(ANSA) - PRISTINA, JAN 15 - Kosovo leaders on Friday rejected
an appeal by the US, Germany, France, Italy, and the UK to hold
a referendum for Serbs on justice also in Kosovo. They said that
doing so would constitute a clear violation of the constitution
and laws of Kosovo. In a joint statement issued at the end of a
meeting with the diplomats of five Western countries and the EU,
Kosovo president Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and
Parliament Speaker Glauk Konjufca said that the "opening of
voting stations of Serbia in Kosovo constitutes a clear
violation of the constitution and laws of Kosovo, as well as
international practices". This act, they added, is a violation
of the territorial integrity of the independent and sovereign
state of Kosovo by Serbia, Serb citizens of Kosovo with dual
citizenship, it was reiterated in the joint document of Kosovo
leaders, "will have the right to vote according to international
standards and practices, meaning via post of the liaison office
in Pristina". Kosovo institutions then urged the international
community to apply the same standards for Kosovo as for any
other country, since "the independence of our country is not
only recognized by most democratic states in the world, it has
also been enshrined by the International Court of Justice".
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