October 22, 2012
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Scores of Albanian nationalists have peacefully protested the first visit in eight years to their country by a Serbian foreign minister.
Supporters of the small Red and Black Alliance party shouted slogans and held banners reading "Kosovo is Albania" at Tirana's airport Monday as Ivan Mrkic arrived. The nationalists feel an affinity with ethnic Albanians who dominate Kosovo, the former province that infuriated Serbia by declaring independence in 2008. The nationalist party also is unhappy with the Albanian government's ties to Serbia.
Despite tensions, Serbia and Kosovo are engaging in growing diplomacy. Last week, Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic became the first prime ministers of the two countries to meet since NATO bombed Serbia in 1999 to stop the war in Kosovo, forcing Serbia to relinquish control there.
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