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Solution to Kosovo issue should be based on principles of international law
Belgrade,
9 March 2006
Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a Serbian delegation, led by Head of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Sanda Raskovic-Ivic agreed today in Moscow that while searching for a solution to the issue of Kosovo-Metohija, it is especially important to respect and abide by the principles of international law and try to find universal solutions.
Head of the Economic team for Kosovo-Metohija and Southern Serbia Nenad Popovic and Serbian President's advisor Aleksandar Simic are also in the Belgrade delegation. Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov and Russian representative in the Contact Group for Kosovo Aleksandar Bocan-Harchenko welcomed the delegation at the ministry today.
The collocutors discussed Serbia's status in the negotiating process on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija, as well as Russia's viewpoint within the Contact Group.
They pointed out that the Contact Group does not have predetermined solutions but that member states have differing opinions on certain issues.
In this sense, they agreed that the statement given by British Foreign Office Political Director John Sawyers on February 17 this year is only a personal opinion of a country's representative. In that statement Sawyers said that it is obvious that the majority of people in Kosovo want independence.
Russian representatives and the Serbian delegation also discussed possible consequences of the province's future status on the entire region and agreed that it is necessary to advocate universal solutions and respect the principles of international law.
The collocutors discussed Serbia's status in the negotiating process on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija, as well as Russia's viewpoint within the Contact Group.
They pointed out that the Contact Group does not have predetermined solutions but that member states have differing opinions on certain issues.
In this sense, they agreed that the statement given by British Foreign Office Political Director John Sawyers on February 17 this year is only a personal opinion of a country's representative. In that statement Sawyers said that it is obvious that the majority of people in Kosovo want independence.
Russian representatives and the Serbian delegation also discussed possible consequences of the province's future status on the entire region and agreed that it is necessary to advocate universal solutions and respect the principles of international law.
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