Kosovo on agenda as leaders meet

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday.

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday. They discussed the situation in the Middle East and other international crises and hot spots, including Kosovo-Metohija, the UN website said on Wednesday. Kosovo on agenda as leaders meet “UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation in the Middle East and other international crises and hot spots, including Afghanistan, Sudan, Kosovo and Kyrgyzstan,” the statement read. The two men also conferred on the situation in Kosovo as well as the wider Balkan region, it was said. Russia is one of the permanent member states of the UN Security Council, and is among the countries that have not recognized the unilaterally declared independence. Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou also discussed Kosovo, in Washington on Wednesday. Greece is another country that has not recognized Kosovo. Biden and Papandreou discussed the recent opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding legality of unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo, the White House announced. The two leaders also talked about “how to move forward so that the people of Serbia and Kosovo are able to become fully a part of a Europe, whole and free and at peace,” said the statement. Biden welcomed the Greek PM’s efforts to advance the integration of the countries of Southeast Europe into Euro-Atlantic structures, and he emphasized the need for leaders in Athens and Skopje to quickly come to an agreement to resolve their differences over the former Yugoslav republic’s name, according to reports.

Kosovo on agenda as leaders meet

“UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation in the Middle East and other international crises and hot spots, including Afghanistan, Sudan, Kosovo and Kyrgyzstan,” the statement read.

The two men also conferred on the situation in Kosovo as well as the wider Balkan region, it was said.

Russia is one of the permanent member states of the UN Security Council, and is among the countries that have not recognized the unilaterally declared independence.

Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou also discussed Kosovo, in Washington on Wednesday. Greece is another country that has not recognized Kosovo.

Biden and Papandreou discussed the recent opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding legality of unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo, the White House announced.

The two leaders also talked about “how to move forward so that the people of Serbia and Kosovo are able to become fully a part of a Europe, whole and free and at peace,” said the statement.

Biden welcomed the Greek PM’s efforts to advance the integration of the countries of Southeast Europe into Euro-Atlantic structures, and he emphasized the need for leaders in Athens and Skopje to quickly come to an agreement to resolve their differences over the former Yugoslav republic’s name, according to reports.

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