Belgrade, 06. 02. 2008.

PARALYZE OF GOVERNMENT'S WORK ?

• MINISTERS ASK FOR GOVERNMENT SESSION
• KOSTUNICA: SERBIAN GOVT TO CONVENE AFTER PARLIAMENT SESSION
• KOSTUNICA: NATIONAL UNITY MUST BE CONFIRMED
• DULIC: WITH WHIPS ON MONDAY
• DULIC: SPECIAL PARLIAMENT SESSION AFTER CONSULTATIONS
• DULIC SEEKS OPINION FROM GOVERNMENT
• DINKIC: DJELIC WILL CALL SESSION IF KOSTUNICA FAILS TO DO SO
• KOSTUNICA'S ADVISOR: DINKIC DECEIVED PUBLIC
• JEREMIC: MINISTERS AND STAFF FAIL TO APPEAR FOR MEETING
• SAMARDZIC: MEETING MAY BE CALLED BY ITS PRESIDENT ONLY
• COMMITTEE SESSION CUT SHORT OVER POLITICAL AGREEMENT WITH EU

• REHN: SIGNING OF INTERIM POLITICAL AGREEMENT POSTPONED
• KOSTUNICA: SIGNING POLITICAL AGREEMENT IS INDIRECT RECOGNITION
• ILIC: IF DJELIC SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH EU, GOVERNMENT FALLS
• EU REMAINS FIRM IN ITS OFFER TO SERBIA
• SLOVENIAN GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES FM TO SIGN EU-SERBIA AGREEMENT

• KOSTUNICA: EU KOSOVO MISSION NOT LEGALLY FOUNDED
• ALTAFAJ: EU KOSOVO MISSION GETS LEGAL GO-AHEAD
• RUPEL: EU MISSION GOES TO KOSOVO NO MATTER WHAT
• LIHACHOV: MISSION TO COMPLICATE RESOLVING "KOSOVO ISSUE"
• KRASHENYINYIKOV: EU IS TRYING TO LEGALISE ILLEGAL PROCESS

• JEREMIC AND KANERVA AGREE ON CONTINUATION OF KOSOVO MISSION
• ROMANIA FAVORS NEGOTIATED SOLUTION FOR KOSOVO
• CYPRUS FIRST TO CITE LISBON ACCORD OVER KOSOVO
• SOLYOM AND PARVANOV FOR EU JOINT STAND ON KOSOVO-METOHIJA
• SPASOJEVIC: THERE IS REASON FOR CONCERN, NOT FEAR IN REGION

• PLAN OF MILITARY COOPERATION BETWEEN SERBIA AND CROATIA SIGNED

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Sixteen ministers and Deputy Premier Bozidar Djelic on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica to calll a government session. At the session, among other things, the government should take a stand on the interim political agreement received from Brussels. The ministers ask that a request for an emergency parliament session, tabled by a certain number of MPs, should also be discussed at the government session. "We ask you, in keeping with Article 52, Item 1, of the Government Rules of Procedure, to call a regular session for tomorrow, at which a stand will be taken on the interim political agreement on co-operation between the EU and its member states and the Republic of Serbia, as well as the request from a certain number of MPs that the National Assembly convene for an emergency session," the deputy premier's office statement said.

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica will not convene the next government session for Thursday, but after a session of the parliament, his legal advisor Branislav Ristivojevic said Tuesday. As parliament Speaker Oliver Dulic has decided to convene consultations on a motion for a special session on Kosovo-Metohija for Monday, the government will not convene Thursday, he said. He noted that the Democratic Party of Serbia - New Serbia coalition requested earlier Tuesday an emergency parliament session on the announced sending of an European Union mission to Kosovo and on the political agreement the EU has offered to Serbia. Given the seriousness of the topics on the agenda, Dulic was expected to convene the parliament session for Wednesday, but he, unfortunately, decided to schedule consultations only for Monday, Ristivojevic said.

