Belgrade is preparing a letter which will be forwarded to 22 countries of the European Union after the Catalonia case.
Belgrade will invite 22 EU member states to reconsider the decision to recognize Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence, as Catalonia is an obvious example of their mistake, Večernje Novosti writes today.
Novosti writes that this will be one of the key parts of the letter that will be sent by President Aleksandar Vučić and the Government of Serbia to the European Union and its members, after the shocking message from Brussels that Catalonia and Kosovo are incomparable because Serbia, unlike Spain, is not in the EU.
The specific question in a letter to Brussels officials, which will be personally hand over by Prime Minister Ana Brnabić to the EU headquarters on October 10 and 11, will be: Does the system of international law apply exclusively to the countries of the Union or to all?
A special working group was formed, in which, apart from Nikola Selaković, the Secretary General of the President, and Marko Đurić, the Director of the Office for KiM, there will be experts from responsible ministries, primarily the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so that a unique text is drafted, which “strikes” the essence of the problem.
As Novosti learns, in addressing the EU and member states, it will also be noted that Belgrade has warned that the recognition of Kosovo creates conditions for the domino effect of separatist precedents, not only in Europe, but the whole world.
The entire diplomatic action, Novosti reports, will be very carefully executed in order not to hurt the Spaniards, who are the leaders of the EU five that does not recognize Kosovo (here are also Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus and Romania).
The Serbian state top do not have any illusion that the EU countries that recognize Kosovo will respond to Belgrade’s call and withdraw recognition, because Serbia was bombarded in order to abduct Kosovo, but that Serbia cannot remain silent at the nonsense under which international law applies only for “the selected “, writes the daily.
Vice President of the Center for Foreign Policy, Dragan Đukanović, also does not expect Brussels to significantly clarify the position on Catalonia and Kosovo. He adds that it is strange that the EC took so hard positions, given the fact that the five EU countries did not recognize Kosovo and that status neutrality is insisted on regarding Kosovo:
– The EU will continue to support the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue that will take place at the highest level. Also, there will be no request for recognition of Kosovo’s independence, and there is a lot of room to normalize relations, without exceeding that limit. I also expect Serbia to remain firm on the EU path.
