BELGRADE (AFP) — Serbian President Boris Tadic has indicated he is open to the possibility of dividing Kosovo, whose claim of independence from Serbia is not recognized by Belgrade, local media said on Tuesday.
"I am prepared to consider that option too, if we exhaust all the previous ones, but there are quite a few of them," Tadic was quoted as saying on B92 television's website.
But Tadic stressed that partitioning Kosovo was not currently "on the agenda," according to B92, which cited an interview the president gave to state television channel RTS.
He noted that Serbia favours a solution that would include substantial autonomy for Kosovo, which has an ethnic Albanian-majority.
"There are still a lot of possibilities to find a solution within the concept of substantial autonomy. But, if we exhaust every possibility, then we can move to that option," he said.
"All initiatives are legitimate," he said, adding that "anything is preferable to a situation where one side lost everything and the other won it all."
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It appears that Serbia's stance on Kosovo's independence is beginning to soften. The Kosovars however, will never agree to the partition. Tadic is doing what he can to gain favor in the eyes of the West, the U.N., and most importantly Europe by at the very least acknowledging that the option of recognizing Kosvo's independence with conditions is possible.
There are varying reports depending on where you read that a prerequisite for Serbia becoming a member of the European Union is their recognition of Kosovo's Independence.
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