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on Wednesday warned against the threat of a destabilization of the political situation in Serbia, and said it is necessary urgently to convene the National Assembly so that the national unity in the defense of Kosovo and Metohija province should be confirmed. "At a time when there are unequivocal announcements that it is a matter of days when the unilateral independence (of this province) will be proclaimed in Pristina in cooperation with the USA and the EU, a destabilization of the political situation in the country poses the greatest threat to the protection and the preservation of the Constitutional order of the country," Kostunica said in a written statement. The most serious form of destabilization is "the obstruction of the work of the National Assembly, the relativization and failure to respect its acts, in particular the resolutions adopted in keeping with the Constitution and international law, which pertain to the protection of the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Serbia," he said. "That is why it is necessary immediately to hold a session of the National Assembly and to confirm the national unity in the defense of Kosovo and Metohija, and that would be the best proof for the maintaining of the stability of the country, the respect for the Constitution and the protection of the Constitutional order," the prime minister said. "The National Assembly is the only competent place for providing the confirmation of the united policy of the state regarding the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country," Kostunica concluded.

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian parliament Speaker Oliver Dulic said Tuesday that he has scheduled consultations about an urgent parliament session with party whips for next Monday. Dulic told reporters that the consultations would be held at 9 a.m. on Monday.

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian parliament speaker Oliver Dulic said on Tuesday that, after receiving an initiative from three party clubs (DSS-NS, SRS, SPS) to call a special parliament session, he had scheduled consultations with party whips for Monday. He announced that the participants in the Monday consultations would discuss the session where the Serbian president should be sworn in and further work of parliament. Dulic told reporters at parliament that he had the obligation to schedule the special session, but that his priority was for the newly elected Serbian president to be sworn in and start working at full capacity. Dulic said that parliament should gather as soon as possible, but that the government should vote on a draft document on Serbia's relations with the European Union, which was submitted by three parties on Monday, and that serious consultations would have to be held with the government too. Dulic said that he had scheduled the consultations for Monday, because some whips were busy until the end of the week and added that an agreement and consensus should be achieved regarding such important issues. Dulic said that it would be important for the proposed document to be adopted by a consensus or through an agreement of the largest party clubs, because this pertained to the situation in Kosovo-Metohija which was very important. Asked what would happen if the provisional political agreement with the EU were signed on Thursday, as announced, Dulic said that this was the question for the government. "We should first wait and see what the government will say about this and parliament will vote on this afterwards." Addressing Prime Minister Kostunica, Dulic said that the elections had ended and that Boris Tadic had won and invited him to "influence his members of the Republican Electoral Commission not to annul elections at three polling stations." "This can just postpone something that is imminent and that is the final result which the Commission should send to me so I can schedule the president's inaugural session,".

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Serbian Parliament President Oliver Dulic said on Wednesday that it is not possible to hold a session of parliament dedicated to the sending of a European Union (EU) mission to Kosovo and Metohija province and the political agreement with the EU before the Serbian government takes a stand on these important issues. Speaking in an interview to Belgrade-based Radio Television B92, Dulic said he could call a session of parliament dedicated to these issues, but that he needs the stand of the government in order to call a session, which is why he is waiting for the government to meet and to adopt the relevant conclusions. Dulic said he had allowed time for things to cool down, expressing hope that the rationality of Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and all the participants in the political scene will prevail and that the existing crisis will be overcome. There is no reason for parliament to declare itself on an important foreign-policy topic by-passing the government, as the government is obliged under the Constitution to create and manage the foreign policy, Dulic said. Dulic said he has met with President Boris Tadic. However, he could not say, as he did not know, whether Tadic and Kostunica have met, as certain media have announced. Dulic said he spoke with Tadic about the situation and the problems in the country, and that it was concluded that things should proceed toward a stabilization of the situation.

