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PRISTINA, Serbia — Kosovo’s president declared Wednesday that the province would become independent of Serbia within days, but he did not specify a date.
President Fatmir Sejdiu’s remarks suggest Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority will press on with declaring independence without delay, despite Serbian opposition.
Ethnic Albanians, who make up 90 percent of the population of 7 million in Kosovo, expect a swift recognition of independence from Western capitals. Minority Serbs backed by Russia threaten to leave the province and move to Serbia or to group in Kosovo’s north, where most of the minority lives, and then call for that territory to become part of Serbia.
