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| Kosovo leaders welcome independence plan |
| 2007-03-27 |
| Kosovo's ethnic Albanians welcomed on Monday proposals by the United Nations special negotiator to grant a supervised independence to the breakaway province in the southern Serbia. Martin Ahtisaari as UN's special envoy to Kosovo submitted his proposals package to the Security Council on Monday after nearly 13 months of talks between the ethnic Albanian leaders and the Serbian delegation ended in a deadlock, the sources said. Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu said in a statement that the plan is considered a historic day of victory for the Kosovars and the whole war-torn Balkan region, the AFP reported. Ahtisaari's proposals envision a semi-state future for the former Serb province making it entitled to have its own national anthem, constitution, flag as well as a permission to join the international entities. Serbian government has voiced its opposition to the plan arguing that it threatens Serbia's territorial integrity and national security, meanwhile saying that Belgrade is ready to give a status of autonomy to the Muslim-dominated province. |
| Posted by:Fred |