PRISTINA (AFP) - Outgoing Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Friday said Belgrade is stirring up ""unrealistic dreams"" of a return of Kosovo to Serbia by encouraging the Serb minority to boycott the newly declared state.

""It would be good to stop suggesting Kosovo citizens of Serb nationality refuse cooperation and participation in the institutions of the new state, boycott elections and in that way, deprive themselves of the right to decide the way they live,"" Mesic said.
Addressing the Kosovo parliament, Mesic added that ""it would be good to stop stirring up unrealistic dreams that it is not over yet.""
Mesic, who is to step down on February 18 after serving two five-year mandates, came to Kosovo in his last visit abroad before his mandate expires.
The aim of the visit was to discuss ""bilateral ties and the situation in the region,"" his office said earlier.