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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Russia rejects U.N. proposal on Kosovo</b>
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
Russia rejected the latest U.N. draft resolution on Kosovo's future Monday, calling it a hidden attempt to achieve independence for the Serbian province despite vehement opposition from its Serb minority.
The sponsors of the resolution â the United States and European Union nations â called the draft circulated last week the "final attempt" to reach an agreement on core issues with Moscow, which has strong cultural ties to Serbia.
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin all but said Moscow would veto the resolution if the sponsors call for a vote, saying the chances of its adoption "are zero."
France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said the sponsors would consult with officials in their capitals on the next steps. Options include dropping the resolution, revising it again to try to address Russia's concerns or calling for a vote.
<b>There is widespread concern in the Security Council and the region that Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority, which comprises 90 percent of its 2 million population, could declare independence unilaterally if the council does not approve a path to independence.</b>
(In other words: if the Security Council does not approve it officially, the terrorists will take it by force anyway. The right description for this is 'appeasement of terrorism by giving the terrorists what they demand'.
When Londonistanis - and other islamis in the west - ask for/terrorise for independence, must remember to point the UK and US and EU to the precedent they set here.
Russia need have no qualms about refraining from objecting at that future date. Besides, Serbia is a loyal friend of Russia, but the west never was.)
While Kosovo remains a province of Serbia, it has been under U.N. and NATO administration since a 78-day NATO-led air war that halted a Serb crackdown on <b>ethnic Albanian separatists</b> in 1999.
('Separatists' makes it sound like these were wronged people. These are terrorists.
Media is always particular about terminology in such cases - it's part of how they plead for the chosen side/tell us how to vote:
- they use 'separatists' for where the west supports the terrorist side,
- 'militants' where they can't avoid admitting to the violence when readers are already aware of it. 'Militants' you see is rather ambivalent, with which the media tries to imply that 'Yes, they're violent - but perhaps they have a reason'.
- and 'terrorists' is used when the west itself is the victim, so that we know when we're supposed to hiss at their enemies.)
In April, U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari recommended that Kosovo be granted internationally supervised independence â a proposal strongly supported by the province's ethnic Albanians, the U.S. and EU, but opposed by Serbia and Russia.
<b>U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who backs the Ahtisaari proposal, warned that any unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo's ethnic Albanians would "really complicate the already complex problems" of the region.</b>
(So to prevent 'complicating complex problems' -Â that is, more islamoterrorism - the west decides to give what is not theirs to islamists. Aren't they <i>generous</i>? Because we all know it's hardest to give to others what is not yours in the first place.)
"I would hope that Kosovo will not take any unilateral action. This is what exactly I've been stressing publicly and privately to the leadership of Kosovo," Ban told a news conference Monday.
<b>U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Friday that a Russian veto "will not stop the situation from moving forward in Kosovo</b>, but it will be outside the Security Council framework, which is not what we want, and it's not the desirable way to go forward."
(Sounds like a threat. US is gunning for their usual 'with or without you all, we'll get done what we want'. Next to that their little pals the 'ethnic Albanian' islamoterrorists are impatiently clammering for their long-promised reward. If they don't get it, then they could turn on the US sooner rather than the inevitable 'eventually'.)
<b>But he also said: "We are determined to move forward either within the council or otherwise."</b>
The latest draft calls for four months of intensive negotiations between the two sides, but dropped a path to independence if talks fail. Instead, it affirms the council's "readiness to review the situation further in light of those negotiations."
The U.N. would hand over administration of Kosovo to the EU 120 days after the resolution is adopted, and the EU representative in the province would become the international civilian representative. NATO-led troops would remain to help ensure security.
Churkin said the latest draft has too many "gray areas."
"The consequences of this resolution, if it were able to be passed by the Security Council â and the chances of that are zero â would be that 120 days from now we'd be walking around and saying, 'Well we don't even know what we did four months before.' This of course is not unacceptable," he said.
Churkin said the Security Council cannot pass a resolution which does not state clearly the council's future role and a requirement for future progress on the return of <b>minorities forced to flee their homes in Kosovo.</b> He also said it needs to address what happens to the resolution that established U.N. administration of Kosovo.
(Serbs forced to flee their homeland because of islam. Oh, where else in the world have we seen something like this....)
<b>"Almost the entire text and maybe particularly the annexes are permeated with the concept of the independence of Kosovo, and it's kind of a hidden automaticity of the Ahtisaari plan," he said.</b>
A meeting of top diplomats from the so-called Contact Group on Kosovo â consisting of the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Russia â is expected to take place on July 25 in Berlin, according to Security Council diplomats.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Russia â is expected to take place on July 25 in Berlin, according to Security Council diplomats.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Russia rejects U.N. proposal on Kosovo</b>
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
Russia rejected the latest U.N. draft resolution on Kosovo's future Monday, calling it a hidden attempt to achieve independence for the Serbian province despite vehement opposition from its Serb minority.
