A man walks behind a monument in the divided city of Mitrovica. There is a silent land swap under way in Kosovo, sifting Serb from Albanian under the noses of Western powers who swore the breakaway province would never be split along ethnic lines.
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Kosovo Debates at Russia-NATO Council to Be Stormy
The Kosovo debates at Russia-NATO Council that meets in Brussels today will be stormy, the media of Belgium forecasted.
En route to Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice confirmed the resolve to settle the Kosovo problem in view of its independence under the international control. This statement denotes approaching stormy debates at Russia’s-NATO Council, which current meeting is attended by foreign ministers of the member states, including RF Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The foreign ministers of 26 NATO states are likely to warn Kosovo against unilateral declaration of independence with no consultations with the West held to the effect.
NATO will continue securing safety in Kosovo irrespective of any decision on the region’s status, foreign ministers of EU and NATO agreed in Brussels yesterday, during the informal dinner.
The trio of international intermediaries (Russia, EU and the United States) for Belgrade-Pristine negotiations is expected to present their report to the UN general secretary already today, December 7, 2007. The document will set forth all proposals made by the delegations of Serbia and Kosovo’s Albanians in the course of the talks.
According to intermediaries, the report won’t spell out any definite draft resolutions for Kosovo status.
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