BERLIN, May 16 (Hina) - Germany backs the European Union's position that the result of the forthcoming referendum on Montenegro's independence must be respected, said a statement issued after a meeting between German Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica in Berlin on Tuesday.
BERLIN, May 16 (Hina) - Germany backs the European Union's
position that the result of the forthcoming referendum on Montenegro's
independence must be respected, said a statement issued after a meeting between
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Serbian Prime Minister
Vojislav Kostunica in Berlin on Tuesday. Every regular result must
be respected, said the statement, adding that Steinmeier expressed regret that
despite the fact that Germany had helped it in transformation processes, Serbia
and Montenegro had still not handed over Bosnian Serb wartime military leader
Ratko Mladic to the Hague war crimes tribunal.
Steinmeier said Mladic should be extradited as soon as possible so that
the country could continue dialogue with the European Union.
As for the future status of Kosovo, Steinmeier appealed to Kostunica to
urge Kosovo Serbs to participate more in the province's institutions.