TIRANA (Chinaview) -- Serbian Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said that Kosovo is going to declare independence from Serbia very shortly, news reaching here from Skopje reported.

However Sejdiu, who is on a one-day visit to Macedonia, didn't give a date when the breakaway Serbian southern province would do so, saying ""it will happen very soon"".
Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said his country, where minority Albanians account for a quarter of the tiny Balkan country's 2 million population, would not be the first country to recognize Kosovo's independence.
""Macedonia has no intention to be out of step with the decision of NATO and EU, and we will follow their common policy,"" Crvenkovski said after talks with Sejdiu.
Although Kosovo is formally within Serbia, the southern province has been run by the UN and NATO since 1999, when a NATO alliance launched an air war that ended Serbia's military campaign there.
Serbia insists Kosovo is an integral part of its territory and that it will never part with it, while Kosovo Albanians who account for 90 percent of the province's 2 million population claimed they will accept nothing short of independence.
A critical round of talks on the future status of Kosovo has ended in yet another stalemate. International mediators overseeing the talks are due to report to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by Dec. 10.
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Friday that Stability and peace in the Balkan region depends on the position of the United States and its commitment to or violation of a 1999 UN resolution on Kosovo's status.
""If the United States were to say it will remain committed to UN resolution 1244 and its key elements about Serbia's sovereignty over Kosovo and safeguarding minority rights in the province, a compromise solution -- that would satisfy both the key interests of Serbs and Kosovo Albanians -- would be possible,"" Kostunica said in a statement.
""One cannot build peace and stability in the Balkans by pursuing the policy of force, illegal violence and lawlessness,"" Kostunica said.
Kostunica also called for further negotiations. ""Only under such circumstances will we not see a puppet state (in Kosovo) and the fulfillment of U.S. military and security interests,"" Kostunica said.
""The responsibility is in America's hands and its choice is between justice and stability or lawlessness and long-term instability,"" he said.
He pledged that Serbia would do everything possible within the UN Security Council and in line with the UN Charter to reach a compromise solution and preserve stability and peace.
""That means there will be no discussion about establishing an EU mission in Kosovo instead of the UN administration. That would be in contravention of resolution 1244,"" Kostunica said.