Kosovo issue must be settled only by negotiations-Lavrov.

ITAR-TASS (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), 03.02.2007, 10.33

MOSCOW, February 3 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia is convinced that the Kosovo issue must be settled only through negotiations, and it is necessary to look for a variant that will be approved both by Serbs and Pristina, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Americans have some different view on the problem, the minister noted. They believe it will be not right to be slow and it is necessary to settle the issue through the U.N. Security Council, Lavrov said.

"A variant to impose what is unacceptable on any of the parties does not suit us," the minister stressed.