PRISTINA, Kosovo — The top United Nations official in Kosovo says Serbia's attempts to run local elections in Kosovo alongside its own are illegal, but has not ruled out next month's poll taking place.
Farid Zarif said Friday he had told Serb authorities they would be "in violation of (UN Resolution) 1244 should they proceed and organize" elections in the region.
Serbia is holding local and parliamentary elections on May 6 and also wants to organize them inside Kosovo, but authorities in Pristina say the move undermines the country’s 2008 secession. Serbia rejects Kosovo’s independence.
Zarif said local and international authorities were working out details on how a vote in Kosovo’s Serb-dominated north that defies Pristina’s rule could be organized.
