Yes, that’s my country speaking to other countries, or at least those that recognized the independence of Kosovo earlier this year.
The UN decided earlier today to transfer the question of lawfulness of Kosovo independence to the International Court of Justice, which seems as a diplomatic battle won on our side. The question is, how far will this take us, and what good it may bring beside the temporary feeling of sweet victory?
Even if we win the case, The International Court of Justice can only give an advisory opinion, and that means it’s decisions are not binding to anyone. My guess is that the verdict will be put in such a way that both sides claim victory, that is to say, to find a middle-way solution in order to please everyone, which will, in the end, please no-one. Other than that, the session might last for years to come, being that the case is so complicated.
At least we can watch the nationalistic tendencies slowly fade away in Serbia while we wait – with the schizophrenic government in power, the right-wingers seem to be totally lost: the SRS is split in two, the Radovan Karadzic fans are less and less, and the ultra-right neo-nazi rally scheduled for 10th of October is not getting so much attention in the press, not even among the rightwingers, I dare say, as the one in Novi Sad some time earlier.
So we’ll wait and we’ll see.
Care to make any predictions regarding the ICJ decision?
