States with limited recognition

Asked to comment on the claim made by some Western media that Serbia was engaging in "saber-rattling" during a time of instability in Kosovo and Metohija, the defense minister said Belgrade did contribute to that instability.

The French historian is one of the petitioners urging Paris to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo, and is also announcing the launch of this initiative in the French parliament.

The report said that 4,000 members of the Army took part, along with 300 vehicles and 40 aircraft, including two Russian attack helicopters with Russian crews, which, according to AP, shows Serbia's growing political and military alliance with Moscow.

Thaci wrote that he had "just crossed the border crossing of Morina, which unjustly divides Kosovo and Albania."

The conversation was about the current situation in Kosovo and -Metohija, tariffs and the possibilities for the continuation of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the Serbian government announced.

A Kosovo parliamentary commission approved a draft resolution accusing Serbia of committing genocide against ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, although experts questioned whether it has any practical purpose.

Vucic told them that Serbia is in a difficult position through no fault of its own, and that he "does not understand neither the introduction of taxes, nor the adoption by Pristina of new resolutions against Serbia and the Serb people."

The president was a guest on Serbia's public broadcaster RTS when he spoke about solutions for Kosovo after the Berlin summit, noting that he does not want to deceive his people by speaking badly about Haradinaj and Thaci.

Kenneth Andresen has amassed a fascinating collection of old postcards from Kosovo, which reveal its transition over generations from Ottoman and Yugoslav province to independent country.

Haradinaj said that he prevented "partition."