"I want to stress that UDI of Kosovo and recognition of such independence will not remain without consequences," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on the day mediation efforts between Serbia and Kosovo Albanian leaders officially expired.
Posted Dec 10, 2007 08:27 AM PST"It will create a chain reaction throughout the Balkans and other areas of the world," he told reporters, speaking through an interpreter after talks with Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos.
"Those who devise such plans must weigh up the consequences very carefully."
Category: RUSSIA
Translation: Russia wants unimpeded access to Kosovo's mineral wealth: so does the US and the West.
The recognition of Kosovo as an independent entity may have some very nasty repercussions no matter how it comes down.
Additionally, Russia doesn't want this to be a template for other Russian-controlled areas whose citizens might be thinking about breaking away from their Russian geopolitical orbit and declaring themselves independent. (MR)
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