Putin to meet Merkel, Kosovo on agenda

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due in Germany on Sunday for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is due in Germany on Sunday for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel. A spokesman for the Kremlin on Sunday confirmed that Putin would raise "questions of strategic stability within the context of the U.S. missile shield project" with the chancellor. Putin to meet Merkel, Kosovo on agenda Their meeting comes two days after top U.S. and Russian officials failed to resolve the dispute over the Pentagon's plans to erect part of a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, a move Moscow considers an act of aggression. The issue of Kosovo would also be on the agenda. Pristina has threatened to declare independence unilaterally unless a solution is found through the international community in time to meet a December 10 deadline. Washington has signaled it will accept such a step by Kosovo, but the European Union's 27 member states are divided on whether they should do so. On Sunday, the EU's Kosovo envoy urged Belgrade and Pristina to accelerate their talks to find a solution as the December deadline nears. Reaching international consensus seems a distant prospect as Russia remains fiercely loyal on the issue to its ally Serbia, which sees Kosovo as the cradle of its culture. Russia has backed Serbia at the UN Security Council by threatening to veto any move to give Kosovo "supervised independence", as recommended by Martti Ahtisaari. Moscow insists this would send the "wrong signal" to separatist regions elsewhere in the world, primarily Russia's own southern regions.

Putin to meet Merkel, Kosovo on agenda

Their meeting comes two days after top U.S. and Russian officials failed to resolve the dispute over the Pentagon's plans to erect part of a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, a move Moscow considers an act of aggression.

The issue of Kosovo would also be on the agenda.

Priština has threatened to declare independence unilaterally unless a solution is found through the international community in time to meet a December 10 deadline.

Washington has signaled it will accept such a step by Kosovo, but the European Union's 27 member states are divided on whether they should do so.

On Sunday, the EU's Kosovo envoy urged Belgrade and Priština to accelerate their talks to find a solution as the December deadline nears.

Reaching international consensus seems a distant prospect as Russia remains fiercely loyal on the issue to its ally Serbia, which sees Kosovo as the cradle of its culture.

Russia has backed Serbia at the UN Security Council by threatening to veto any move to give Kosovo "supervised independence", as recommended by Martti Ahtisaari.

Moscow insists this would send the "wrong signal" to separatist regions elsewhere in the world, primarily Russia's own southern regions.

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