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Associated Press
June 8, 2007
Kosovo Albanian leaders reject delay in independence
PRISTINA, Serbia - Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders
rejected a delay Friday and urged the West to push
forward a U.N. plan to grant independence, warning
that patience is wearing thin in the disputed
province.
"We urge the international community to approve a
quick resolution on Kosovo or to let us go our path,"
Kosovo's Prime Minister Agim Ceku said. "We cannot
wait any longer. Every day of delay increases
frustrations, loss of credibility of the Kosovo
leadership and loss of trust in the international
community."
Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu said the province's
leaders were looking to the U.N. Security Council to
quickly approve a new resolution that would pave the
way to independence.
"It is important for us to continue the dynamic in the
Security Council to approve a new resolution," Sejdiu
said, after an urgent meeting, which included the top
French diplomat and the chief U.N. official.
The U.S. and key European nations back supervised
independence for the Serbian province, but Russia,
Serbia's traditional ally, objects.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at the Group of
Eight summit in Germany on Thursday that he suggested
to Russia's President Vladimir Putin that Belgrade and
Pristina be given six months to work out a deal; if
there is no agreement, then the U.N. plan would be
applied. A Putin spokesman said only that there was
"some movement" on the matter.
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