Kosovo eyes November 28 independence declaration

Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku called on Parliament yesterday to declare unilateral independence from Serbia on November 28, faced with diplomatic stalemate between the West and Russia at the United Nations. Western powers yesterday shelved the latest...

Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku called on Parliament yesterday to declare unilateral independence from Serbia on November 28, faced with diplomatic stalemate between the West and Russia at the United Nations.

Western powers yesterday shelved the latest UN draft resolution on the fate of the UN-run province, under threat of a Russian veto.

Mr Ceku said the UN had failed. He challenged Kosovo's Western backers to support a unilateral declaration in four months, a move the US has suggested it would back, but which would split the 27-member EU.

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