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Serbia says EU's Kosovo mission "unacceptable"
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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on Friday denounced a European Union decision to send a mission to its breakaway Kosovo province, saying it would create "a puppet state" on Serbian soil.
"It is unacceptable to speak of Kosovo, a province of Serbia, as a future state," he said in a statement. "It is especially insulting to offer to a crippled Serbia a reward of fast-track to the EU in exchange for its consent to violence."
He said the recognition of Kosovo's independence would be "the most dangerous precedent after World War Two."
EU leaders agreed on Friday to send a supervisory mission to Kosovo ahead of an expected declaration of independence, likely in early 2008.
The United States and most EU states have indicated they will recognize the territory.
(Editing by Keith Weir)
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