Russia pushes UN on Kosovo & reform Ban Ki-moon and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are meeting to discuss key international issues,including Kosovo and the Middle East peace process. The UN Secretary General is on his second day of an official visit to Moscow. The pair are also expected to touch on possible reforms to the UN and Security Council. Russia has significantly increased its financing of the UN in the last few years. In terms of possible reforms to the UN, Russian officials want to see more of their citizens working in New York and more countries with a veto power. Also, Moscow has been pushing for more Russian peacekeeping troops around the world. However, these decisions won’t be made during UN chief’s visit to Moscow. Earlier, Ban Ki-moon met with Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia to discuss the creation of the Council for Religious Affairs Russia has been pushing for. He also had talks with representatives of the largest Russian companies. 24 Russian businesses have signed to the UN global treaty on social responsibility, which is seen as one of the major achievements as business co-operation plays an increasing role in UN peacekeeping missions across the world. On Wednesday Ban Ki-moon met <http://russiatoday.ru/news/news/23234> with both outgoing President Putin and his successor Dmitry Medvedev. Copyright © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "TV-Novosti" 2007, all rights reserved
