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Pristina adopted statement on independence proclamation February 17
16.02.2008 15:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Pristina has adopted a statement of
intent to proclaim independence on February 17. The
scenario includes the festivities to be held in Kosovo
on Sunday.

The celebrations will start upon an extra session of
the Kosovo parliament and end in fireworks.

The two-hour session is expected to be followed by a
news conference with participation of Prime Minister
Thaci and President Sejdiu, ÑÒÀ reports.

As Kosovo prepared to declare its independence Sunday,
the Serbian president, Boris Tadic, vowed he would
never recognize an independent Kosovo, indicating that
Belgrade would downgrade, but not necessarily break,
diplomatic relations with any government that
recognized Pristina.

"I will never give up the fight for our Kosovo,"
Tadic, a moderate, said Friday as he was formally
sworn in for a new five-year term, giving the clearest
indication yet that the independence declaration would
not be met by violence or war. He said bilateral ties
with countries that recognized Kosovo would be
circumscribed, but added that a possible decision by
Belgrade to withdraw ambassadors would "not mean it
would stop communicating with those countries or cut
ties with those countries."