WRAP FM warns Serbia on Kosovo independence ADDS Bosnia visit

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(26 Aug 2010) SHOTLIST • Belgrade, Serbia • 1. Wide of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle meeting Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic • 2. Cvetkovic with Serbian delegation at table • 3. Westerwelle with German delegation • 4. Westerwelle shaking hands with Belgrade University officials • 5. Westerwelle giving speech at university • 6. Audience listening as Westerwelle speaks • 7. Westerwelle speaking with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic • 8. Wide of Westerwelle among students • 9. SOUNDBITE (German) Guido Westerwelle, German foreign minister: • The German-Serbian relations are very good, not only on an economic level, but also politically and that's why we gave our German vote in calling for a peaceful cooperation. • 10. Serbian President Boris Tadic preparing to meet Westerwelle • 11. Tadic standing in front of flags • 12. Westerwelle walking up to shake hands with Tadic • 13. Tadic and Westerwelle stand for cameras • 14. Westerwelle and Tadic seated ahead of meeting • 15. Close up of Westerwelle • 16. Close up of Tadic • 17. Serbian Foreign Ministry sign • 18. Westerwelle and Jeremic shake hands • 19. SOUNDBITE (German) Guido Westerwelle, German foreign minister: • I think that the EU is opening extraordinary opportunities for the economic reconstruction, prosperity and social development of your country. I think this aim is worth working on intensively. The most important is to show enough flexibility, because that flexibility is needed in big groups such as the EU. It is necessary to have a dialogue and cooperation and not confrontation. • 20. Cutaway of cameras • 21. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Vuk Jeremic, Serbian foreign minister • Serbia will not withdraw the resolution submitted to the United Nations General Assembly. We are ready for constructive talks about all the questions including the resolution. However, it is certain that Serbia will not accept any changes (to the resolution) that would give Kosovo an independent status. We are ready for constructive dialogue with everyone, especially with our European partners, about how to go forward and which way is the best to achieve peace and stability on the whole territory of the western Balkans and what is the quickest way to achieve a European future for everyone. • 22. Westerwelle and Jeremic leave press conference • Sarajevo, Bosnia • 23. Wide of Bosnian president's building • 24. Bosnian flag • 25. Westerwelle shakes hands with Bosnian Presidents Haris Silajdzic and Nebosja Radmanovic • 26. Westerwelle, Silajdzic and Radmanovic pose for photos • 27. Various of meeting • STORYLINE • German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Thursday urged Serbia to stop challenging Kosovo's independence and instead focus on a bid to join the European Union. • Westerwelle used his first visit to the Balkan country to express Germany's disagreement with a resolution Serbia has presented to the United Nations General Assembly that calls for more talks on Kosovo's status and says its unilateral secession is unacceptable. • The UN's highest court said last month in an advisory opinion that Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 was not against international law. • The independent Kosovo is a reality, and the opinion by the International Court of Justice clearly confirmed it, Westerwelle told a panel of Belgrade university students on Thursday. • He said that the General Assembly in New York was not the place for talks between Serbia and Kosovo and that negotiations on practical matters should be held in Brussels, the EU headquarters. • However, Jeremic said that Serbia would not withdraw the resolution despite the criticism. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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