K. Albanian authorities "to end supervised independence"

Source: Tanjug

PRIŠTINA -- The assembly in Priština on Tuesday adopted a resolution "on ending the supervised independence of Kosovo", reports said.

Radical ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement, which is represented in the assembly, opposed the resolution, referring to it as "an attempt by the Kosovo government to hide painful compromises made on Kosovo and the conditions it would face".
Premier Hashim Thaci told the assembly that by passing this resolution, "united as always when unity was needed, lawmakers would open the door to the ending of supervised independence".

The resolution was also supported by the opposition, with the exception of Albin Kurti's Self-Determination.

While expressing their disagreement with the draft resolution, the Self-Determination representatives proposed their own version, but it was not put to a vote because the draft from the Democratic Party of Kosovo had majority support.

In eight points, the resolution welcomes the recommendations of the International Steering Group for Kosovo - made up of country's that support Priština's UDI - of Jan. 24, on the ending of supervised independence in this year.

Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo four years ago unilaterally declared independence, basing the proclamation on former UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan for "supervised independence".

The plan, however, was never adopted by the UN Security Council, while both it and the unilateral declaration were rejected by Serbia.