2 Balkan nations grant recognition
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Montenegro and Macedonia recognized Kosovo’s independence despite opposition from Serbia, which called the moves by its Balkan neighbors a betrayal and expelled the Montenegrin ambassador from Belgrade.
The moves represent a major blow to Serbia’s diplomatic efforts to maintain a claim over Kosovo, considered by Serbs to be the cradle of their Orthodox Christian religion.
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