Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Serbia won't give up 'an inch' of Kosovo, PM says as talks enter critical phase

Serbia will not give up "an inch" of Kosovo, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said Monday as talks on the breakaway province's future entered a critical phase before a U.N. deadline next month.

"Serbia will not let an inch of its territory be taken away," a defiant Kostunica told reporters at a final round of negotiations before international mediators report back to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders, meanwhile, said they were committed to gaining independence _ making a breakthrough unlikely in the last session of talks, which run through Wednesday in the picturesque Austrian spa town of Baden.

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