KOSOVO: REACTIONS TO OUTCOME OF SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

PRISTINA, Sept 30 (Hina) - Serbian and Albanian media on Monday commented on the Kosovo outcome of a vote for Serbia's president, namely the fact that ultranationalist candidate Vojislav Seselj won the majority of the vote in most Kosovo regions where Serbs had gone to the polls. #L# The leader of the Serb bench in the Kosovo parliament, Rada Trajkovic, told Serbian media she was sorry that Kosovo Serbs had chosen the "extreme option" and still failed to realise who was responsible for what constituted their reality in Kosovo. She criticised the policy former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic conducted with "Vojislav Seselj's ardent support". Kosovo Presidency member Oliver Ivanovic said the outcome of the ballot in Kosovo was not much of a surprise given that the Kosovo Serb electorate "has always chosen the radical option". Albanian media claim that Kosovo's Serbs are turning towards Belgrade again and do not want to integrate into Kosovo's social and political life. The UN Mission to Kosovo did not disturb Sunday's vote, while the KFOR peace-keepers' assistance consisted only of an offer to escort ballots to and back from polling stations. (hina) ha sb