Russia said Saturday that it could not accept elements of a draft U.N. resolution on Kosovo worked out by the United States and European Union nations, maintaining its strong opposition to a Western-backed plan for the Serbian province's independence, ACCORDING TO AP. «Of course, discussions with the document's authors are still ahead. But it's obvious that the draft resolution contains some elements which can't be accepted by us,» Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said in a statement. He said talks must continue to help reach a compromise between the Serbs _ who want Kosovo remain within Serbia's borders, and the ethnic Albanians who seek independence. The United States and EU nations circulated a draft U.N. resolution Friday endorsing independence for Kosovo under international supervision despite strong objections from Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council with veto power. Russia has warned strongly against putting a Kosovo independence plan to the vote, threatening to block it. Russian diplomats have avoided a clear statement on the question of a veto _ alluding to the possibility, but making no firm statement.
