Serbia will actively seek in the upcoming months to put a stop to any further increase in number of countries that will recognize Kosovo's illegal declaration of independence says Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic.

However, an undisclosed source from the government of Croatia told the Croatian daily, Jutarnji List, that the country's parliament will in all likelihood recognize Kosovo during its regular legislative session on March 20.

Speaking in Croatia's capital, Zagreb, both Premiers, Montenegro's Milo Djukanovic and Croatia's Ivo Sanader said that their countries will take a stand in line with EU foreign policy and specific interests of their respective countries. Sanader said that Zagreb cares about stability of the region so the decision n Kosovo will be made in order not to jeopardize the stability.

Montenegro's PM Djukanovic Djukanovic asked Brussels for understanding because large part of Montenegro's population are ethnic Serbs and that a significant number of ethnic Albanians also live in the country.

The self-proclaimed independent state of Kosovo soon plans to ask Brussels for a stabilization agreement because, according to the statement made by the Deputy Premier Hairedin Kuqi, Kosovo will be ready for EU in 3 years.

"Pristina's request to sign the SAA has not yet arrived, but now that Kosovo's status has been settled, we can look at what measures need to be taken," says Renzo Daviddi, Head of the European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo.

Daviddi also said that Kosovo will get 130 million Euros this year as part of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance initiative designed to help in achieving European standards in the rule of law and social-economic structures.

In order to keep the U integration door open for entire Balkans, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said that all Balkan states should be made to sign an agreement in which they will not veto other states' entries. Rupel singled out Serbia and said that "the dilemmas that appear in the media periodically are wrong: if we have to choose between the EU and Kosovo, we'll choose Kosovo."

The indicted Albanian war criminal Ramush Haradinaj has asked Kosovo Albanians to cancel a rally in support of his innocence because the rally is too soon after the  independence declaration. The rally was organized by Agim Ceku, another ethnic Albanian who allegedly killed Serbs in Croatia, in order to express a belief that Haradinaj is innocent.