UN warns on Kosovo delays, Moscow sees blackmail
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Kosovo's U.N. governor Joachim  Ruecker warned the Security Council on Wednesday that further  delaying a decision on the province's plea for independence  from Serbia could fuel instability in the region.
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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 Nations has agreed  to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of  breakaway Kosovo province by just over one week to give  Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. mediator said on  Friday.
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The European Union and the United States agreed Wednesday to delay a U.N. vote on a resolution that would give Kosovo independence under international supervision until after this week's Group of Eight summit discussion.
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"If Russia prevents the council from dealing with this issue ... the process will not stop there. The process then will move outside the council"  By EDITH M. LEDERER The Associated Press Updated 07/18/07 - 5:36 PM Russia rejected the final version of a U.S.-European Union draft resolution on Kosovo's future status Wednesday, setting the stage for a vote ... via The Herald
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Russia immediately rejected a revised U.N. resolution introduced Wednesday that would delay internationally supervised independence for Kosovo to give the province's majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs more time to agree on its future status.
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The United Nations urged  patience in Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province on Friday  following reports of armed men patrolling the tense west.
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Moscow will only back a United Nations Security Council resolution on Kosovo if Serbia also approves it, Russia&#39;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Monday.
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Russia warned the United States and European Union on Monday that it would take a series of unidentified measures if Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence.
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The prosecutor of the U.N. war  crimes court for the Balkans on Monday urged a delay in  deciding the future of Kosovo, saying it would interfere with  her quest to get major fugitives arrested for trial.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The European Union warned Kosovo on Thursday against an "irresponsible" declaration of independence after Russia again rejected a Western-backed United Nations resolution that would effectively grant the move.
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WASHINGTON -- In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the UN Security Council.
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BRUSSELS/PRISTINA, Serbia  - The European Union plans to withdraw the issue of Kosovo's final status from the U.N. Security Council if Russia does not accept a resolution within days, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Tuesday.
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Serbia warned the EU on  Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken  outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United  States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks  continue.
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Kosovo appealed to the United  States on Monday to set a date for the province&#39;s independence  from Serbia, saying Russia had blocked its path through the  United Nations.
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A solution to Kosovo's final status will be delayed until early spring, the European Union's enlargement chief was quoted as saying on Thursday, a day after Serbia set a crucial presidential election for January 20.
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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's objections, a U.S. official and other diplomats said on Tuesday.