Serbian PM: Kosovo never to be independent
BELGRADE, Serbia, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Serbia's prime minister said parliament should adopt a constitution saying Kosovo province will never be
independent.
Addressing a parliamentary session Tuesday in Belgrade, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said the predominantly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province "has always been and will be forever Serbia's component part," local radio stations reported.
Kostunica said this had to be emphasized and written down in a new constitution currently being worked out.
"For the state of Serbia, Kosovo will never be independent ," he said.
The Serbian government and Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian leaders have been having U.N.-led talks in Vienna since February to decide who will govern the southern province once U.N. civil administrators and NATO troops leave.
Kosovo, whose 1.8 million population is 90 percent ethnic-Albanian, is formally part of Serbia, but since 1999 fighting it has been run by the U.N. administration.
Ethnic-Albanian leaders want Kosovo independent of Belgrade, while the Serbian government is offering semi-autonomy for the province.
independent.
Addressing a parliamentary session Tuesday in Belgrade, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said the predominantly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province "has always been and will be forever Serbia's component part," local radio stations reported.
Kostunica said this had to be emphasized and written down in a new constitution currently being worked out.
"For the state of Serbia, Kosovo will never be independent ," he said.
The Serbian government and Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian leaders have been having U.N.-led talks in Vienna since February to decide who will govern the southern province once U.N. civil administrators and NATO troops leave.
Kosovo, whose 1.8 million population is 90 percent ethnic-Albanian, is formally part of Serbia, but since 1999 fighting it has been run by the U.N. administration.
Ethnic-Albanian leaders want Kosovo independent of Belgrade, while the Serbian government is offering semi-autonomy for the province.
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