(8 Nov 2006)
1. Various of Pristina street scenes
2. Exterior of Kosovo government building
3. Various of EU, UN flags waiving
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ulpiana Lama, Kosovo government spokeswoman:
"The constitution and referendum has no affect at all over Kosovo, because Kosovo is under the umbrella of the United Nations. We have resolution 1244 and the process of final status will be resolved in the next weeks, next months. And currently the only legitimate process that is happening in Kosovo is Ahtissari's proposal. We fully support the mandate of Mr. Ahtissari and we cooperate in that process, this is the only legitimate process and the outcome of this process will be independent Kosovo."
5. Various of street scenes
STORYLINE:
Kosovo's government said on Wednesday it does not recognise the results of the recent Serbian constitutional referendum, with its preamble that refers to Kosovo as part of Serbia.
"The constitution and referendum has no affect at all over Kosovo, because Kosovo is under the umbrella of the United Nations." Ulpiana Lama, Kosovo government spokeswoman told AP television in Pristina, the province's capital.
Serbia's parliament formally adopted a new constitution on Wednesday reasserting Serbia's claim over Kosovo and ruling out Belgrade's consent for possible independence of the predominantly ethnic Albanian province.
The constitution, which was approved in a popular referendum last month, has stirred controversy with its preamble that refers to Kosovo as part of Serbia, regardless of the southern province's current status as a UN-run protectorate and ongoing international negotiations aimed at determining its future status.
The European Union urged Serbia on Wednesday to be constructive in negotiating the future of the breakaway Kosovo province and said it must cooperate with the UN's war crimes tribunal if it wants closer ties with the EU.
Kosovo has been out of Serbia's control since 1999, when NATO air strikes forced Serbs to halt their crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians.
Ninety percent of the province's population is ethnic Albanian.
While formally still part of Serbia, Kosovo is the subject of UN-mediated talks under the auspices of Western powers and Russia, but those talks are currently deadlocked.
Maarti Ahtisaari, the United Nations-appointed mediator for the Kosovo talks is due to present his recommendations on Kosovo's future to the UN Security Council before the end of 2006.
Kosovo's majority Albanians want the province to become an independent state while the minority Serbs want it to remain part of Serbia.
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