Russia Threatens Veto Over Kosovo

Russia has threatened to veto in the UN Security Council a plan to give Kosovo a form of supervised independence, Russian news agencies have reported.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov said the proposals would "not get through" the council without the support of both Kosovo and Serbia.

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Serbia has rejected the UN plan, but it has been broadly accepted by Kosovo Albanians.

The European Union and US have given their backing, with Washington suggesting last week that it would recognise Kosovo's independence even if Russia vetoed the proposal in the UN Security Council.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded by warning that "unilaterally imposing any solution to the Kosovo problem is unacceptable".

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