The United States and its European allies late on Tuesday formally introduced a revised UN draft resolution on the future status of Serbia's breakaway province Kosovo.
The document, cosponsored by the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium, has been "put in blue," a UN jargon meaning a Security Council vote could be called within 24 hours.
But the cosponsors are yet to decide whether to call a vote immediately, according to UN diplomats.
The text, which was based on an earlier version distributed in late June, calls for further negotiations between Belgrade and Kosovo's ethnic Albanians during a 120-day period but dropped a reference to an automatic road to internationally supervised independence if the talks fail.
Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin rejected the draft on Monday after a council meeting on it, saying the text still needs "clarity" on the "core" elements, including measures to ensure "serious talks" between the two sides, the return of internally displaced people and the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244.
Churkin warned that "the chances are zero" for the current draft to be passed through the council, saying there is a "hidden automaticity" of UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan to give the province supervised independence.
Source: Xinhua
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