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BADEN, Austria - Talks on the future of Kosovo are deadlocked, officials said Tuesday, and a senior Serbian official warned that Belgrade would impose an economic and travel blockade if the breakaway province declares independence

Meanwhile, in Belgrade, a ranking Serbian official warned of consequences if Kosovo declares statehood unilaterally at some point after the deadline for international envoys to report back to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Serbia would impose a "complete economic and travel blockade" of Kosovo, including cutting off electricity supplies to the province and banning ethnic Albanians and their goods from crossing the borders, said the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the government's planned response.

In Baden, Serbia's minister for Kosovo, Slobodan Samardzic, said Serbia would respond "like any country in Europe would react if its borders would be in danger."


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