RUSSIA SAYS AHTISAARI PLAN WILL NOT GET THROUGH UN
BBC Monitoring International Reports - April 24, 2007, Tuesday

Excerpt from report by Russian news agency RIA Novosti

Moscow, 24 April: If based on the plan of [Martti] Ahtisaari [special envoy of the UN secretary-general for the future status process for Kosovo], a solution will not find support at the UN Security Council, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov has told journalists in Moscow. " A decision based on Martti Ahtisaari's draft will not get through the UN Security Council," Titov said.

He added that the threat of Russia using the veto should stimulate the sides to find a mutually-acceptable settlement. "The threat of the veto should stimulate a search for mutually acceptable options," he said. [Passage omitted: Ahtisaari's blueprint for Kosovo.]

Source: RIA Novosti, Moscow, in Russian 0906 gmt 24 Apr 07

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