BELGRADE: SOLANA CALLS FOR SPEEDY SETTING UP OF STATE INSTITUTIONS

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Hina) - The EU's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, welcomed in Belgrade on Thursday the new union of Serbia and Montenegro, calling for the speedy establishment of new state institutions. #L# During the afternoon Solana met Vojislav Kostunica, Montenegrin Premier Milo Djukanovic and a candidate for the president of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marovic. Following the talks, Solana voiced satisfaction with the signing of a charter on the new state union, but added that it had to be implemented, quickly and in good faith. Assessing the day's talks as exceptionally good, he said that at its next summit in June the EU would know how to value this step. The media in Belgrade reported that at today's talks Premier Zoran Djindjic and the EU official had disagreed about the issue of Kosovo. Solana wants EU standards to be adopted before the issue of Kosovo's status is discussed, while Djindjic believes that the international community should take heed of Belgrade's stands with regard to all issues and that the country's border should be defined. Djinjdic said he would send a letter to the UN Security Council about this matter. (hina) sp rml sb