Prime Minister says Kosovo to declare independence Sunday

(CNN, AP 2008-02-16) -- Kosovo will declare independence from Serbia on Sunday, Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has said, according to agency reports.
Thaci said that on Sunday the "will of the citizens of Kosovo" would come into force, according to reports carried by the AFP agency following his meeting with religious leaders.
The agency added that newspapers in the Kosovar capital Pristina said the official declaration would be at 1400 GMT, although the newspapers did not reveal their sources.
"Tomorrow will be a day of calm, of understanding and of state engagements for the implementation of the will of the citizens of Kosovo," Thaci is reported to have said to journalists, adding that it would be a "a day of thanksgiving for a sovereign and independent Kosovo."
Kosovo, a province of Serbia, is currently under U.N. control, with a majority ethnic Albanian population that wants independence; the minority Serbs generally want to stay part of Serbia. Serbia's government also opposes independence.