The sponsors of the resolution â the United States and European Union nations â called the draft circulated last week the "final attempt" to reach an agreement on core issues with Moscow, which has strong cultural ties to Serbia.
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin all but said Moscow would veto the resolution if the sponsors call for a vote, saying the chances of its adoption "are zero."
France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said the sponsors would consult with officials in their capitals on the next steps. Options include dropping the resolution, revising it again to try to address Russia's concerns or calling for a vote.
<b>There is widespread concern in the Security Council and the region that Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority, which comprises 90 percent of its 2 million population, could declare independence unilaterally if the council does not approve a path to independence.</b>
(In other words: if the Security Council does not approve it officially, the terrorists will take it by force anyway. The right description for this is 'appeasement of terrorism by giving the terrorists what they demand'.
When Londonistanis - and other islamis in the west - ask for/terrorise for independence, must remember to point the UK and US and EU to the precedent they set here.
Russia need have no qualms about refraining from objecting at that future date. Besides, Serbia is a loyal friend of Russia, but the west never was.)
While Kosovo remains a province of Serbia, it has been under U.N. and NATO administration since a 78-day NATO-led air war that halted a Serb crackdown on <b>ethnic Albanian separatists</b> in 1999.
('Separatists' makes it sound like these were wronged people. These are terrorists.
Media is always particular about terminology in such cases - it's part of how they plead for the chosen side/tell us how to vote:
- they use 'separatists' for where the west supports the terrorist side,
- 'militants' where they can't avoid admitting to the violence when readers are already aware of it. 'Militants' you see is rather ambivalent, with which the media tries to imply that 'Yes, they're violent - but perhaps they have a reason'.
- and 'terrorists' is used when the west itself is the victim, so that we know when we're supposed to hiss at their enemies.)
In April, U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari recommended that Kosovo be granted internationally supervised independence â a proposal strongly supported by the province's ethnic Albanians, the U.S. and EU, but opposed by Serbia and Russia.
<b>U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who backs the Ahtisaari proposal, warned that any unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo's ethnic Albanians would "really complicate the already complex problems" of the region.</b>
(So to prevent 'complicating complex problems' -Â that is, more islamoterrorism - the west decides to give what is not theirs to islamists. Aren't they <i>generous</i>? Because we all know it's hardest to give to others what is not yours in the first place.)
"I would hope that Kosovo will not take any unilateral action. This is what exactly I've been stressing publicly and privately to the leadership of Kosovo," Ban told a news conference Monday.
<b>U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Friday that a Russian veto "will not stop the situation from moving forward in Kosovo</b>, but it will be outside the Security Council framework, which is not what we want, and it's not the desirable way to go forward."
(Sounds like a threat. US is gunning for their usual 'with or without you all, we'll get done what we want'. Next to that their little pals the 'ethnic Albanian' islamoterrorists are impatiently clammering for their long-promised reward. If they don't get it, then they could turn on the US sooner rather than the inevitable 'eventually'.)
<b>But he also said: "We are determined to move forward either within the council or otherwise."</b>
The latest draft calls for four months of intensive negotiations between the two sides, but dropped a path to independence if talks fail. Instead, it affirms the council's "readiness to review the situation further in light of those negotiations."
The U.N. would hand over administration of Kosovo to the EU 120 days after the resolution is adopted, and the EU representative in the province would become the international civilian representative. NATO-led troops would remain to help ensure security.
Churkin said the latest draft has too many "gray areas."
"The consequences of this resolution, if it were able to be passed by the Security Council â and the chances of that are zero â would be that 120 days from now we'd be walking around and saying, 'Well we don't even know what we did four months before.' This of course is not unacceptable," he said.
Churkin said the Security Council cannot pass a resolution which does not state clearly the council's future role and a requirement for future progress on the return of <b>minorities forced to flee their homes in Kosovo.</b> He also said it needs to address what happens to the resolution that established U.N. administration of Kosovo.
(Serbs forced to flee their homeland because of islam. Oh, where else in the world have we seen something like this....)
<b>"Almost the entire text and maybe particularly the annexes are permeated with the concept of the independence of Kosovo, and it's kind of a hidden automaticity of the Ahtisaari plan," he said.</b>
A meeting of top diplomats from the so-called Contact Group on Kosovo â consisting of the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Russia â is expected to take place on July 25 in Berlin, according to Security Council diplomats.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Russia â is expected to take place on July 25 in Berlin, according to Security Council diplomats.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->