Leader of the Kosovo negotiating team Lufti Haziri told The Daily Telegraph that the Serbs and the Russians, in a bid to block Ahtisaari’s Kosovo status plan, were “spreading discrimination and division and destabilizing Kosovo."

Haziri also claimed that "hardliners in Belgrade were bringing fear to Kosovo", the paper’s online edition reported.

"After independence Serbs will be accommodated. They have guaranteed seats in parliament," Haziri said.

"Hardliners control everything in Belgrade," he said. "But we hope for reconciliation after independence. The international community must finish its mission in Kosovo."