Hashim Thaci says no ethnic community in Kosovo can expect special treatmen

No ethnic community in Kosovo can expect special treatment, Hashim Thaci said, urging Serbs in the north of the country to recognize the Pristina government and its institutions.

Thaci told reporters in Pristina that he felt encouraged by the willingness of some northern Serb politicians to recognize the independence of Kosovo in return for their part of the country obtaining special status.

He was referring to the statement made by the mayor of the north Mitrovica municipality, Krstimir Pantic who said over the weekend that Serbs in the north would accept living in an independent Kosovo, if the north would be granted a special status.