There should be no deadline for the Kosovo settlement process,
Russian President Vladimir Putin told a press conference in Sochi
on Friday.
The Russian position on Kosovo has not altered, Putin said.
"We favor a direct dialog between Pristina and Belgrade," he was
quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying. "We do not think
that this dialog should be limited by time. It should be a free
dialog to result in a mutually acceptable compromise," he said.
Putin voiced the readiness to continue cooperation with all
parties to the Kosovo settlement process, as well as the US and the
EU within the UN framework.
"The principle of territorial integrity defended by Russia in
the Kosovo situation concerns many states, and we think that it
would be highly irresponsible to disregard this principle," he
said.
(Xinhua News Agency September 29, 2007)
