URGENT - Ahtisaari's decision to cut short Kosovo talks premature

URGENT - Ahtisaari's decision to cut short Kosovo talks premature
ITAR-TASS News Agency - March 13, 2007 Tuesday 08:42 AM EST

MOSCOW, March 13 - Moscow believes that the "decision by UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari to cut short the talks and hand over his status proposals to the United Nations is premature," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin stated here on Tuesday.

"These proposals cannot guarantee a stable and lasting settlement without both parties' consent on the basis of compromise," Kamynin underlined.

"It is important to continue unbiased consultations, and consistently expand the field of accord of the participants in the talks, in the interests of finding a solution on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and principles of international law," the diplomat said.