NATO urges Serbia to cooperate

NATO urges Serbia to cooperate

"This decision will only strengthen my call to all parties, including Serbia, to work on the basis of the Ahtisaari proposals in a constructive way, because there really is no alternative,"  he told journalists in Priština.

Scheffer said he would be visiting Serbia soon to press the point. He gave no date.

"The world is watching very carefully what kind of messages come from Kosovo, how mature the Kosovo institutions, the Kosovo citizens are to shape their own future. You'll be heard, you'll be seen, you'll be watched," de Hoop Scheffer also said, during his visit to Priština which came after weekend clashes between police and protesters left two demonstrators dead.

Two two victims were among thousands protesting against a UN plan for the province which many Albanians say falls short of their demand of full independence.  Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku said police used "excessive force." 

The UN administrator for Kosovo fired the UN police chief and Interior Minister Fatmir Rexhepi resigned in the wake of the clashes.