Orlic receives Poland's Fogiel

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic received the head of the Polish parliamentary committee on foreign affairs Radoslaw Fogiel on Tuesday.

Orlic noted that Serbia was committed to deepen its cooperation with Poland in the economy, infrastructure and other areas but that preserving peace and stability was the main precondition for that.

"In that regard, the extremely dangerous situation in Kosovo-Metohija - where the safety of Serbs is jeopardised daily by Albin Kurti's unilateral moves - poses a difficult challenge. Today, everyone - including the KFOR commander, the NATO commander, as well as US and EU officials - says he is the one to blame for the disruption of peace," Orlic said.

According to an official statement released by the Serbian parliament, Orlic informed Fogiel of the violence committed by Pristina's ROSU police troops against unarmed Serb civilians protesting peacefully against a usurpation of power in local communities populated solely by Serbs.

"What they (the Serbs) want is something completely reasonable - a withdrawal of false mayors and occupation forces from the north of Kosovo-Metohija and a final establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities, for which they have been waiting for ten years now," Orlic said.

Fogiel noted that Poland supported dialogue, normalisation and implementation of all previously reached agreements while continuing to provide support to Serbia and states in the region on their European paths.

Speaking about the conflict in the east of Europe, Fogiel said violence in international relations was unacceptable and that respect of international law, including inviolability of borders and respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states, was necessary for maintaining peace.

Orlic confirmed that Serbia applied those principles in a consistent manner, to itself as well as to all countries in the world.

"We make no exceptions in that regard, so, quite rightly, we expect international public law, the UN Charter and the UN SC resolutions in force - including, of course, UN SC Resolution 1244 - to be respected in the case of our country," Orlic said.

Fogiel said Poland considered respect of the UN Charter and UN SC Resolution 1244 as necessary and undisputed.