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By Reed Stevenson
THE HAGUE |
Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:12pm EDT
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court rules on Kosovo's unilateral secession from Serbia Thursday in a case that could have implications for separatist movements around the globe, as well as Belgrade's stalled EU membership talks.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to issue a non-binding ruling on Serbia's 2009 claim that Kosovo's declaration of independence secession was a "flagrant violation" of its territorial integrity.
"If the ICJ opinion establishes a new principle, an entire process of creating new states would open throughout the world, something that would destabilize many regions of the world," Serbian President Boris Tadic was quoted as saying by the Tanjug news agency.
The United States and most other Western states recognized Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence but Serbia rejected it, as did its ally Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
Wednesday, the White House said U.S. Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed U.S. backing for Kosovo's independence at a meeting with visiting Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci.
Serbia lost control over Kosovo in 1999 when a 78-day NATO bombing campaign ended a two-year war between Serbia and ethnic Kosovo Albanians, and put in place a U.N. administration and a NATO-monitored ceasefire.
Since then some 2 million Albanians and 120,000 Serbs have lived separately in Kosovo, mutually suspicious and occasionally hostile to each other.
Belgrade has never recognized Kosovo's declaration of independence in February 2008, and the dispute has held up its EU membership talks and hindered its ability to attract foreign investment.
If the court sides with Serbia, Kosovo could be pushed into negotiating a settlement with the Belgrade authorities while a ruling in its favor could lead more countries to recognize its independence.
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Kosovo hopes the court will accept that it is well along the path toward statehood, recognized by 69 nations and already functioning as an independent republic with a constitution and elections.
Georgia filed a lawsuit in 2008 against Russia at the same court, saying that Russia's incursion into its South Ossetia province amounted to ethnic cleansing.
Russia, which took two decades to crush a separatist rebellion in its Chechnya province, has recognized both rebel Georgian regions as independent states but few others have followed its lead.
Spain, which has its own regions seeking greater autonomy, has already said it will not recognize an independent Kosovo.
At the start of deliberations last December, judges at the ICJ -- the United Nations' highest judicial body -- heard statements from 29 other nations, including Spain, the United States and Russia.
Although non-binding, the court's ruling will provide a framework for diplomats to try and establish a working relationship between Serbia and Kosovo, said Bibi van Ginkel, senior researcher at the Clingendael Institute.
"The political implications of advisory opinions can be substantial," she said. "It could be a provocative opinion."
Meanwhile, NATO forces in Kosovo have been on heightened alert, but the commander of the 10,000 troops there said there were no signs of potential trouble.
"On the field we don't have indications about nervousness, about any upcoming threat," said General Markus Bentler of the NATO security mission, known as KFOR.
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