The map of Kosovo?
Lavrov Warns NATO Against Compromising Russia's Security (click on title above. thank you)
By Peter Fedynsky
Moscow
26 June 2007
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, right, speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (l) during a Russia-NATO Council in Moscow, 26 Jun 2007
Moscow is warning NATO not to adopt policies that increase European security at the expense of Russia. Senior Russian officials, however, say their country can cooperate with the Western alliance in areas of mutual concern such as international terrorism and drug trafficking. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from the Russian capital.
In a meeting in Moscow Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the Western alliance cannot do without Russia and Russia cannot do without NATO. The Russian leader echoed those remarks.
President Putin says continuous dialogue will help Russia and NATO solve problems for the sake of international security and peace....
You know, Russia takes the issue of sovereign borders very seriously. It takes it's role as global peace negotiator seriously. It wants full partnership in traditionally Western venues for a very solid reason. The USA has grossly failed to secure Europe. Look at London today. If The West would simply get out of it's own way and stop treating Russia as a bastard child the entire way inwhich international stability unfolds would be so much easier and better than today. If Russia says to put the missile early warning system in Azerbaijan, then put it in Azerbaijan.
A hasty decision could harm Kosovo and Europe (click on)
17:26
27/ 06/ 2007
MOSCOW. (Alla Yazkova for RIA Novosti) - During their meeting in early July, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush will most likely discuss the future of Kosovo.
Russia and the United States differ on that issue, and have so far not found common ground for a compromise.
The third draft resolution on Kosovo, proposed by the United States, Britain and France for the UN's consideration in mid-June, gives Belgrade and Pristina four months to settle their differences. If they fail to come to terms, a slightly revised scenario, based on special envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan to grant Kosovo independence under temporary international control without Serbia's consent, will be submitted to the UN Security Council. It does not take into account the arguments of Russia and Serbia.
Moscow objects to sovereignty for Kosovo, a predominantly ethnic Albanian region that has been a UN protectorate since NATO expelled Serb forces from the province in 1999, arguing that the move would violate Serbia's territorial integrity and set a dangerous international precedent for other breakaway regions, including in the former Soviet Union....
