Medvedev: Kosovo precedent dangerous

Russia considers the Kosovo precedent as extremely dangerous and unsuccessful, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 03.07.2008.

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Russia considers the Kosovo precedent as extremely dangerous and unsuccessful, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He also voiced his surprise over the views of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who, bypassing the Security Council, had stated that UN forces should be replaced. Medvedev: Kosovo precedent dangerous "We consider the Kosovo precedent as extremely dangerous and unsuccessful. We don’t consider the decision made on this issue as a causus sui generis, but as an absolute precedent," Medvedev underlined, adding that the UN forces should have the main mandate in Kosovo. "Europe will need many decades to sort all this out,” the Russian president told journalists from G-8 countries ahead of the summit in Japan, Itarr-Tass reported. According to Medvedev, the Kosovo precedent would “apparently” be used by a number of separatist regimes for justifying their legal grounds. Russia, as he put it, was adamant that UN forces had to have the main mandate in Kosovo. "Such decisions should not be made by the UN secretary-general on his own, this is a matter for the Security Council. It’s pretty strange that the Security Council is yet to express its opinion, while the secretary-general has said something,” Medvedev said. The Russian president said that UN forces in Kosovo were necessary “in a situation where sides in a conflict exist, when states exist that categorically oppose such action--above all, Serbia naturally-- and when states exist that will not agree to recognize Kosovo as a new state at any price.” “There are many such states,” said Medvedev, stating that the recognition process was going slower than the “creators of that idea” had expected. He said that it was necessary to take a “peaceful, balanced course,” in Kosovo, and “the only arena where such a theme should be considered was the UN and the UN Security Council.” “In line with this, the peacekeeping contingent ought to be approved in line with the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244,” insisted Medvedev. Dmitry Medvedev (FoNet, archive)

Medvedev: Kosovo precedent dangerous

"We consider the Kosovo precedent as extremely dangerous and unsuccessful. We don’t consider the decision made on this issue as a causus sui generis, but as an absolute precedent," Medvedev underlined, adding that the UN forces should have the main mandate in Kosovo.

"Europe will need many decades to sort all this out,” the Russian president told journalists from G-8 countries ahead of the summit in Japan, Itarr-Tass reported.

According to Medvedev, the Kosovo precedent would “apparently” be used by a number of separatist regimes for justifying their legal grounds.

Russia, as he put it, was adamant that UN forces had to have the main mandate in Kosovo. "Such decisions should not be made by the UN secretary-general on his own, this is a matter for the Security Council. It’s pretty strange that the Security Council is yet to express its opinion, while the secretary-general has said something,” Medvedev said.

The Russian president said that UN forces in Kosovo were necessary “in a situation where sides in a conflict exist, when states exist that categorically oppose such action--above all, Serbia naturally-- and when states exist that will not agree to recognize Kosovo as a new state at any price.”

“There are many such states,” said Medvedev, stating that the recognition process was going slower than the “creators of that idea” had expected.

He said that it was necessary to take a “peaceful, balanced course,” in Kosovo, and “the only arena where such a theme should be considered was the UN and the UN Security Council.”

“In line with this, the peacekeeping contingent ought to be approved in line with the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244,” insisted Medvedev.

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