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'Recognising Kosovo an exception'

Under congressional challenge, a senior State Department official has said that US support for the independence of Kosovo was a "unique situation and an exception to a general rule of discouraging secession."

Updated on: Mar 13, 2008, 03:38:47 IST
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Under congressional challenge, a senior State Department official has said that US support for the independence of Kosovo was a "unique situation and an exception to a general rule of discouraging secession."

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"Kosovo in our view does not constitute a precedent," assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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