Kosovo tells US it will not declare independence

Washington, July 24: Kosovo told the United States that it did not have plans to unilaterally declare independence from Serbia, said senior officials from the United States and Kosovo.

Kosovo's leaders gave the assurance during a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington, said Skender Hyseni, a spokesman for the Kosovo delegation. A senior US official who attended the meeting confirmed this.

''Today the (Kosovo) unity team once again reassured the United States that we remain close partners of both the United States and the European Union in bringing the independence process to a close,'' Hyseni told the sources after the meeting.

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