24 April 2004 06:52
Russian parliament to give PACE "unique" ideas on Kosovo
MOSCOW. April 24 (Interfax) - The Russian parliament has prepared proposals on how to normalize the situation in Kosovo and plans to present them at a Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) session opening on Monday, Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov said on Saturday. "Our observers have prepared an essentially unique assessment of the situation in Kosovo and of the consequences that this situation may have," Mironov told reporters after meeting with observers from the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States who recently visited Kosovo. "I think that the European parliamentarians will show a great interest in familiarizing themselves with the He said the essence of the position was that "double standards" on the part of any of the international bodies He said the assessment would be handed to the Council of Europe leadership and PACE. The Kosovo issue will be discussed at the PACE session opening on Monday. recommendations that the assessment contains, and I also hope that our parliamentarians who arrive in Strasbourg will make the case for their position," Mironov said. involved in Kosovo are unacceptable. He branded the March 17-19 violence in Kosovo as "real ethnic cleansing" and rapped NATO's KFOR peacekeeping force in the province for failing to avert it. He also insisted on compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of five years ago. The head of the Federation Council Defense and Security Committee, Viktor Ozerov, who was one of the observers, said the resolution had been regularly violated. "One should first of all comply with the requirements of this document and then deal with Kosovo's status," he said. [RU EUROPE EEU EMRG DIP VIO YU] as tj
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