Over 90 per cent
of ethnic Albanians want independent Kosovo, poll shows
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - July 20, 2006, Thursday
Excerpt from report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet
Belgrade, 19 July: It is of vital importance for 60 per cent of Serbs from
central Serbia, almost 80 per cent of Serbs from Kosovo and two thirds of those
Serbs who have moved out of the province that Kosovo remain within Serbia as a
province with broad autonomy, while 90 per cent of Kosovo Albanians see such a
solution as unacceptable.
On the other hand, around 90 per cent of Kosovo Albanians believe that the
independence of Kosovo within its current borders is the best solution for the
future status of the province, which is unacceptable for almost three quarters
of Serbs from central Serbia and some 90 per cent of Serbs from Kosovo and those
Serbs who have moved out of the province. These are the results of a poll
carried out by the Belgrade-based Strategic Marketing Research and Pristina-based
Institute for Political Research and Development.
The poll was carried out on the territory of central Serbia and Kosovo between
10 and 20 May, with the participation of almost 2,700 interviewees.
The results show that the "conditional independence" of Kosovo is unacceptable
for over 90 per cent of Albanians, but also for over 80 per cent of Serbs from
central Serbia and almost all the interviewed Serbs from Kosovo and those who
have moved from the province.
Source: FoNet news
agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1349 gmt 19 Jul 06
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