SERBS TO PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO GOVERNMENT

PRISTINA, May 5 (Hina) - A member of the Kosovo parliament's presidency, Gojko Savic, has announced the Serb coalition Povratak would enter the Kosovo government next week, the Pristina daily in Albanian Koha Ditore said on Sunday. #L# The decision on the coalition's participation in the government comes after this week's meeting between Povratak's members and officials of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo, said Savic. "We made a decision to propose certain candidates for the minister of agriculture and forestry, as well as two persons who will be engaged in the Kosovo government and UNMIK (local UN mission) as coordinators for Serb return issues," Savic said. The priority for Kosovo Serb representatives in parliament and the government is the return of Serbs and other minorities to Kosovo, he added. Serbs have been boycotting the Kosovo government for the past six weeks, demanding the establishment of a return ministry, which was opposed by the UN civil administrator in Kosovo, Michael Steiner. The names of the Kosovo Serb representatives in the province's government will be know on Thursday. (hina) ha