Kosovar leaders are already planning future relations with Serbia from the stance of an independent state, explaining that they hope to foster an amicable partnership in the international community.  

Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:

The leaders of Kosova's ethnic-Albanian majority will present a draft of a friendship treaty with Serbia when they meet with international mediators on September 19 [2007]. The proposed treaty includes a clause forgiving Serbia for all crimes committed in Kosova.

Kosovar Albanian leaders signaled prior to the last major meeting, on August 30 [2007] in Vienna, that the issue for them is no longer independence, but how to manage relations with Serbia after independence (see "RFE/RL Newsline," August 30 and 31, 2007). The same message was sent by Prime Minister Agim Ceku on September 17 [2007]. "Independence is considered a closed issue," local and international media quoted him as saying. "We are going there [to London] to represent a state" and "to discuss technical issues between two sovereign and independent states."

The purpose of the meeting in London is to prepare the ground for the first direct talks between Serbian and Kosovar negotiators, which will probably be held in New York on September 28 [2007] on the sidelines of a meeting of the UN General Assembly. Kosova's five-member team has signaled in the past week that Kosova should declare independence shortly after December 10 [2007], when they, the EU, and the United States believe talks should end. However, they have acknowledged differences between them about the timing and method of a declaration. Like Serbian officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on September 18 [2007] that independence for Kosova would likely "start a chain reaction in different parts and continents of the world," Russian and international media reported.