Serbia's puppet government needs to move

Russia’s foreign minister called Friday for Serbia to be more proactive in talks over the status of Kosovo. “Kosovo’s fate will depend precisely on how proactive the Serbs are,” Sergey Lavrov said. “So far, unfortunately, the Serb side has been taking a hands-off approach to the negotiations.”

He said Moscow wanted the status of Kosovo, a Serbian province with a predominantly Albanian population, to be determined through negotiations rather than imposed, and pledged support for the Serb negotiators.

A third round of talks between Kosovo Albanians and the Serbian government is scheduled to begin April 3, and will be mediated by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari.

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