Russia condemns new Kosovo plan
Veto-wielding Moscow will reject a new resolution of the UN Security Council, which proposes granting Kosovo independence without Serbia`s consent, the Russian envoy to the UN said.
The latest draft resolution on Kosovo, proposed by the United States, Britain, and France, gives Belgrade and Pristina four months to settle their differences. If they fail to agree, Kosovo is to be granted independence without the approval of Belgrade in accordance with the revised proposal of UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari.
"We believe that Ahtisaari`s plan is flawed. New impartial talks are needed with a new independent mediator. We have informed the UN of this," Russia`s Vitaly Churkin said after a closed session of the UN Security Council.
He said that the plan did not solve the "key issues," adding that "the coauthors say that it is the last chance and they cannot do anything else," but he said he hoped Ahtisaari`s proposal would be reviewed once more.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia has repeatedly said a solution must be based on a compromise between Belgrade and Pristina, and that the position of ethnic minorities in the region should also be considered.
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