EU and Russia Remain on Opposite Shores over Kosovo

Brdo pri Kranju, 13 February - An EU-Russia meeting in Slovenia on Wednesday did not bridge the differences over the independence of Kosovo, which Russia staunchly opposes. "These differences have not been overcome," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the press after meeting the EU troika.

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right). Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right).
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right). Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right).
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right). Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right).
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting. From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo
Press conference held as part of the EU troika-Russia meeting.
From left to right: External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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