Russia worried, wants new talks

Russian Deputy FM Aleksandr Grushko on Tuesday in Moscow voiced his country's concern over the situation in Kosovo.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 24.06.2008.

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Russian Deputy FM Aleksandr Grushko on Tuesday in Moscow voiced his country's concern over the situation in Kosovo. The diplomat stressed that movement to destablize could be stopped if the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina were renewed. Russia worried, wants new talks Another condition for the stabilization of the situation, Grushko said, was for the activities outside beyond UN Security Council Resolution 1244 to stop. Stressing that there were differences on the Kosovo issue between Russia and some EU countries, the Russian diplomat said that Moscow realized that the European Union was prepared to take additional responsibility in the region. "We do not oppose this, but any moves aimed at changing the format of international presence or introducing the EU influence through other mechanisms would have to be coordinated with Belgrade and approved by the UN Security Council," Grushko said. He announced that one of the topics at the regular semi-annual Russian-EU summit in Khanty-Masiysk on June 26-27 would be frozen conflicts such as Pridnyestrovye, Kosovo and Cyprus.

Russia worried, wants new talks

Another condition for the stabilization of the situation, Grushko said, was for the activities outside beyond UN Security Council Resolution 1244 to stop.

Stressing that there were differences on the Kosovo issue between Russia and some EU countries, the Russian diplomat said that Moscow realized that the European Union was prepared to take additional responsibility in the region.

"We do not oppose this, but any moves aimed at changing the format of international presence or introducing the EU influence through other mechanisms would have to be coordinated with Belgrade and approved by the UN Security Council," Grushko said.

He announced that one of the topics at the regular semi-annual Russian-EU summit in Khanty-Masiysk on June 26-27 would be frozen conflicts such as Pridnyestrovye, Kosovo and Cyprus.

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