Ahtisaari's
plan for Kosovo finds little support at UN-Russia
RIA Novosti - April 4, 2007 09:37
UN, April 4, (RIA Novosti) - Only four of 15 UN Security Council members have
given unconditional support for Marti Ahtisaari's plan on Kosovo during the
first round of talks, Russia's ambassador to the UN said Tuesday.
Last week Ahtisaari, a special envoy for talks on Kosovo, presented proposals on
the future status of the breakaway Serbian province, including granting it
internationally supervised sovereignty, but Serbian authorities strongly oppose
the plan.
"Only three or four members of the UN Security Council have given their
unconditional support to Ahtisaari's plan. The others had questions or doubts,"
Vitaly Churkin said.
He said Russia's concerns regarding the proposed territorial changes were shared
by China, and several non-permanent UN members from Africa and Latin America.
Many UN Security Council members believe that negotiations should continue to
find a compromise between both Kosovars and Serbs.
"We are not saying that Ahtisaari's plan should be discarded......it contains
some very important and useful points," said Churkin.
The diplomat reiterated that Russia would not back the plan in its current form
without agreement of both sides and called for further negotiations.
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