Balkan settlement should be based on Helsinki Final Act - Lavrov
04.12.2005, 21.31 LJUBLJANA, December 4 (Itar-Tass) -- The settlement of Balkan problems “should be done in the context of the regional and European situation and based on the Helsinki Final Act,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after Sunday negotiations with Slovenian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel. “We hope that the OSCE ministerial conference will show this attitude at the Monday debates on the Balkan issues,” he said. Lavrov said that the positions of Russia and Slovenia generally coincided in that issue. “Slovenia is doing a great job in the OSCE. It has managed to refresh the organization and launch debates on ways to make the OSCE more fitting to modern conditions,” he said. The minister said his negotiations with Rupel and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa were very efficient. He also said that he would meet with Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek. http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2690137&PageNum=0 Serbian News Network - SNN news@antic.org http://www.antic.org/
