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In advance of his address to the council Friday, Tadic said Serbia would not recognize Kosovo and Metohija as independent, Serbia's B92 reports.

He took issue with Croatia's outgoing president who threatened to use military force to cut the corridor on the Bosnia side of the Sava river valley in the event of a referendum on the independence of Srpska.

"That's a dangerous and provocative statement", Tadic said. "No one should bring up the use of the military and call for a war epilogue in the Balkans."

Tadic said Friday's session would provide a chance to discuss regional security.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reported the security situation in Kosovo was relatively peaceful but potentially fragile from September to December of 2009.

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