovo act of independence, the Serb analyst, Dusan Janjic says that “the whole idea, initiated by Tadiq and Koshtunica, is to prolong and delay the current irreversible course of Kosovo independence. The fact that Serb Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremiq, pushes this idea is another reason to show the Serbian public that [they] tried everything. Furthermore, International Justice Court does not have a legal say on an act that was not decided by General Assembly or Security Council. Basically, this neither does have any relevance nor does it affirm any practical help on this issue."
The Serb analyst is confident that the number of recognitions is going to increase significantly as it was foreseen at the time of declaration independence. "When a country like Kosovo has powerful allies and sponsors, assertively the number of diplomatic recognitions is going to progress in a more gradual fashion. Not sure whether 100 countries will recognize Kosovo by the end of this year, but certainly the number is going to be close to that," concludes Janjic.
www.newkosovareport.com/200807121040/Views-and-Analysis/Serb-analyst-Serbia-will-not-change-stance-on-Kosovo.html
Now look at the last known interview given by Dusan Janjic.
The two are six days apart.
D.JANJIC AND A. RADIC – IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN THAT COMMENCED WITH PROCLAMATION OF KOSMET INDEPENDEN
July 6, 2008
The recent session and conclusions of the international management group for Kosmet clearly show that the EU, USA and other countries supporting independence of Kosmet in cooperation with the Kosmet institutions persistently carry out the agreed plan that commenced with the proclamation of Kosmet independence, analysts Dusan Janjic and Aleksandar Radic assessed for International Radio Serbia in an interview prepared by Mladen Bijelic.
On the other hand, Serb representatives in Kosmet and politicians in Belgrade still behave as if they do not understand the world they live in and refuse to accept the reality, underlined political analyst and Director of the Ethnic Relations Forum Dusan Janjic. According to him, the recent session of the international management group for Kosmet is a logical continuation of the commenced plan and it means support and encouragement to the Kosmet authorities to continue with adoption of laws, in the same fashion as they supported their adoption of the Constitution and the set of necessary laws in order to secure conditions for the functioning of the independent state. Bearing in mind that at the session the attention was paid to non-existence of security structures in Kosmet, it will certainly be their next step, as well as the reform of the Kosmet police service, that is, the Ministries of Interior and Defense. Janjic assessed that the forming of security anti-terrorist units is possible through transformation of the Kosmet Protection Corps. Director of the Ethnic Relations Forum also underlines that at the same time, official Belgrade did not have a clear political plan. The story about party political unity in defending Kosmet, which allegedly existed throughout the then authorities, was a deception for daily policy, as in reality it did not exist. We only saw several successful moves in diplomacy, but much more counterproductive actions, Janjic says.
Military analyst Aleksandar Radic also underlines that with support of a larger number of most developed world countries, the Kosmet institutions continue to carry out the plan to secure functioning of the independent state of Kosmet, quoting that the next step is the forming of security structures in Kosmet. Preparations to constitute the Kosmet security forces have commenced months before proclamation of independence and NATO was directly involved in that, Radic says. Serbia can now do very little to protect its interests and prevent constitution of the security systems in Kosmet. Unfortunately, this could be anticipated immediately after proclamation of independence and other activities that shortly followed, Radic believes. Under those circumstances, the activities should have been thoroughly though over in order to avoid their being counterproductive for the interests of Serbia, underlines this military analyst adding that some politicians used the situation to profit in the political or economic field. All actions of official Belgrade should now be reexamined, as obviously many of those were counterproductive in the previous period. It should be determined who mostly benefited from such activities, as they were only detrimental for the state, assessed military analyst Aleksandar Radic in his statement for International Radio of Serbia.
glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3433&Itemid=27