"Serbs are not against participation, but please do not ask them to participate in something which is not based on basic principle, an unprincipled approach that leads to the independence of Kosovo," he told reporters.
"Srbi nisu protiv sudjelovanja, ali molim vas nemojte od njih tražiti sudjelovanje u nečemu što ne počiva na temeljnom načelu, nego na neprincipijelnom pristupu koji vodi neovisnosti Kosova", kazao je Čović novinarima.