[A-List] Russia May Veto West's Kosovo Secession Plan

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From: Rick Rozoff
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Subject: [stopnato] Russia May Veto West's Kosovo Secession Plan


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PanArmenian.net
April 21, 2007

Moscow threatens the UN Security Council with a veto
on the Kosovo issue
A number of American legislators expressed their
concern about the fact that Kosovo’s independence will
give birth to other regions’ wish to get separated

Most likely the Kosovo conflict is about coming to a
head.

“Ahtisaari’s plan” has already received common support
from permanent members of the UN Security Council –
the USA, France and Great Britain.

Russia and China, as it should have been expected, are
against it.

True, China may reject the right of veto; however
Russia’s position still remains unchangeable.

Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs once again
underlined that Moscow insists on looking for other
options than that of the Ahtisaari plan meanwhile
though realizing that no other plan exists.

Meanwhile the US Under Secretary of State Nicholas
Burns announced that the USA together with other
countries are planning to consider the UN Resolution,
allowing the proclaiming of the temporary government
of Kosovo independent.

"In the nearest weeks and months we must act quickly
to bring out the task to accomplishment and help to
bring Kosovo to independence,” Burns stated in his
speech made in the Committee for International
Relations of the House of Representatives on April 17.
Burns holds the position of the US Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs, which is the third in
rank in the US Department of State.

A number of American legislators expressed their
concern about the fact that Kosovo’s independence will
give birth to other regions’ wish to separate.

Serbia and Kosovo Serbs are categorically against the
country’s independence. Russia, which possesses the
right of veto in the Security Council, also expressed
its concern about the issue.

“The decision, over which both parties have not come
to a common agreement, in my opinion, will create a
real problem,” member of the House of
Representatives, Democratic representative from
California Howard Berman, warned Burns.

This resolution, in fact, will not grant independence
to Kosovo,” said Burns, and added that according to
international law UNO, as the USA thinks, doesn’t have
the right to establish an independent state. “We
believe, that after this resolution is passed… the
leaders of Kosovo will proclaim their independence," -
announced Burns, "Later the USA and other countries
will recognize this independence.”

According to Burns America’s aim is “to bring the
process of identifying the status of Kosovo to its
timely and successful completion by the end of this
autumn.”

The chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tom Lantos, Democrat from California, announced that
Ahtisaari “has worked out his plan on the Kosovo issue
with wisdom and patience.”

“Of course this decision is not perfect," Lantos said,
"I would prefer something else. However, a better
option of the conflict regulation doesn’t seem to
exist. We have no more time to wait.”

In his turn the president of Serbia Boris Tadic once
again announced that Belgrade will not recognize
Kosovo’s independence in any form.

Besides, the president underlined that the matter of
the future status may not be linked with Serbia’s
membership in EU.

If we take into consideration the fact that
Ahtisaari’s plan is supported by the EU as well, it’s
worth mentioning that Serbia is far from being in
perfect terms with the Organization. Besides, 2
million Albanians live in Kosovo, refugees from the
country live in Europe and this is already a burden
for the Europeans.

Analysts are inclined to think that Kosovo’s
independence may give birth to other conflicts,
especially on the territory of the CIS countries,
particularly when speaking about granting independence
to Nagorno-Karabakh.

“In case of recognizing Kosovo’s independence
automatically the issue of the independence of
Nagorno-Karabakh rises as well.

"But the International Community isn’t ready yet for
the recognition of the independence of
Nagorno-Karabakh. Officially everybody speaks about
territorial integrity, but I think, that the nation’s
right of self-determination is the most important
factor in conflict resolution,” political scientist
Stepan Grigoryan says.

The UN Security Council is composed of 5 permanent and
10 non-permanent members.
....
However 5 permanent members – Great Britain, China,
Russia, USA and France - may set a veto on the
decision.

In the coming weeks the USA and Europe will try to
make diplomatic efforts to convince Russia not to put
any veto on the Resolution on the Kosovo issue.

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