Tadić addresses France conference

EVIAN -- President Boris Tadić has addressed a World Policy Conference in Evian, southeast France. Tadić told the conference that the UN was the only power that could preserve the stability of international relations in the contemporary world, and that for that reason, resolving the problem of Kosovo’s status should be returned to the framework of the UN and international law. At the same time, the president called on countries in the region not to give in to pressure in the case of Kosovo and not to recognize the province’s illegally declared independence, as this would destabilize the whole region, not only Serbia. “The UN is the only legitimate universal system for preventing a return to anarchy—particularly in a world that is becoming ever less coherent and increasingly volatile,“ he told international officials during... [read full story]