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan DInkic has given Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica until 1300 hours on Wednesday to call a session of the Serbian government, and said that Deputy Premier Bozidar Djelic can call the session if the prime minister is unable to do so. Dinkic said he expects that Djelic will go to Brussels tomorrow and sign the political agreement that the European Union (EU) has offered to Serbia. Asked by reporters whether Djelic will have the mandate from the Serbian government to do that, Dinkic replied in the affirmative, and, when asked how this could come about, he said: "You will see." "It is an irresponsible act by any person, to block the work of the Serbian government in such a complex situation as this one,". The minister pointed out that all the government members believe an EU mission cannot be sent to Kosovo province without the approval of the UN, but, at the same time, stressed that there have been indications from the UN that the sending of the mission to Kosovo will be approved.

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic most severely deceived the public when he said the deputy premier can call a government session, the prime minister's advisor said in a statement. "That is simply not true, and it is lamentable that Minister Dinkic is deliberately deceiving the public," he said.

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - The meeting of the Serbian government Foreign Affairs Committee that was interrupted on Tuesday and was supposed to resume at 8 p.m. the same day was not held due to the absence of the ministers from the DSS-New Serbia (NS) coalition and the administrative staff without whom the meeting cannot be held, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told Tanjug. "Most of the Committee members, that is ministers from the DS and G17 Plus, showed up for the meeting but ministers from the Democratic Party of Serbia and administrative government staff, without whom it is impossible to hold a meeting, did not come," said Jeremic, adding that this had practically paralyzed the government's work. "This is a rather serious situation, the Serbian government's work is practically paralyzed. We were unable to adopt a decision not only relating to the political agreement with the European Union but also a series of other decisions relating to the government's foreign affairs work. It is of utmost importance to resolve the situation in order for the Government to be able to continue to function and resolve problems of citizens," underscored Jeremic. Minister pointed out that Serbia is at present faced with big challenges and that it is of "critical importance" to maintain the stability of democratic institutions and state unity on the most important issues.

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic has clarified that only president of the government's Foreign Affairs Committee may call a meeting of the Committee, and that the Committee deputy president may do it only if its president is unable to do the same. Samardzic, who is the president of the Committee, told Tanjug that he had interrupted the Committee meeting on Tuesday because there was no consensus on the meeting's agenda. He said that he was entitled to do this under the Rules of Procedure of the Serbian government. Committee deputy president and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic was unable to call the continuation of the meeting and that is why it was not resumed, said Samardzic. "The Committee received a proposal from the Foreign Ministry on a platform for the signing of the political agreement with the EU. However, the proposal was not accompanied by an opinion of any of the ministers," said Samardzic. "I am not familiar with a reason for which the Foreign Ministry had failed to obtain any of the necessary opinions,".

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - The Serbian government's Foreign Affairs Committee cut short a session on Tuesday because its members failed to agree to include in the agenda the draft political agreement which the EU has offered to Serbia. Committee chairman and Kosovo and Metohija Minister Slobodan Samardzic told Tanjug that he broke off the session "due to a lack of conditions for including the draft EU political agreement in the Committee's agenda." "There was no agreement and this is why the session was discontinued," Samardzic said, adding that the continuation of the session would be scheduled at a later date. Apart from Samardzic, the Committee is made up of Deputy Premier Bozidar Djelic, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, Mining and Energy Minister Aleksandar Popovic, State Secretary in the Economic and Regional Development Ministry Jasna Matic and a representative of the Defence Ministry. Jeremic confirmed to the press that the session was cut short, but expressed belief that "the dialogue would continue in order to create conditions to realize the will of the citizens expressed at the presidential elections." "The citizens have given their stand on Europe and the Serbian government has acted in keeping with this and instigated the procedure to realize the will expressed at the elections," Jeremic stated, noting that the citizens of Serbia have expressed the wish for Serbia to continue along the path towards the EU. "I am certain that no one will try to prevent the will of the citizens, Jeremic set out after meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva. The Committee session will be scheduled later, Samardzic told Tanjug, pointing out that, according to the Serbian government operating rules, the Committee chairman is entiteld to break off and schedule sessions. The Vice-Chairman can assume the duties of the Chairman of this Committee only if he has been prevented from doing so, Samardzic said. The draft political agreement which the EU has offered to Serbia should first be adopted by the Foreign Affairs Committee in order to be included in the agenda of the Serbian government.

BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Brussels on Wednesday that the signing of the interim political agreement between the EU and Serbia, originally announced to take place on Thursday, has been postponed indefinitely because of the disagreements within the ruling coalition in Serbia, but underscored that the offer to sign that document still stands. Belgrade can accept that offer whenever it decides to do so, Rehn told a press conference in Brussels. The commissioner expressed hope that the problems will be overcome soon, and sharply criticized Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica for what he described as blocking and obstructing developments. Certain politicians in Belgrade, who are blocking the agreement, evidently did not hear the voices of those who cast their votes in the Serbian presidential elections on Sunday in favor of a continuation of the European integration processes,he said.

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said Tuesday that the European Union offer to sign a political agreement with Serbia and its decision to send a mission to Kosovo mean that Serbia would, by signing the agreement, indirectly agree to independence of Kosovo-Metohija. This would make Serbia the first country to indirectly recognize independence of its southern province, he said. With its decision to send a mission to Kosovo, the EU most brutally violates the UN Charter, the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and Serbia's Constitution, Kostunica said meeting Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva, who currently chairs the OSCE. This EU decision also constitutes an act of violation of Serbia's sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order, Kostunica said quoted by a release of the Serbian government press service. Kanerva said that OSCE believes it should maintain its presence in Kosovo.

BELGRADE, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Serbian Minister for Infrastructures Velimir Ilic has stated that if Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic "dares to sign the political agreement with the EU," the government will fall. "In that case, we shall declare Djelic a traitor," added Ilic. In a statement published by Novosti on Wednesday, Ilic underscored that if the Serbian government falls the best thing would be to hold an early parliamentary election together with the local and province elections called for May 11. The DSS-NS coalition would never join a coalition with the Democratic Party and G17 Plus, indicated Ilic. Ilic described the EU decision to send a mission to Kosovo and Metohija, made only a day after the Serbian presidential election, as intimidating, and expressed his doubts that it was an agreement between Europe and Tadic. "It should now be clear to everyone in Serbia why Tadic was so much in a hurry to hold the presidential election. We have been pointing out the danger during the election campaign. Our proposal is to freeze our relations with the EU until the Union's approach to Kosovo is known,". He also said that a message had arrived from Russia through diplomatic channels that "they would no longer be able to defend Serbia's interests if we sign the political agreement with the EU, which is an introduction to the arrival of the EU mission."

BRUSSELS, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - European Union High Representative for foreign policy and security Javier Solana told Serbian President Boris Tadic by telephone Tuesday that the EU remains firm in its offer to sign Thursday with Belgrade the political agreement it proposed last week. In his second conversaton with Tadic in two days, Solana reiterated that the EU is ready to sign the agreement Thursday and that preparations to that effect are underway, but that it is up to Serbia to decide whether it will accept the offer, Solana's office sources told Tanjug. The political agreement does not necessarily have to be signed Thursday, its signing can be postponed if the Serbian government requests, EU sources said.

LJUBLJANA, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - The Slovenian government adopted on Tuesday the text of the interim political agreement between Serbia and the EU and mandated Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel to sign it. The agreement, to be signed on Thursday if Serbia accepts it, aims to set up regular political ties, open up trade and end visa restrictions on Serbs.

