Russia rejects West's U.N. plan on Kosovo's future
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Russia gave a definitive "no" on Monday to a European-American draft resolution on Kosovo that would end a U.N. presence and put European representatives in charge of the Serbian province.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo   Serbia rejected a U.N. proposal on Friday that paves the way for an independent Kosovo, setting up a possible showdown between its supporter, Russia, and the West over the disputed ...Comment
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Serbia called on the United Nations on Saturday to reject a Western-backed proposal for the independence of Kosovo.
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Russia on Wednesday backed its ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the United Nations or other international organizations if the breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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Russia said on Friday international recognition of Kosovo would influence its policy towards the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but it did not say if it would recognize them.
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The United States and Russia are butting heads over the breakaway region of Kosovo, which is awaiting a final U.N. recommendation on whether it will become an independent nation or remain part of Serbia.
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Moscow says Kosovo will never be accepted as a state by the UN if it declares independence.
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Russia says a draft UN resolution supporting Kosovo independence is unacceptable and hints at a veto.
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Russia warned Kosovo's leaders that if they declare independence the territory will never become a member of the United Nations or other international political institutions
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The United States urged Russia on Friday not to veto a U.N. resolution on the status of Kosovo, saying the Security Council would lose a role in the province's future and hinting the ethnic Albanian majority may then unilaterally declare independence.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United States and Europeans discarded a UN resolution on the future status of Kosovo yesterday because of Russian opposition, prompting Kosovo to propose independence from Serbia for Nov. 28.
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Russia remains at loggerheads with Western nations over Kosovo, despite months of diplomacy.
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Russia insisted Friday that Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs hold new negotiations on the province's future status without any promise of independence if the talks fail &#151; a stand strongly opposed by the U.S. and European Union nations.
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Russia's envoy to Kosovo said on Monday that a proposed European Union police mission to the south Serbian province would be illegal without approval by the UN Security Council, Interfax reported.
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Western nations softened a draft  resolution to back U.N. plans for a future Kosovo state, but  Russia dismissed the move on Thursday and renewed its threat of  a veto unless there were radical changes.
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Russia suggested Friday that Kosovo's expected Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia will affect its policy on two separatist regions in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. But it stopped short of saying it would recognize the breakaway provinces.
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Russia dismissed on Thursday the latest  United Nations draft resolution on the future of the province  of Kosovo, saying it amounted to the same old Western-backed  plan for independence dressed up in new language.