Article: EU GEN Kosovo Prime Minister

GARENTINA KRAJA, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-11-2006
Dateline: PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro
Kosovo's new prime minister said anything short of independence from Serbia was "out of the question," but emphasized in an interview hours after his election that respect for the province's Serb minority would be a priority for his government.

Serbia had opposed the appointment of Lt. Gen. Agim Ceku, the former leader of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army, accusing him of war crimes and saying his election could be detrimental to ongoing U.N.-led talks on Kosovo's future. He denies those charges as politically motivated.

"My conscience is completely clean," Ceku told The Associated Press on ...

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