Pristina ready to develop relations with MacedoniaPRISTINA, April 18 (Hina) - The authorities in Kosovo on Tuesdayexpressed readiness to develop good-neighbourly relations withMacedonia despite the border dispute and stressed that the
issue ofMacedonia-Kosovo border demarcation was not urgent for Pristina andthat it would be solved at a time favourable for both sides.
PRISTINA, April 18 (Hina) - The authorities in Kosovo on Tuesday
expressed readiness to develop good-neighbourly relations with Macedonia
despite the border dispute and stressed that the issue of Macedonia-Kosovo
border demarcation was not urgent for Pristina and that it would be solved at a
time favourable for both sides. Kosovo officials reacted to the
requests of Skopje that the border issue be solved before the determination of
the final status of Kosovo.
Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said today that good relations with
Macedonia were extremely important for Kosovo, adding that the border issue
must be solved in a just way.
The Kosovo government issued a statement earlier today, saying that the
solution to the border dispute must be internationally recognised.
The Kosovo-Macedonia border demarcation issue was raised in 2001 when
Belgrade and Skopje signed an agreement that Pristina found unacceptable