Kosovo's future is being determined without Russia?

PanARMENIAN.Net - "On June 12 western participants of the Contact Group held a session on Kosovo without Russia's participation in the so-called "fifth" format (Germany, Great Britain, Italy, USA and France). Russia was not invited to participate in that session. This fact does not stick to declarative statements of our partners on their readiness to continue the process of looking for compromise resolutions. Secret discussions suggest the idea of preparing unilateral scenarios for Kosovo's independence," Russian MFA official representative Mikhail Kaminin commented on the session of the western "fifth" regarding Kosovo.



Kaminin is sure that at the meeting one more time the "fifth" has expressed its support for the Ahtisaari Plan as a single possible way out for the resolution on Kosovo in the UN Security Council. "Such an approach is unacceptable for Russia. We strongly support the offer to continue talks between Belgrade and Prishtina aimed at finding a compromise on the status of the province. The UN Security Council may approve only such a variant," the statement underlines, the RF Press Office reports.



In his part Spokesman for the French MFA Jean-Baptiste Mattei stated that the meeting between western five countries without Russia's participation does not mean to exclude Moscow from discussion over Kosovo's future in any account. "We really want to closely cooperate with Russia," Mattei underlined. He said, the resolution of granting Serbian Province Kosovo independence must be carried out in organized manner with the participation of UN. "We fully support the Marti Ahtisaari Plan. There must be no doubts in it," Mattei said, BBC Russian Service reports.