RUSSIA: RUSSIA WELCOMES U.N REPORT WHICH STATES UN PEACE KEEPERS SHOULD SCALE DOWN PEACEKEEPING OR BE REPLACED BY MULTI-NATIONAL COMBAT FORCE

Record ID: 350303

  • Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIA WELCOMES U.N REPORT WHICH STATES UN PEACE KEEPERS SHOULD SCALE DOWN PEACEKEEPING OR BE REPLACED BY MULTI-NATIONAL COMBAT FORCE
  • Date: 1st June 1995
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JUNE 1, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV NEWS CONFERENCE 0.03 2. SV RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GRIGORY KARASIN SPEAKING (RUSSIAN) 0.37 3. SV MEDIA CUTTERWAY/KARASIN SPEAKING RUSSIAN/ JOURNALISTS (4 SHOTS) 1.32 4. SV KARASIN SPEAKING AFTER NEWS CONFERENCE (ENGLISH) 2.20 SEQ.4: TRANSCRIPT; KARASIN: "I THINK W
  • Embargoed: 16th June 1995 13:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA7FQR61BQZ6MFA97VMYCJBAPW7
  • Story Text: Russia on Thursday (June 1) welcomed a United Nations (U.N.) report which said U.N. troops in Bosnia should be replaced by a multi-national combat force or scale back their activities to traditional peacekeeping.

    "The document has special significance for the chances of achieving a settlement," foreign ministry spokesman Grigory Karasin told a news conference, making clear Russia did not want U.N.

    peacekeepers used to "wage war" in Bosnia.

    Karasin said Russia needed more time to study U.N.

    Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's 40-page report, but Moscow's first impression was that it was "highly realistic".

    Boutros-Ghali's report, submitted to the Security Council on Wednesday, said the use of force, such as air strikes and other offensive actions, was incompatible with peacekeeping.

    Karasin said "We agree with the secretary-general that UNPROFOR (the U.N. Protection Force) is not prepared to and must not wage war in Bosnia. They are not an army sent to fight one side in the Bosnian conflict." After the briefing, Karasin said Russia had effective channels of communications with Serbs to influence politicians and the course of events in former Yugoslavia.


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