Most Serbian parliament members have described the Monday debate on Kosovo as encouraging and constructive.

The debate resulted in the adoption of a decision to continue with the defense of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. This shows that Serbia's interests are the most important thing, the MPs stressed in their statements to journalists, adding that it gave an opportunity to the president and government to assume responsibility and take steps which are in the best interest of the country.

Spokesperson and MP of the Democratic Party Jelena Trivan believes that the debate was encouraging and had a somewhat unexpected tone, since there had been some harsh words and inappropriate political discussions after the International Court of Justice opinion.

Most parties, however, let go of their narrow political beliefs and showed that the country's interest is more important, she said, pointing out that the decision is just another diplomatic step in defending Serbia's sovereignty according to the state policy.

Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Whip Dragan Todorovic, whose party voted in favor of the decision, said that Serbia's government and President Boris Tadic are exercising "some kind of a secret diplomacy," which, he said, has been proven unsuccessful according to recent results.

The adopted decision is also a mistake to an extent, Todorovic said and added that the SRS supported the decision only because it would never do anything contrary to Serbia's interests.

The Serbian Progressive Party, which also supported the decision, has characterized the debate as serious and constructive.

Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Whip Milos Aligrudic, whose party did not support the decision, said that all speculations about a potential division of Kosovo or some other behind-the-scenes schemes did not represent the will of the Serbian people.

The DSS finds that such actions are unacceptable and go against the Constitution, Aligrudic said.