Speaking to reporters after a government session, Kostunica repeated that the Serbian government took note of the decision by Frantisek Lipka, chairman of the Montenegrin Referendum Commission, regarding the referendum result, but he would not comment on the result, stating that "a country can also exist without recognition" and that diplomatic relations can be established in different ways.
"They can be established through a visit by a head of state and through a note, but this is less important in relation to problems. Everything else is a show rather than substance," Kostunica said, adding that Serbia had to turn to itself and reach a consensus in the near future about the adoption of a new Serbian constitution, which would mean general elections.
The constitution adopted in 1990 by the authorities led by the late president and Hague tribunal indictee Slobodan Milosevic is still in force in Serbia. Despite promises by Serbian officials after Milosevic's fall in 2000, a new constitution has still not been adopted.
Kostunica also would not comment on the announced government reshuffle, which is necessary in order to establish ministries of defence and foreign affairs within the Serbian government now that Montenegro is no longer part of the state union with Serbia.