"Kosovo to proclaim independence mid-February"
The Slovenian ambassador to Prague says he expects Kosovo to declare independence "some time around February 15."
Friday, 18.01.2008.
11:17
The Slovenian ambassador to Prague says he expects Kosovo to declare independence "some time around February 15." Franc But said that Kosovo would declare independence “probably one or two weeks after the second round of the Serbian elections.” "Kosovo to proclaim independence mid-February" He said that Slovenia, which presides over the EU currently, will call meetings of the EU’s political elite to discuss the Union’s next move within 24 hours of any independence declaration. The second round of Serbia’s presidential elections is scheduled for February 3. In the meantime, Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha says that "Pristina is nearing an independence declaration." He told Austrian agency APA that it is “only a matter of weeks before Kosovo is recognized as a sovereign and independent country.” Basha said that the Kosovo administration was waiting for the end of the Serbian elections on the insistence of the international community. “Pristina has decided to turn the chance for independence into a chance for cooperation with the EU, NATO and U.S.,” the minister said. “The Kosovo administration does not wish to waste time like others in the region, it wants to begin integration and we are convinced that the people of Kosovo will not endanger the decade-long wish for independence,” he said. Basha said that Tirana would recognize Kosovo’s independence at the right moment and said that independence was the only solution for long-term stability. The minister said that there was no idea of a Greater Albania being formed. “The idea of a Greater Albania is coming primarily from Belgrade and Moscow,” he said, adding that the future of Pristina and Tirana was within the EU. He stressed that Serbia needed to stay on the European path, and take the opportunity to “hop on the train to Brussels,” adding that Tirana was following the Serbian presidential elections very closely.
"Kosovo to proclaim independence mid-February"
He said that Slovenia, which presides over the EU currently, will call meetings of the EU’s political elite to discuss the Union’s next move within 24 hours of any independence declaration.The second round of Serbia’s presidential elections is scheduled for February 3.
In the meantime, Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha says that "Priština is nearing an independence declaration."
He told Austrian agency APA that it is “only a matter of weeks before Kosovo is recognized as a sovereign and independent country.”
Basha said that the Kosovo administration was waiting for the end of the Serbian elections on the insistence of the international community.
“Priština has decided to turn the chance for independence into a chance for cooperation with the EU, NATO and U.S.,” the minister said.
“The Kosovo administration does not wish to waste time like others in the region, it wants to begin integration and we are convinced that the people of Kosovo will not endanger the decade-long wish for independence,” he said.
Basha said that Tirana would recognize Kosovo’s independence at the right moment and said that independence was the only solution for long-term stability.
The minister said that there was no idea of a Greater Albania being formed.
“The idea of a Greater Albania is coming primarily from Belgrade and Moscow,” he said, adding that the future of Priština and Tirana was within the EU.
He stressed that Serbia needed to stay on the European path, and take the opportunity to “hop on the train to Brussels,” adding that Tirana was following the Serbian presidential elections very closely.
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