Russia proposed a plan Tuesday to send UN Security Council observers to the region believing that it could help find a compromise between the Kosovars and Serbs in the troubled province.
"Many UN Security Council members... believe Russia's proposal to send an international contact group to Kosovo and Belgrade would be very useful," South Africa's representative to the UN Security Council Dumisani Kumalo said.
He also said that Russia's plan to send a mission to the province could help those new UN Security Council members who may be unfamiliar with the Kosovo issue to analyze the situation on the ground.
In January the rotation of UN Security Council temporary members took place and Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, South Africa and Panama, joined the assembly.
Kumalo said that the mission trip to the region required careful planning before a date could be announced. He approved of Moscow's initiative to carry out a review of previous resolutions and security levels in the region.
Monday, Marti Ahtisaari, a special envoy for talks on Kosovo, presented proposals on the future status of the breakaway Serbian province to the UN Security Council. He has proposed that the province be granted internationally supervised sovereignty, but Serbian authorities strongly oppose the plan as a threat to their sovereignty and territorial integrity.
