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The United States, Germany, France, the UK and the Netherlands are set to make pro-Kosovo statements at the UN hearings in December. The UN verdict is expected in early 2010.
Sixty-two countries have recognized Kosovo independence so far.
The ruling in any case will not influence in a technical sense Kosovo's bid to get a seat in the United Nations. But it will give political ammunition to either Kosovo or Serbia in an ongoing confrontation in a still hot part of Europe. A positive opinion of pro-Kosovo independence would have a huge positive impact on the unfortunately still-fragile stability in the region.
The idea that Serbia or Russia can at this stage roll back Kosovo's statehood is horrifying to the EU.
"The states of the International Steering Group have said that they see Kosovo's independence as irreversible. So I don't think, realistically, that things can go backwards for Kosovo," Andy McGuffie, a spokesman for the ICO, the steering group's Kosovo-based office, said.
The International Steering Group is a club of 25 countries formed in February 2008 to help put Kosovo on its feet. The roll call of members includes 20 EU states plus Croatia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and the US.
The US and EU have since the birth of Kosovo argued that its statehood is a unique "sui generis" case which cannot be used as a model for other breakaway entities. The US and EU is providing support to promote economically sustainable institutions in all sectors, including the energy sector.
The United States would always help Kosovo's people, said U.S former President Bill Clinton. Thousands of Albanians in Kosovo's capital Pristina welcomed Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name.
Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority for launching NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 that stopped the brutal Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.
This is his first visit to Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last year.
Many waved American, Albanian and Kosovo flags and chanted "USA!" as the former president climbed on top of a podium with his poster in the background reading "Kosovo honors a hero."
Illyria , Illirians, Albanians have 5000 years history in Kosovo . Kosovo is not Serbian land. Serbians emigrated from Russia in 6th century.
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