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December 24, 2007, 21:35 Media coverage of Kosovo issue misleading: Russia's envoy to UN Some recent reports in the media about the issue of Kosovo have been misleading. That's according to Russia's ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin who held a news-conference on Monday. Vitaly Churkin dismissed the media reports saying that the UN Security Council would refuse to take a resolution on Kosovo and give this issue to the European Union in January. Churkin also added that next month a new report on Kosovo will be submitted to the UN Security Council. Russia's ambassador to the UN also stressed everything should be made in line with the international law. "When our colleagues from the European Union are talking about their intention to deploy a European Union mission in Kosovo, they need to get the clearance from the Security Council, if they don't then they will be outside the scope of international law," Churkin said. **** Churkin's senior diplomatic status and vast former Yugoslav experience indicates a solid Russian resolve for rejecting misguided solutions in relation to Kosovo. Russian foreign policy continues to compliment Amelrica's best interests in the Balkans. Churkin's recent comments are in sync with what was written this past March: Russia's Sane Position on Kosovo http://www.serbianna.com/columns/averko/002.shtml
