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02-18-2008, 03:17 PM
Serbia recalls ambassador from US

Serbia has recalled its ambassador to Washington in protest at US recognition of Kosovo independence and threatened to withdraw other envoys.

Its Prime Minister, Vojislav Kostunica, told parliament in Belgrade that America had "violated international law for its own interests".

France, the UK, Germany and Italy have also pledged their support for the new state declared on Sunday.

In New York, the UN Security Council is beginning a meeting on the move.

Serbian President Boris Tadic is to ask it to annul the independence declaration, and Belgrade is counting on Russia to veto Kosovo joining the UN as a new nation.

The leading European states which endorsed independence did so after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels in which it was agreed that Kosovo should not set a precedent for other states.

Spain and several other member-states have withheld recognition because of concerns about international law and separatism.

'First measure'

Mr Kostunica said the recall of Serbia's ambassador to the US was the "first urgent measure of the government which will be implemented in all countries that recognise unilateral independence".

Read more at BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/7251802.stm



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