Belgrade: The outgoing Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica yesterday condemned the UN Sec-Gen., Ban Ki-moon’s plans to alter the configuration of the UN mission in Kosovo by bringing EULEX under UN auspices.

Such a proposal breached Resolution 1244 and could not therefore be acceptable to Serbia, stated Kostunica.

In a statement, Kostunica said, “I should reiterate that on December 26, the National Parliament adopted a resolution which declared that the deployment of the EULEX mission to implement the rejected Ahtisaari Plan was an act that jeopardized sovereignty, territorial integrity and Serbia’s constitutional order.”

He said, “Since EULEX’s aim is to implement the Ahtisaari Plan for Kosovo independence, it’s clear that this mission is in direct breach of Resolution 1244, according to which the aim of the international presence cannot in any way be the promotion of Kosovo independence.”

Slobodan Samardzic, Kosovo Minister stated that Ban overstepped his authority by proposing UNMIK’s reconfiguration, and that it was totally unacceptable to Serbia. Samardzic, “Only the Security Council can take such decisions to change the nature of the international presence in Kosovo.”

He said that President Boris Tadic, to whom Ban submitted his proposal, “does not have the constitutional authority to lead the country’s policy, but he will reply in writing in line with the agreement with the Serbian government.”