U.N. ADMINISTRATOR DOESN'T OKAY AMENDMENTS TO KOSOVO CONSTITUTION

PRISTINA, Nov 4 (Hina) - The UN civil administrator of Kosovo, Harri Holkeri, has rejected amendments to the constitutional framework of Kosovo at a meeting with the chairman of the Kosovo assembly, Nexhat Daci, UNMIK (UN mission in Kosovo) spokesman Neeraj Singh told reporters in Pristina on Tuesday. #L# Daci said after the talks on Monday that the meeting with Holkeri was successful and that he had the administrator's support for the continuation of the process in the Kosovo assembly to amend the constitutional framework. Daci said that the processes of amending the constitutional framework and privatisation would be conducted in cooperation between local and international institutions in Kosovo. Holkeri did not give any approval for the constitutional framework of Kosovo to be amended, as was later stated by parliament speaker Nexhat Daci, the spokesman said. Singh also denied a statement that UNMIK had received a letter from Kosovo institutions in which they demanded that the constitutional framework be amended. (hina) vm