Exclusive interview with President Sejdiu ADDS Kosovo Serbs reax

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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SHOTLIST Pristina 1. Exterior of Kosovo's government building with banner 2. Close pan of banner reading (Albanian) 'All Kosovo for Independence' 3. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Fatmir Sejdiu, President of Kosovo: "Boris Tadic won the majority of votes. That indicates it's time for Serbia to leave the past behind, especially on their radical views for Kosovo, and to look forward to working together and at same time hopefully both countries Kosovo and Serbia as two countries will look towards euro-Atlantic integration. People spoke in Serbia, the electorate decided." 4. Mid of newspaper stand 5. Tilt up from paper to man 6. Close up of daily Albanian newspaper 'Express' with headline (Albanian) "Time for Independence", with photo of Tadic 7. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Ruzhdi Gashi, Kosovo Albanian: "The result of the elections in Serbia, for us in Kosovo it doesn't matter. For Serbia and its people the result is good since that's the way to look forward." 8. Wide of people in street 9. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Sabit Fetahu, Kosovo Albanian: "For Kosovo Albanians here it doesn't have an impact because we have our government and soon our state." Gracanica 10. Wide of street 11. Close of Gracanica sign 12. Wide of election billboard for Nikolic 13. Close of election posters for Tadic 14. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Novica Todorovic, Kosovo Serb: "I think things will change, Tadic promised that he will change things and hopefully for a better life for us for people living in this region." 15. Mid of street with Serbian flag 16. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Bora Vasic,Kosovo Serb: "I'm hoping that he will be a good President for us Kosovo Serbs living here. I hope things will change for the better." 17. Pan from NATO soldier guarding Serb church 18. Mid of NATO soldier on guard Mitrovica 19. Wide of bridge dividing two sides of town, with Serbs in north and Kosovo Albanians in south 20. Pan of United Nations police at bridge 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Oliver Ivanovic, Kosovo Serb leader: "I was hoping that Tadic would win but I was very much concerned that it was an unpredictable situation. Anyhow, Serbia should rush towards Europe, Europe should be very careful with Serbia because this last event shows everyone how difficult and fragile the situation is in Serbia. Serbia needs Europe, Europe needs Serbia." 22. Mid of newspaper stand 23. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milan Angelovski, Kosovo Serb: "I only hope that he can lift Serbia and Kosovo up. We need a better life, we need more jobs and I only hope things can change for the better." 24. Wide of street STORYLINE Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu on Monday welcomed the victory of Pro Western incumbent Boris Tadic in Serbia's presidential election. Tadic edged Tomislav Nikolic, an ultranationalist ally of former President Slobodan Milosevic, by a narrow margin in Sunday's election. The result "indicates it's time for Serbia to leave the past behind, especially on their radical views for Kosovo and to look forward to working together," Sejdiu told AP Television. "People spoke in Serbia, the electorate decided," he added. Ethnic Albanians have boycotted Serbian elections since the early 1990s and in the provincial capital, Pristina, some said it did not matter who had won the Serb elections as Kosovo's future was clear. "For Kosovo Albanians here it doesn't have an impact because we have our government and soon our state," local Sabit Fetahu said. Kosovo Serbs in the town of Gracanica, south of the provincial capital Pristina and in the divided Kosovan city of Mitrovica had mixed reactions to Tadic's win. "I only hope that he can lift Serbia and Kosovo up. We need a better life, we need more jobs and I only hope things can change for the better," local Milan Angelovski said in Mitrovica. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5c6c96e516f5a2a7b3f2450f205c4870 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork