KOSOVO: MISSION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEPARTED FOR BALKANS
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2007 19:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Representatives of all UN Security Council
member-states departed for Balkans with a 5-day visit. Fife permanent
and 10 non-permanent representatives of the UN Security Council are
included in the mission.
Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vitali Churkin and US’s
new Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad are also included in the mission. The
latter assumed office just on Tuesday.
Belgium’s representative Johan Verbeke heads the mission. The tour
will launch with a visit with NATO Sec. Gen. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in
Brussels, after which the diplomats will depart for Serbian capital
Belgrade. Serbian authorities oppose Kosovo’s independence.
The UN mission members after visiting Belgrade are going to be
in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital. They will meet with the acting UN
administration of Kosovo and local politicians, who represent the
Albanian majority of the province, the BBC Russian service reported.