U.S. pushes Russia to endorse latest Kosovo plan
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The United States threatened on  Friday to move forward on Kosovo, which is clamoring for  independence from Serbia, whether Russia agreed or not to the  latest U.N. Security Council draft resolution.
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Europeans and the United States circulated a U.N. draft resolution on Wednesday that paves the way to independence for Kosovo in four months but Russia immediately said it was unacceptable.
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Russia refused to budge on its opposition to a new Western-backed draft U.N. resolution paving the way for Kosovo independence as the Security Council discussed the document for the first time on Friday.
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Europeans and the United States  formally introduced late on Tuesday a draft U.N. resolution on  the future of Kosovo but have not decided yet whether or when  to call a vote because of Russia&#39;s objections.
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The United States and Europeans  discarded a U.N. resolution on the future status of Kosovo on  Friday because of Russian opposition, prompting Pristina to  propose independence from Serbia for November 28.
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A senior U.S. diplomat called Sunday for Russia's cooperation in U.N. Security Council efforts to resolve Kosovo's status.
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Russia rejected as unacceptable on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by Europeans and the United States that paves the way to independence for Kosovo in four months.
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BERLIN - The United States is prepared to offer concessions to Russia over the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty to try to persuade Moscow to soften its positions on Kosovo and Iran, diplomats said yesterday.
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Russia rejected as unacceptable  on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by  Europeans and the United States that paves the way to  independence for Kosovo in four months.
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Setting up possibly another showdown with Russia, U.S. President George W. Bush today said "the time is now" to grant independence to the Serbian province of Kosovo and called on Moscow not to slow down the process. "I happen to believe it's important to push the process along," Bush said during his visit to Albania.
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Russia has warned that a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo could start a chain reaction. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the step - expected on 10 December - would destabilize Europe, and that Russia was therefore against it. Russia has repeatedly said that it will oppose any deal on the future of Kosovo that is not acceptable to Serbia. The U.S. has indicated that it will recognize a declaration of independence by Kosovo if no agreement is reached by 10 December.
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The United States and Germany made one last appeal to Russia on the future status of Kosovo before deciding on Friday whether to shelve a U.N. Security Council resolution Moscow has threatened to veto.
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Serbia is convinced that a U.N. plan granting supervised statehood for the contested Kosovo province stands no chance of approval at the U.N. Security Council where Serb ally Russia holds a veto, a government minister said Saturday.
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Russia warned the West on Tuesday against recognizing a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, saying it could set off a chain reaction of secessionist movements in Europe and around the world.
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The United States and Europeans  have drafted a new U.N. Security Council resolution that seeks  to delay independence for Kosovo for four months in an effort  to meet Russia&#39;s objections, a U.S. official and other  diplomats said on Tuesday.
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Russia's foreign minister says a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo would start a chain reaction.
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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.