Serbia Leader Rejects Kosovo Independence
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Serbia's President Boris Tadic, touring Kosovo in the first visit by a Serbian leader since the 1999 war, sought Sunday to reassert his country's claim over the U.N.-run province, vowing never to accept its independence.
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Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun  any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they  recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent  state.
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Serbia warned the EU on  Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken  outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United  States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks  continue.
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Serbia wants talks on Kosovo to go back to where they started a year ago, ignoring a United Nations plan based on granting independence to the breakaway province, a Kosovo Albanian leader said on Wednesday.
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Kosovo's president declared Wednesday the province would become independent of Serbia within days, but he did not specify a date.
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Serbia will not allow itself to be humiliated by a "puppet state" on its territory, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Thursday as Serbia prepared to annul Kosovo's proclamation of independence in advance.
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BELGRADE - Serbia is ready to use force to prevent Western states from recognizing Kosovo as an independent state, a senior Serbian official warned yesterday.
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Serbia warned the United States and the European Union on Wednesday not to recognize Kosovo's independence without United Nations consent, saying that would prompt an immediate response from Serbian authorities and could destabilize the region.
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Serbian President Boris Tadic warned the  European Union on Friday against "cutting corners" on Kosovo,  urging further dialogue on the future of the province which is  set to declare its independence from Belgrade.
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Russia warned Kosovo's leaders that if they declare independence the territory will never become a member of the United Nations or other international political institutions
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Serbia's parliament was set to adopt a resolution on Wednesday implicitly rejecting membership of the European Union and NATO if the West recognizes the independence of Kosovo.
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Serbia on Saturday demanded the U.N. administrator of Kosovo annul the election of the province's new prime minister, a former rebel leader accused by Serbs of war crimes.
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Serbs will never forgive the United States if it gives their Kosovo province to Kosovo Albanians demanding independence, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday.
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Russia on Wednesday backed its  ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the  United Nations or other international organizations if the  breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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Russia opposes a NATO-backed proposal to set Serbia's province of Kosovo on the road to independence but may accept a trade-off on its future in return for other concessions, diplomats and analysts believe.
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Serbia swore in President Boris Tadic on Friday two days before Kosovo proclaims independence, in the country's most traumatic moment since it was bombed by NATO in 1999 to end ethnic cleansing in the province.
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Serbia on Tuesday denied a backdoor diplomatic bid to partition the breakaway province of Kosovo between majority Albanians demanding independence and Serbs who want to stay part of Serbia.