Russian top diplomat goes to Belgrade with message that no solution for Kosovo saw Serbia

After his visit to Belgrade, Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, will visit Moscow on the Victory Parade case 24 June.

The Serbian newspaper “Novosti” writes that Lavrov is going to Belgrade to forward the Russian Federation's clear position on Kosovo.

The Russian diplomatic chief will meet with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, and the main meeting will be with Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, broadcast Klan Kosova.

Co-operation between the two countries in all current areas and issues in the Balkans, primarily Kosovo, are topics that will be on the table.

At the moment Europe and America are reporting the large “final at the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, the Russian stance on the Kosovo issue was recently explained by their diplomatic representative in Serbia, Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko.

He said Russia would comply only with the solution that would be acceptable to Serbia and that Moscow is committed to reaching a compromise solution that must comply with international law and be reached under UN Security Council Resolution 1244. Also, the position is that such a solution must be approved by the UN Security Council.

Serbia's former ambassador to the Council of Europe, Zoran Milivoyevic, tells of “Novost” that the fact that Lavrov's visit comes shortly before parliamentary elections, on June 21st, speaks of the foreign policy course Serbia is conducting, broadcast Klan Kosova.

Kosovo will surely be discussed at meetings with Lavrov, as this is a key issue for us in the coming period, and after the elections, EU envoy for dialogue with Pristina Miroslav Lajcak will come to Belgrade. I expect the Russian-Serbian strategic partnership to be confirmed and Moscow's position reiterated that there is no solution for Kosovo without Serbia that it should be based on Resolution 1244, and that Russia will support a solution that respects Serbia's interests “.