The Minister for Kosovo and Metohija in the Government of Serbia, Goran Bogdanović, stated that Montenegro cannot return any property to Kosovo, because Serbia is the real owner of the property of social and state enterprises in Kosovo.
"Official Podgorica knows very well that Kosovo cannot claim property in the former countries of the SFRY, because it is not a successor, there were no republics in the former state and it is not recognized as an independent state from Serbia," Bogdanović told "Vijesta".
He added that in the previous three decades, Serbia invested about 18 billion dollars in the development of Kosovo. The Fund for the Development of Serbia has ownership shares in around 150 companies in Kosovo, the value of which exceeds 140 million euros based on the state's investment in the Kosovo economy
"The property is inviolable everywhere in the world. With this hasty move, Pristina is trying to hunt in the dark, risking lawsuits before international courts," said Bogdanović.
"The property is inviolable everywhere in the world. With this hasty move, Pristina is trying to hunt in the dark, risking lawsuits before international courts," said Bogdanović.
Official Pristina has announced that it will ask Montenegro to return or pay the value of 42 properties of former Kosovo state enterprises located in Montenegro. After starting negotiations with Montenegro, the Kosovo government will seek the return of the remaining 130 properties in other former Yugoslav republics.
For now, Kosovo only has a list of companies that have real estate in the former Yugoslav republics, as well as their number. In the Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they claim that real estate mainly consists of business premises, factories, land and shops.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro announced that the government of Kosovo has not yet contacted them regarding the succession of immovable property, and that the issue is not on the priority list.
Even twenty years after the disintegration of the SFRY, the former republics are not able to divide their property. The succession meeting that was scheduled for April 27 in Sarajevo was canceled for the sixth time at Serbia's request, so the Succession Commission did not meet for more than a year.
Montenegro will get its share of the pie only when the other countries complete the division and that in a special process of succession with Serbia. Judging by how the succession process of the former SFRY republics is unfolding, this will not be on the agenda soon.
Montenegro will get its share of the pie only when the other countries complete the division and that in a special process of succession with Serbia. Judging by how the succession process of the former SFRY republics is unfolding, this will not be on the agenda soon.
In the partition negotiations so far, diplomatic missions, financial assets and companies in the former republics have been used as trump cards for blackmail between the former member states. Since 2001, when the succession began, only five diplomatic-consular missions have been divided.
The end of the succession is not in sight
Even 20 years after the disintegration of the SFRY, the former republics are not able to divide their property. The succession meeting that was scheduled for April 27 in Sarajevo was canceled for the sixth time at Serbia's request, so the Succession Commission did not meet for more than a year.
Montenegro will get its share of the pie only when the other countries complete the division and that in a special process of succession with Serbia. Judging by how the succession process of the former SFRY republics is unfolding, this will not be on the agenda soon.
In the partition negotiations so far, diplomatic missions, financial assets and companies in the former republics have been used as trump cards for blackmail between the former member states. Since 2001, when the succession began, only five diplomatic-consular missions have been divided.
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