On Thursday the European Parliament with overwhelming majority of voices supported UN's plan for Kosovo, according to which in fact the province is granted all attributes of statehood. The plan has been worked out by UN Secretary General's Special Representative Marti Ahtisaari. Speaking about the document EU High Representative Javier Solana stated that this project of granting Kosovo the so called "controllable sovereign" is "the most important mission of the EU in its history".

Serbia is categorically against Kosovo's sovereignty. In its part Russia thinks the problem of Kosovo can be settled only on the bases of agreements between Belgrade and Pristina, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in Moscow after having met with his Portuguese counterpart Luis Amado. Earlier UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the United States expressed their support for Marti Ahtisaari's settlement plan.