Belgrade wants division of Kosovo along ethnic lines

Belgrade has proposed the newly independent state be divided along ethnic lines between the majority Albanians and minority Serbs.

The proposal, published by Belgrade media yesterday, has been submitted to the United Nations.

The document says that Belgrade recognizes the UN jurisdiction in Kosovo. But it adds that only Serbs, and not Kosovo Albanians, can control police, judiciary and border customs services in about 15 percent of Kosovo where Serbs represent a majority.