UNITED NATIONS, December 24 (Itar-Tass) - The U.N. Security Council fully controls Kosovo’s problem, Russian permanent representative to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin said.
NATO and the EU “have no powers to solve this problem,” Churkin told journalists on Monday. Commenting on mass media reports saying on January 19, the U.N. Security Council would refuse to take a resolution on Kosovo and give this issue to the European Union, the Russian ambassador said, “This does not respond to reality.”
“It’s the U.N. Security Council that can take decisions (on Kosovo) that may (in the future) be accepted by Belgrade and Pristina,” Churkin said.
In addition, Europe’s possible military and civilian presence in Kosovo should give a mandate from the U.N. Security Council, he added. “Everything should be properly formalised,” the Russian diplomat pointed out.
Kosovo’s fate is not a prerogative of NATO and the European Union. “The EU wish to open its mission in Kosovo should be added by the U.N. Security Council mandate,” Churkin said.
It is very important because, according to certain statements by EU representatives, the Union’s presence in the province “would not only reinforce the civilian presence but also de facto raise a question of changing Kosovo’s status, i.e. to move from the present broad autonomy that the civilian presence should ensure to building independent Kosovo”, the Russian ambassador said.
“It should be clear that Kosovo’s problem was not beyond the U.N. Security Council framework,” he said. This topic is being discussed every day at the Security Council, Churkin added. “To this end, there is no need to convene the Council’s sessions,” the diplomat explained.
In his words, Kosovo’s problem is regularly on the agenda of the talks with the U.N. leadership. “On Friday evening, I had a meeting with the U.N. secretary-general and we focused on Kosovo’s topic once again,” the diplomat said. But he declined to elaborate.
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I believe NATO and the E.U. will try to take controle wether they have any right to control or not . They already dropped 23600 bombs illeagally out side the security council . and they may try it again . NATO wants to establish the NEW WORLD ORDER . They can not be reasoned with , except by force .
Comment by eric — December 26, 2007 #