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MONSTERS AND CRITICS (UK) Albanian president to pay first-ever Kosovo visit - reports By DPA Jan 12, 2008, 11:33 GMT Tirana - Albanian President Bamir Topi will pay a visit to the Serbian province of Kosovo at the end of January in a development coming amid preparations by the Kosovars to declare independence, reports said Saturday. The first-ever visit to the predominantly ethnic Albanian province by an Albanian head of state is to take place January 25 to 27, the media reports in Tirana said. Topi is to be accompanied by a 100-strong delegation of political and business leaders. Amid consultations with the European Union and the United States, Kosovo is preparing shortly to declare its independence from Serbia, reports in the provincial capital Pristina said.
