Jeremic: Battle for cultural heritage in Kosovo

Belgrade/Kosovo, June, 02. 2010 (Serbia Today) - Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Friday that Serbia has a difficult task ahead as it strives to protect its cultural heritage in Kosovo from being “renamed”. He explained on UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum that the “renaming” was directed against Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) monuments, that would be dubbed “Kosovo's.” “A number of countries have submitted their request to have monasteries and monuments of the SPC in Kosovo renamed into Kosovo's cultural heritage. This is absolutely unacceptable to us”, Jeremic stated. “We will face a very difficult diplomatic task in preventing that”, continued Jeremic, adding that blocking the initiative would be one of the most important subjects as he meets with Brazilian ministers of foreign affairs and culture, and also other interlocutors. Brazil is set to host the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Committee Meeting shortly.