News report of 02.04.2008

Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama

DIPLOMATIC PANORAMA

 RUSSIA’S REACTION TO NATO EXPANSION WILL BE MATURE – LAVROV

 RUSSIA SHOULD SUPPORT TRANSIT FOR INTL FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN

 RUSSIA TO SWITCH TO MARKET-BASED ENERGY PRICES WITH ALL PARTNERS IN 2-3 YEARS - LAVROV

 FOREIGN MINISTRY PLEDGES ASSISTANCE TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

 RUSSIA-NATO SUMMIT TO ADDRESS KOSOVO SITUATION – LAVROV

 RUSSIA INSISTS ON CLOSING ICTY BY 2010 - LAVROV

 RUSSIA WILL PREVENT KOSOVO FROM BECOMING UN MEMBER - LAVROV

 RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AUTONOMY CONTRADICTS BASIC INTL DOCUMENTS

 RUSSIA WILL OFFER EASIER VISA TERMS TO SERBIA CITIZENS - LAVROV

 RUSSIA WILL HELP KOSOVO SERBS – LAVROV

 RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY TO CONSIDER ABKHAZIA’S, S. OSSETIA’S RECOGNITION – LAVROV

 MOSCOW DOES NOT SEE GEORGIA’S READINESS FOR NORMALIZATION - LAVROV

 RUSSIA READY TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH GEORGIA ON CONDITIONS OF RECIPROCITY

 RUSSIA WILL OPPOSE ATTEMPTS TO BE OUSTED FROM SETTLING ‘FROZEN CONFLICTS’ - LAVROV

 RUSSIA’S PEACEKEEPING POTENTIAL CANNOT BE IGNORED – LAVROV

 RUSSIA REJECTS ATTEMPTS TO REHABILITATE NAZIS IN FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS - LAVROV

 MOSCOW DENIES PROMISING TBILISI NOT TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA, S. OSSETIA

 RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS BELOW COLD WAR LEVEL – RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT

 RUSSIA AGAINST 1+26 OR 1 AGAINST 26 FORMATS IN RUSSIA-NATO DEALINGS - ENVOY

 RUSSIA HAS TO REACT SHARPLY TO NATO EXPANSION

 BAN KI-MOON EXPECTED TO VISIT MOSCOW APRIL 9-11 - SOURCE

nb: Lavrov is the Foreign Ministry of Russian Federation Government

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