But I can tell you what -- everything that should be done over the next two years that I should be part of would have to be done whether I run or I don't run.

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If Mr Nikolic were to win this election, he could be expected to share Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's view that any EU mission in Kosovo without UN endorsement would be illegal and everything should be done to make life difficult for it.

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