BELGRADE: MAJORITY OF CITIZENS FOR SERBIA'S INDEPENDENCE

BELGRADE, April 2 (Hina) - The majority of citizens advocate independence for Serbia, according to a research of the Belgrade- based Marten Board International centre for marketing and research. #L# The centre, a licensed partner of the British Market Research Bureau from London, conducted the research in cooperation with the Belgrade daily Blic between March 28 and April 1 on a random stratified sample of 599 adult citizens of Serbia, excluding Kosovo. Sixty-five percent of Serbia's citizens think Serbia should become an independent state, the results show. Twenty-seven percent think Serbia should remain in some form of association with Montenegro, while eight percent abstained from stating their opinion. A significant 46.6 percent does not support the so-called Solana Agreement on Serbia-Montenegro association, which has been proposed by the European Union's high representative for the common foreign and security policy, Javier Solana. (hina) ha sb