Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic yesterday in Mexico City stated that Mexico strongly opposes the recognition of Kosovo-Metohija’s unilateral independence.

Jeremic made the announcement after meeting with Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano. He said that he was pleased with the guarantee given by Mexico that this country will remain dedicated to international law and finding a compromise and mutually acceptable solution to the future status of Kosovo which could be reached through negotiations.

The Serbian FM said, Serbia will have Mexico’s support for its initiative to ask for the opinion of the International Court of Justice in The Hague about the legality of recognising the unilaterally proclaimed independence of the province.

He said, Mexico has so far made successful initiatives in seeking the opinion of this international court and we agreed to continue to cooperate closely on ambassadorial level in the UN so that Mexico can help us with its experience.

Jeremic, who is on an official visit to Mexico, emphasized that Mexico is a very important country for Serbia’s multilateral appearance in its fight for the preservation of international law and the search for continued negotiations on the status of Kosovo for a number of reasons, including the fact that it will be a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council as of January 1, 2009

According to Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico is also important because it was the one of the countries which was most pressured to recognise unilateral independence, but Mexico constantly refused to do that.