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Kosovo election winner Kurti wants new tack in Serbia talks

After a landslide win in Kosovo's parliamentary elections, left-wing reformist Albin Kurti told AFP on Monday (Feb 15) he wants to reframe
talks with Serbia to put the two sides on equal footing.

The Balkan neighbours have been locked in long-running negotiations to resolve disputes still poisoning relations 20 years after they
separated in war.

Kurti said the talks should not be centre on how to "compensate" Serbia for losing its former province.

"The dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo must change our countries for the better," he told AFP from his party's headquarters in Pristina.

"We need to discuss with Serbia honestly, openly, seriously, and with people as the end beneficiaries," he added.

Kurti is on the cusp of becoming Kosovo's next Prime Minister after his anti-establishment Vetevendosje party dominated Sunday's snap poll.

He is expected to take a tougher stance with Belgrade than his predecessors.

Serbia lost control of Kosovo after the province's ethnic Albanian majority rebelled against then-strongman Slobodan Milosevic in
the late 1990s.

The ensuing war left 13,000 dead, mostly Kosovo Albanians.

Serbia still refuses to recognise the statehood Kosovo declared in 2008, forming the basis of their "frozen conflict".

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