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ReutersBush says U.N. must act now on KosovoSat Jun 9, 2007 3:53PM EDT
By Tabassum Zakaria
ROME (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Saturday the
U.N. Security Council must act now on a plan to grant Kosovo
supervised independence, which Russia opposes.
The Group of Eight summit in Germany that ended on Friday failed
to reach consensus on the future of the Serbian province of
Kosovo, where the majority ethnic Albanians are pushing for a U.N.
vote on independence.
Russia rejected a French plan to delay a U.N. Security Council vote
in exchange for recognition that Kosovo would eventually have to
be independent.
The United States supports a proposal by U.N. mediator Martti
Ahtisaari which offers Kosovo independence under international
supervision, but Russia has threatened to veto any vote.
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ReutersRussia "pleased" it foiled Kosovo independence at G809 Jun 2007 19:35:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 9 (Reuters) - Russia, which blocked
Kosovo's bid for independence from Serbia, assured Serbia on
Saturday of its continued support, saying it was pleased other
G8 nations were taking its arguments seriously.
In a public setback for Western leaders who back Kosovo's bid for
independence and who are pushing for action this month, Russian
President Vladimir Putin refused on Friday to back down from his
insistence there can be no resolution of the province's status
without the agreement of Serbia.
Putin said after a G8 summit of the world's major industrialised
nations on Friday that undermining Serbia's sovereignty "does not
correspond to moral or legal norms".
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Saturday the United Nations
Security Council must act now on a plan to grant Kosovo supervised
independence.
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Putin: Moscow Still Against Kosovo Independence - VOA