Fatmir Sejdiu tells why it was decided February 17th to be the date of Independence

What were the background of that day and the day before you would understand through an interview conducted with former Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu in Info Magazine in Kosovo Clan.

This is not a single day. There are days that can be considered as days of intensive preparation to proclaim Kosovo's independence as well, because there were events complex and also a huge volume of work that should be done”, Sejdiu said.

Our <x0th action until the final decision that February 17th is this day is a series of preparations that have been made in the sense of numerous meetings we have, especially with Kosovo friends, because we wanted that day to be a day of great success for all of us. Also, to be strongly supported as was supported by the then-to-day process of talks”, Sejdiu said at Info Magazine in Klan Kosova.

There have been ideas that have been broken up in public opinion, that it should be this day or so. It was usually the prognosis of November 28, 2007, which was de facto not possible to achieve on many factors. Among the main factors were that there were some remaining issues to be properly concluded. It was the matter of our consultation, especially with people from the United States and EU member states”.

The “was also to eliminate the part of the obstacles or triggers to event, or something that the part of Serbian propaganda did, that if we have a unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence, as they were against all the time. We had an extraordinary guarantee of preserving Kosovo's integrity and maintaining a normal stability that Kosovo should be walking in so far”.

Former President Sejdiu points out why exactly February 17th?

It's our deep research that would ensure in the best possible way a realisation without the obstacles to certain evental forms that could be presented. We thought Sunday was not only part of the weekend, but also a time when many of the international factors were not in their regular working schedule and not entered the part of the eventual concerns that could occur after we had a special pressure, namely, Russian Federation to intervene with special representatives, Security Council and other forms of”.

And in these factors we have decided that the February 17th Sunday will be accomplished what we planned. I think there's been extremely good technical preparations to deal with the part of the ceremonies that should be led. Special preparations have been made involving the addresses that should be done with the international factor and with UN member states for recognition and address in the European mission”.