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian President Boris Tadic conveyed Tuesday to Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva Belgrade's view that the sending of a European Union mission to Kosovo-Metohija is not founded on a legal framework, Tadic's press service said. Serbia's stand is that the EU mission in Kosovo can be approved only by the UN Security Council, he said. Serbia will not recognize Kosovo independence and urges resumption of talks with Pristina in order to find a solution acceptable to both parties, he said. Kanerva currently chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Tadic and Kanerva agreed that the presidential election in Serbia was held in a democratic and fair atmosphere and that Serbia's voters have opted for a future in Europe, the release says.

BRUSSELS, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - The adoption of the document dubbed "Joint Action'" on Monday means that the EU Council has given legal permission for the deployment of its mission in Kosovo and Metohija, European Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj said in Brussels on Tuesday. The Council gave legal permission for the mission and now everything is ready in that respect, Altafaj told a press conference, underscoring that Cyprus' restraint to back this decision does not mean that the mission's legal basis has been weakened. Altafaj also spoke about the EU offer to Serbia to sign a political agreement on Thursday. He stated that Slovenia, as the current EU president, is in charge of organizing this ceremony which has been planned for Thursday, but that so far it is not known who from Serbia will attend.

VIENNA, Feb 6 (Tanjug) - Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country is presiding the European Union, has stated that the EU mission will arrive in Kosovo and Metohija, no matter what happens over the next days, weeks or months, to guarantee functioning of the society, while the U.N. Mission will slowly withdraw from Kosovo. In an interview with the Vienna-based daily Die Presse, Rupel said that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had announced his support to the EU mission. When asked whether a decision to establish a civil mission in Kosovo will be made at the EU ministerial meeting on February 18, Rupel replied that the basic, political, decision already exists. "What is missing are technical issues, document. I see no more complications there," underscored Rupel. Rupel also said that he does not expect new problems after a declaration of Kosovo's independence. Local or regional conflicts, but not major ones, are possible, said Rupel, adding that he also might be mistaken. Rupel underscored that Slovenia will recognize Kosovo's independence bilaterally and not as the presiding state of the European Union.

MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - The European Union's decision to send a civilian mission to Kosovo and Metohija casts serious doubt on Serbia's sovereignty, is an expression of the political disrespect for Russia and complicates the resolving of the Kosovo problem, said on Tuesday international relations committee chairman in Russia'a Upper House of Parliament Vasili Lihachov. Accordign to him the current EU position is "very dangerous, because it pits against one another two models for resolving the issue - European and UN." The Russian senator said that the Monday adoption of documents on the legal and financial basis for sending a mission to Kosovo and Metohija "casts serious doubt on the sovereignty of Belgrade, because it is made without the acquiescence of Serbia," and "if it timed to coincide with the independence of Kosovo, it will exacerbate complications in resolving the problem."

MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - The EU decision to send a civilian mission to Kosovo is another attempt to legalise the illegal process of separation of Kosovo-Metohija from Serbia, Russian Duma legislative committee chairman Pavel Krashenyinyikov said on Tuesday. We cannot and should not give in to statements and activities of people who openly implement double standards, he said. He said that Russia could and should undertake all efforts, including its right to use veto, to prevent the process of resolution of the Kosovo issue from being taken outside the United Nations. Efforts of a few countries to forcibly separate Kosovo from Serbia clash with the basic principles and norms of international law, Krashenyinyikov said and added that the force of the systems of international and national law was in the uniform implementation of their provisions, regardless of the political or economic benefits. In this sense, Russia's struggle to resolve the issue of territorial conflict in Kosovo and other regions in the world on a legal basis strengthens the authority of Russia, as a responsible and principled force on the international scene, he said.

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva agreed in Belgrade on Tuesday that it is necessary to continue the mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kosovo. "The Serbian government believes that the OSCE mission in Kosovo should continue," Jeremic told a joint press conference, adding that, however, the mission's results so far "are unsatisfactory." Kanerva and I "agreed that that that the OSCE mission in Kosovo should continue and that it should be in keeping with the international law," Jeremic stated. The Finnish Foreign Minister said that he had nothing to add to Jeremic's statement, because this is also his stand. Kanerva set out that the OSCE mission in Kosovo is the sole mission of an international organization that is present in all segments of the Kosovo society and that its presence is necessary so that it can continue monitoring the respect of human rights in the province.

BUCHAREST, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Romania is not opposed to the independence of Kosovo, but it is against a solution that is not accepted bilaterally, both by Belgrade and Pristina, Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu told a news conference on Tuesday, one day after Romanian President Traian Basescu said Romania will not recognise independence that might be declared unilaterally by the Pristina-based ethnic Albanian authorities,. "Our stand has not changed. I'd like one particular detail to be clearer. Romania is not opposed to the independence of Kosovo, Romania is against a solution that should not be accepted bilaterally. This is a difference of nuance. I wouldn't like our position to seem pro-Serbian or anti-Kosovar", he said quoted by Romanian agency Rompres. "We have showed support, in principle, to a bilaterally accepted solution. The Kosovo file is not settled yet, and we'll certainly have the opportunity for future discussion, depending on developments".

NICOSIA, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Cyprus will not participate in the EU's police-judicial mission in Kosovo because it is not based on a UN Security Council decision, and Nicosia is the first European capital in EU history to cite in that respect Lisbon agreement article 23, Cypriot CNA news agency reported. That article of the Lisbon agreement, a document that replaces the dismissed European constitution proposal, makes possible "constructive restraint" of member states in relation to decision made by the European Union. In this case it means that Cyprus will not have the obligation to respect a EU decision on the sending of a mission to Kosovo. The other 26 members adopted on Monday, in stepped up written procedure, a "Joint Action," a document on the legal and financial bases for sending a EU mission to Kosovo and Metohija. Citing article 23 of the Lisbon agreement, Cyprus submitted a written statement in which it set out that the reason for Cyprus's restraint was the fact that the decision on sending a EU mission is not based on a decision or on a call of the UN Security Council. Before taking the right to "constructive restraint," Cyprus, it is said, also made sure that EU police forces are not used as a means for the recognition of Kosovo. While Monday's decision to send a EU mission was accepted as a joint action of member states, the recognition of the independence of Kosovo, thanks to the efforts of Nicosia, has been left up to each individual country.

SOFIA, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - The European Union (EU) should have a common stand on the resolving of the status of Kosovo-Metohija province, presidents Laszlo Solyom of Hungary and Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria pointed out during their meeting in Sofia on Tuesday. The Hungarian president, who is on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria, said that it is in the interests of the EU to resolve the problems that are present in the Western Balkans, the Hungarian national news agency MTI reported. However, it is equally important for Hungary that the good relations with Serbia are maintained, President Solyom said.

SARAJEVO, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Serbian Assistant Defence Minister Dusan Spasojevic, who paid a one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday, said that there was no reason for fear in the region from the adoption of a decision on Kosovo's status, but that there was reason for concern. "Responsible people are especially concerned, which I sensed during talks with my interlocutors," Spasojevic told reporters in Sarajevo, where he met with representatives of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Defence Ministry and Army General Staff. "Kosovo is a big issue, which is evident from the fact that big forces are dealing with it. We in Serbia want very much for the voice of the region to be heard regarding this issue," he stressed and added that Serbia had long defined its policy and that it did not treat the issue of Kosovo-Metohija as a military problem at all. Spasojevic said that the issue of the future status of Kosovo-Metohija was an international legal and political problem and that the solution must be found in international law, observing all rules and regulations that apply to all others. We have full support in Bosnia-Herzegovina for this, too, he said.

BELGRADE, Feb 5 (Tanjug) - Representatives of the defense ministries of Serbia and Croatia on Tuesday signed a plan for military cooperation for the year 2008, the Serbian Defense Ministry said. The officials of the two ministries also conferred on possibilities for the promotion of bilateral military cooperation and regional initiatives, said the statement posted on the Ministry website.