UNSC not to pass resolution on Kosovo independence - Serbian PM's adviser
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - June 11, 2007, Monday

Text of report in English by Belgrade-based Radio B92 text website on 11 June

Belgrade, 11 June: Serbian officials have reacted to US President George Bush's statement pushing for Kosovo's independence.

Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's media adviser Srdjan Djuric said on Sunday [10 June] that it was "not the United States but the UN Security Council who is in charge of the status issue under the valid Resolution 1244 and the UN Charter," the government web site reported.

According to Djuric, Saturday's [9 June] meeting between Kostunica and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in Saint Petersburg showed "with clarity" that a new Kosovo resolution "cannot pass in the UN Security Council".

Djuric also told Beta that, during the talks between the two leaders, a joint policy of Russia and Serbia about the Kosovo issue was confirmed, "which had been established during the meeting of Putin and Kostunica in Saint Petersburg a year ago", at the same time expressing the Serbian side's satisfaction with the visit. "It is of utmost importance for Serbia that President Putin expressed Russia's firm support that no resolution that would cut Serbia and create an independent Kosovo in our territory would pass in the Security Council," Djuric said.

Source: Radio B92 text website, Belgrade, in English 0941 gmt 11 Jun 07

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