Balkan presidents to convene in Prizren

TIRANA, Jan. 5 – Presidents of the western Balkan countries will hold a mini summit in Prizren, Kosovo but Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has said he won’t invite (Serbian President Boris) Tadić.
The mini summit is to bring presidents of Albania, FYRM, Montenegro and Croatia to Kosovo in the first trimester. It was first planned this weekend but postponed after FYROM President Gjorge Ivanov had a busy agenda.
“I won’t invite him to a meeting of colleagues from the region. There will certainly be other occasions, but I won’t invite him just for the sake of it. How do you invite a man who is using all his energy to speak against Kosovo’s independence and is doing everything to thwart further recognitions,” wondered the Kosovo president during a reception in Prishtina recently.
Kosovo’s ethnic Albanians in February 2008 unilaterally declared independence, which Belgrade rejects as an illegal secession attempt.
Sejdiu said Kosovo should have, “Šgood relations with Serbia.”
Sejdiu further said that he was convinced, “Šthe time will come when the president of Serbia will be invited to come to Kosovo, and the president of Kosovo will be invited to visit Serbia”.
“We are always ready to invest in good neighborly relations, but never, never, never, I strongly repeat, never, to talk about subjects that they want to set to the agenda, such as new negotiations or the issue of Kosovo’s status,” said Sejdiu.