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Kosovo leaders set on independence before new talks with SerbiaAug 06 2007, 15:09 PRISTINA, Serbia (AP) - Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders will not budge from demands for independence for the province in upcoming talks with Serbia, an official said August 6. The negotiations have been billed as a last ditch effort by Western powers and Russia to get both sides to agree on the province's future. While Kosovo is a province of Serbia, it has been under U.N. and NATO administration since a NATO-led air war in 1999 halted former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. Blerim Shala, a senior official on Kosovo's negotiating team, said the province's leaders would not negotiate on independence and Kosovo's borders. But he said they support a U.N. proposal to give the Serb minority broad rights. "These are the three positions that have been stated," Shala said. "They will not change." He said the list would be submitted to envoys in charge of the talks who are scheduled to arrive in Kosovo at the end of the week. The group, known as the Troika, is comprised of representatives from the United States, European Union and Russia. In Belgrade, Serbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said new talks could pave the way for a compromise that would "fulfill the essential interests" of both Serbia and the Kosovo Albanians. He did not elaborate, but added Serbia and Russia will pursue "joint policies based on the respect of international law." Last week, the Serbian government said it sent a list of proposed rules to diplomats in charge of the talks, amid reports it was ready to grant Kosovo cooperation with international financial institutions and some capacity in international relations. No date has been set for the talks to begin, although Western diplomats have said efforts to bring the sides together would begin in mid-August. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has set Dec. 10 as the date for the diplomats to report on those efforts. |
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