Sejdiu rejects talks on status

The Ahtisaari package will never be opened, the Kosovo status will never be opened and we will never sit down to talk about issues that have to do with Kosovo's future and the legal and constitutional position that it has," he said, of possible subjects of negotiations with Belgrade.

Sejdiu yesterday met with representatives of the non-Albanian communities, "except the Serbs", who snubbed the meeting.

The Kosovo Albanian official, according to reports in the Albanian language media, did not rule out the possibility that talks with Belgrade might take place "on practical issues that are in the interest of the Kosovo citizens", but he added, Priština can come as "an equal" factor with Belgrade.

"Regardless of Belgrade's tendencies the Kosovo government will not accept any solution that is detrimental to the citizens of Kosovo. Each possible issue will be analyzed and measure in detail," Sejdiu was also quoted as saying.