International Court of Justice

BalkanInsight.com – Britain: Serbia is Challenging EU on Kosovo

Serbia’s request that the International Court of Justice give an opinion on Kosovo’s independence is ‘a mistake’ and ‘a direct challenge to the EU’, Britain’s ambassador to Serbia said.

In an interview with the Belgrade daily, Vecernje Novosti, published Sunday, Stephen Wordsworth warned the move would ‘only make cooperation and Serbia’s integration into the European Union more difficult’.

Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremic, told Belgrade’s B92 outlet on Saturday that although ‘some of the most powerful countries in the world will be against the ICJ initiative’, Serbia could count on support other United Nations members.

An ICJ decision would not be binding, but Jeremic said that it might ‘slow down or halt the wave of recognitions’.”

(Via Balkan Insight.)