DOS: CONS. CHARTER VIABLE ONLY IF BACKED BY ALL RELEVANT PARTIES

BELGRADE/NOVI SAD, June 11 (Hina) - A constitutional charter of Serbia and Montenegro is sustainable only if it is supported by all the four sides - DOS, the Democratic Party of Socialists in Montenegro, the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro, read a statement issued by the DOS coalition on Monday evening. #L# The Presidency of the Serbian ruling coalition DOS, that held a meeting in Novi Sad on Monday evening, concluded that the future constitutional charter of Serbia and Montenegro should comprise "a model of a viable state community in accordance with principles of European integration," said a DOS leader, Dragan Veselinov. It will be possible to keep up the charter only if it is backed by all the four chief sides - the DOS, Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia and the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro and if they take over the political responsibility for its implementation, read the statement. According to the statement, the constitutional charter should in an adequate manner emphasise that Serbia, together with the autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metodia, is joining the union with Montenegro. The European Union's High Representative Javier Solana on Monday held talks with Yugoslav, Serbian and Montenegrin top officials in Belgrade on the acceleration of bids to draft the constitutional charter on the reorganisation of relations between Serbia and Montenegro. The document should be drawn up by the mid-July. (hina) ms