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Lukashevich: Albania to have neutral stance on Kosovo (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)

Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said Russia expects Albania, when it takes over the Chairmanship of OSCE to have a neutral stance on the process of resolving the Kosovo issue, Vecernje Novosti reported. He also told members of the OSCE Permanent Council that the situation in Kosovo remains a serious challenge to European security. According to him Kosovo is “a grey zone” for smuggling drugs and organized crime. Lukashevich also noted the UN SC 1244 still represents a basis for regulating the Kosovo issue. “We start from the point that Albania, as Chair, would approach this issue exclusively from a status neutral position. Anything else would be moving away from the authorization,” he said. Albania is set to take over Chairmanship of OSCE next year from Slovakia.