The European Union's special envoy for the Kosovo status issue, Stephan Lehne, met the highest Kosovo officials in Pristina today to discuss the latest developments regarding the status of the UN-administered Serbian province.
Lehne said that the decision on Kosovo's status would be of historic importance and that its adoption took time and required certain conditions so that it could have the necessary legitimacy.
Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said that the authorities in Pristina had still not received the proposal for the continuation of negotiations on Kosovo's status, stressing that the plan for Kosovo proposed by UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari was no longer negotiable.
"We supported that document and it is non-negotiable, as is Kosovo's independence. It is important to us that the Security Council decision set a date for the declaration of independence," Sejdiu told reporters.
He stressed that Pristina would continue cooperating with international factors.
Hashim Thaqi, president of the leading Opposition party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, told reporters that Kosovo's independence would be agreed in cooperation with Washington and Brussels.
Lehne said that the Security Council would continue consultations and that the new draft resolution on Kosovo's status included proposals put forward by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
He added that Kosovo was nearing its goal and called on Kosovo officials to continue their cooperation with international factors.
The United States and European Union member-countries in the UN Security Council on Wednesday reached agreement on an amended draft resolution on Kosovo which envisages postponing a final decision on Kosovo's status for 120 days, during which Serbian and Albanian negotiators are expected to reach agreement on the province's final status.
Russian representative Vitaly Churkin rejected the draft resolution.