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| Kosovo expects recognition by ‘100 countries’ |
| 2008-02-09 |
| PRISTINA, Serbia - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Friday about 100 countries were ready to recognise the province’s independence from Serbia as soon as it was declared. ‘We have confirmation by around 100 countries that they are ready to recognise Kosovo’s independence immediately after we declare it. We will have a powerful and massive recognition,’ he told a news conference. Thaci was speaking after his regular weekly meeting with Joachim Ruecker, head of the Kosovo mission of the United Nations which has administered the territory since NATO expelled Serbian forces in 1999. Thaci did not name any countries or specify when he plans to declare independence. The date for the declaration is the subject of great speculation in Kosovo, with mid-to-late February or early March heavily backed. Thaci has made clear the timing will be carefully coordinated with Western powers. |
| Posted by:Steve White |