http://www.kommersant.com/p-12130/r_527/Kosovo_Security_Council/
KOMMERSANT (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) Feb. 28, 2008 Russia to Raise Kosovo Issue in Security Council in March Russia will again raise the Kosovo issue in the U.N. Security Council once it chairs this body, said Vitaly Churkin, who is the country's envoy to the U.N. "Although this issue hasn't been specified in the agenda, we will probably continue monitoring the situation in Kosovo," Vitaly Churkin said during Moscow-New York space bridge. Russia insists on the legal settlement of Kosovo problem and on continuation of Belgrade-Pristine talks. Most of the states back up Russia's standing in the Security Council, Churkin said. "There's neither political nor legal or moral justification for the unilateral independence of Kosovo," the diplomat pointed out, adding that it's never late to attain the political and legal solution. Moscow called an extraordinary meeting of the Security Council straight after Kosovo declared its independence, to no avail though. Russia and China stood up for Serbia but the United States, Britain and France bolstered Kosovo's independence and the parties failed to compromise in the end. During its chairmanship, Moscow will also deliberate on a new resolution on fighting terror actions, the situation in Afghanistan, including the prolongation of the U.N. mission's mandate there, and focus on the Mid. East problems. Russia will suggest holding in Moscow an international conference on the traffic safety in 2009.
