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09:52, July 21, 2007 |
Western nations announced on Friday that they are not seeking a UN Security Council vote on their draft resolution concerning Kosovo''s future status.
"We regret that it has been impossible to secure such a resolution in the UN Security Council," French Ambassador Jean- Marc De La Sabliere said, reading a joint statement of the six sponsors. "We will therefore put on hold discussions of the resolution."
He said the negotiations will now be pursued through the Contact Group on Kosovo, which is composed of Britain, France, Italy, Germany, the United States and Russia.
The announcement came after consultations among the 15 members failed to win enough support for the draft sponsored by Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the United States.
Russia was against the draft, which calls for further negotiations between Belgrade and Kosovo''s ethic Albanians during a 120-day period but drops a previous reference to an automatic road to internationally supervised independence if the talks fail.
"Russia was not prepared to support this draft resolution and .. .was not prepared to abstain if this draft were put to vote," said Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
He said Russia called for a pause for continued active consultations and was glad that the Western sponsors "did accept the possibility and need for further negotiations between the parties."
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