Kosova English-Albanian Dict. But a State Department official that the independence issue never came up during Powell's meeting with Rugova. Those who think that Kosovo's residents will be adequately protected by the arrival of democracy in Belgrade after Kostunica's victory are naive, Kouchner said. Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo demand independence, and their bitterness over the war remains so great that any of their leaders who try to talk with Kostunica's government would risk being killed by extremists, he said.
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Another Serbian journalist asked when she could feel safe walking the streets of Pristina, Kosovo's capital. But it is important to remember that this election had both a local and national context - which is independence for Kosovo. Veton Surroi , an Albanian moderate and newspaper publisher, once said that Kosovar Albanians wouldn't be governed from Belgrade even if the Serbs elected Mother Teresa to replace Mr. Milosevic, an echo of quip by Richard Holbrooke , United States ambassador to the United Nations. No, never autonomy.