Tanjug News in Brief
Kosovo and Metohija
DEP:US-KOUCHNER-KOSOVO
KOUCHNER FOR UNITED EU STAND ON KOSOVO
*13.2.2008 11:45 NEW YORK, (Tanjug)* - French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner called on the European Union on Tuesday to assume a united
stand as to whether it would recognise Kosovo in case that the southern
Serbian province proclaimed independence.
DEP:GEORGIA-KOSOVO-GURGENIDZE
KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE CREATES PROBLEMS FOR GEORGIA
*13.2.2008 11:24 VIENNA, (Tanjug)* - Georgia's new Prime Minister Lado
Gurgenidze has warned that Kosovo's independence would create problems
for his country.
DEP:LONDON-BBC-KOSOVO
BARDOSH: EU SHOULD WAIT
*13.2.2008 11:03 LONDON, (Tanjug)* - Brussels would act wisely if in
case of Serbia, it separated the issue of European integration from that
of Kosovo status, Gordon Bardosh, an expert on the Balkans and vice
director of the Harriman Institute of Columbia, has assessed in an
interview with BBC.
DEP:KOSOVO-EU-CHIZHOV
CHIZHOV ON NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
*13.2.2008 10:38 VIENNA, (Tanjug)* - Russian Ambassador to the European
Union Vladimir Chizhov has announced that the countries that recognise
Kosovo independence will suffer negative consequences in regard to their
relations with Moscow.
DEP:RUSSIA-SERBIA-UN
SERBIA, RUSSIA REQUIRE SPECIAL UN SC SESSION ON KOSOVO
*13.2.2008 10:04 MOSCOW, (Tanjug)* - The UN Security Council will hold a
session on Thursday, February 14, which will be dedicated to the
development of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, the Russian state
news agency Itar-Tass has reported from the headquarters of the world
organisation, referring to well-informed diplomatic sources.
DEP:UN-RUSSIA-KOSOVO
SERBIA REQUESTS UN SC SESSION ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA SUPPORTS
*12.2.2008 20:33 NEW YORK, (Tanjug)* - Russian Ambassador to the UN
Vitaly Churkin has said that Serbia is requesting a special session of
the UN Security Council on Kosovo for Thursday, Reuters reports Tuesday.
DEP:SERBIA-SECURITY-KOSOVO
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION
*12.2.2008 20:19 BELGRADE, (Tanjug)* - The Serbian National Security
Council held a session in Belgrade on Tuesday, state leadership told
Tanjug.
