Kosovo Serb leader hails Albanian visit
PEC, Serbia-Montenegro, April 24 (UPI) -- A Kosovo Serb leader Monday praised a history-making visit of Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian president to mark the Serb Orthodox Easter Sunday.
Oliver Ivanovic, the leader of the moderate Serbs in Kosovo, praised the visit, the first at such a high level since 1999, of Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian President Fatmir Sejdiu, a Muslim, the Serbian Beta news agency reported.
Sejdiu visited the medieval Decani monastery near Pec where he met Serbian Christian Orthodox Bishop Teodosije Sunday.
Ivanovic welcomed Sejdiu's visit saying the "deeds speak more than words," Pristina electronic media reported.
Kosovo ethnic-Albanian Prime Minister Agim Ceku Sunday visited two villages at Pec, close to Decani monastery, to donate two tractors to Serb farmers.
Ceku's request to visit Gracanica Monastery near Pristina was turned down by a Serbian bishop who argued he could not accept Ceku's Easter visit until his residence is refurbished and Serbs refugees are returned to their homes.
In March 2004, ethnic-Albanian extremists destroyed numerous Serbian houses and churches.
Serbs and ethnic-Albanians have been conducting U.N.-mediated talks to decided on the future status of Kosovo.
Kosovo, formally still part of Serbia, has been governed by a U.N. mission and protected by NATO troops since 1999, when Serbian forces were expelled from Kosovo.
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Oliver Ivanovic, the leader of the moderate Serbs in Kosovo, praised the visit, the first at such a high level since 1999, of Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian President Fatmir Sejdiu, a Muslim, the Serbian Beta news agency reported.
Sejdiu visited the medieval Decani monastery near Pec where he met Serbian Christian Orthodox Bishop Teodosije Sunday.
Ivanovic welcomed Sejdiu's visit saying the "deeds speak more than words," Pristina electronic media reported.
Kosovo ethnic-Albanian Prime Minister Agim Ceku Sunday visited two villages at Pec, close to Decani monastery, to donate two tractors to Serb farmers.
Ceku's request to visit Gracanica Monastery near Pristina was turned down by a Serbian bishop who argued he could not accept Ceku's Easter visit until his residence is refurbished and Serbs refugees are returned to their homes.
In March 2004, ethnic-Albanian extremists destroyed numerous Serbian houses and churches.
Serbs and ethnic-Albanians have been conducting U.N.-mediated talks to decided on the future status of Kosovo.
Kosovo, formally still part of Serbia, has been governed by a U.N. mission and protected by NATO troops since 1999, when Serbian forces were expelled from Kosovo.
© Copyright 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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