KOSOVO PARLIAMENT ELECTS PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.01.2008 17:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Kosovo’s parliament approved on Wednesday the new
government proposed by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci to lead the ethnic
Albanian UN-run province to independence from Serbia.

The parliament also voted to give President Fatmir Sejdiu a second
five-year term, under a power-sharing deal between the two main
parties.

"We will not promise miracles, but we believe that, with this team and
with a support from the US, EU and NATO, we can do better in Kosovo,"
Thaci said after the vote.

Sejdiu said the deal guaranteed Kosovo’s determination to proclaim
its independence.

"Independent Kosovo, which will soon get international blessing, will
be fully devoted to development and cooperation with all countries
in the region," he said after his election.

Sejdiu, who took over the presidency after the death of Ibrahim Rugova
in January 2006, heads the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Thaci
is leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).

Both parties are represented in the government announced by Thaci
late Tuesday. There are three additional posts for representatives
of minorities, including two for the 100,000-strong Serb community,
which largely boycotted the November 17 elections, the AF reported.