The Serbian parliament on Saturday evening approved a new constitution, declaring the UN-run province part of Serbia
The lawmakers -- 242 of them present at the session -- unanimously voted in favor of the constitution, that will replace the current one drafted in 1990 by late former autocratic leader Slobodan Milosevic. The new constitution also needs a yes-vote on a national referendum before it becomes valid. Over a half of the registered voters must vote at the referendum for it to be valid. The referendum will take place on on October 28-29.
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Lufti Haziri said the latest Serbian Parliament decision represented a threat that would cause problems in the future normalisation of relations between independent Kosovo and Serbia.
Kosovo media cited comments of other Albanian officials who said that Belgrade was not capable of making progress because its policy was still based on old guidelines that led to wars in former Yugoslavia.