Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt will visit Kosovo on Saturday, becoming the first foreign minister to visit Kosovo since the breakaway province of Serbia declared its independence, according to a statement issued by Swedish Foreign Ministry.
Carl Bildt will hold talks with Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu as well as with representatives of UNMIK and the EU in Pristina, the statement said.
The Swedish government decided on Tuesday to recognize Kosovo as an independent country. Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said his government made the decision on the basis of the fact that Kosovo had been under UN control since 1999.
Kosovo, a southern autonomous province within Serbia before the breakup of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, unilaterally declared its independence on Feb. 17.
Source:Xinhua
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