SCG Foreign Ministry protests to Albanian embassy Tanjug

SCG Foreign Ministry protests to Albanian embassy
Tanjug - September 2, 2003

20:25 BELGRADE - The Serbia-Montenegro (SCG) Foreign Ministry presented Tuesday to the Albanian embassy in Belgrade a protest note against the declaration on Kosovo-Metohija adopted late Monday by the Albanian parliament.

Expressing the strongest protest, the note underlines that the adoption of that declaration constitutes a glaring interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and that the declaration is not in conformity with the expressed desire for the development of good-neighborly relations and regional stability.

Formal protest to Albania over “gross interference”
Beta - September 2, 2003

BELGRADE -- Tuesday – The federal Foreign Ministry today delivered a protest note to the Albanian Embassy in Belgrade over yesterday’s condemnation by the Albanian Parliament of the Kosovo Declaration, Belgrade’s manifesto on Kosovo.

The Albanian Parliament described the declaration adopted by the Serbian Parliament as a dangerous return to the unsuccessful nationalist policy which led to violence during the fall of Yugoslavia.

The Foreign Ministry today described the Albanian Parliament’s resolution as gross interference into the internal affairs of a sovereign state and harmful to neighbourly relations.

The ministry statement noted that Belgrade is advocating implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1244 on Kosovo “which clearly confirms the territorial sovereignty and integrity of Serbia-Montenegro”.

The protest note accuses the Albanian Parliament in its resolution as contradicting Tirana’s proclaimed policy of strengthening stability and cooperation in the region.