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Russia slams as cynical U.S. position on Kosovo

RIA Novosti

24/02/2008 15:23 MOSCOW, February 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed as cynical the U.S. position on Kosovo, which unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia.

The ministry's statement followed remarks by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, who earlier called as irresponsible Russia's stance on Kosovo.

"The support of one Kosovo Albanian side, negligence of law in favor of the so-called political expediency, indifference to the fates of one hundred thousand Serbs who are actually being driven into the ghetto in the 21st century are nothing else but open cynicism," the ministry said in a statement.

The Kosovo parliament unilaterally adopted on February 17 a declaration on the breakaway republic's independence from Serbia. Belgrade has called the decision illegal and is demanding to cancel it. The United States and some other Western countries have recognized Kosovo's independence.