USA and EU offer to postpone Kosovo's independence

PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States of America and the European Union prepared a new draft resolution in the UN Security Council on Kosovo: the document offers to postpone Kosovo's independence in order to smooth Russia's dissatisfaction on the issue. Currently governments of initiating countries are viewing the draft resolution before it will be introduced to the 15 member-states of the Security Council.



Representatives of some superpowers in the United Nations are doubtful that Moscow will approve the document. Marti Ahtisaari, author of the resolution that offers to grant independence to Kosovo, has the same opinion. In the interview to Finnish YLE TV Company he stated the end of this year is the deadline to grant independence to Kosovo, but most likely Russia will use his veto power.



The new draft resolution offers to give Serbs and Albanians of Kosovo 4 months for negotiations. After expiration of that time automatically comes into force the Marti Ahtisaari plan on granting independence to Kosovo under international control. Moscow continues to insist that Kosovo's status cannot be settled without taking into account Serbia's position, the BBC Russian service reports.