| March 2008 |
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Russia's NATO envoy said on Friday the United States' decision to supply arms to Kosovo is a direct, severe violation of a United Nations Security Council resolution. 
Russia will discuss contentious U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in Central Europe only with Washington, not with host countries Poland and the Czech Republic, Moscow's NATO envoy said on Friday. 
Georgia's president urged on Friday for changes to be made to the peacekeeping arrangement in the country's conflict zone with breakaway Abkhazia, and asked other countries to contribute. 
Iran's Foreign Ministry rejected on Friday the U.S. president's claim that Tehran sponsors terrorist groups in Iraq, and said the ongoing turmoil in the country is due only to the occupation. 
The Dalai Lama said Friday that China's interpretation of the recent unrest in Tibet was a distortion of the facts that could "sow the seeds of nationalism." 
The Belarusian foreign minister said on Friday that Minsk is willing to develop friendly relations with the United States if Washington stops pressuring the country. 
Abkhazia's Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba said: "I see in these actions an attempt to provoke the Abkhaz and South Ossetian sides to demonstrate to Western partners that Georgia needs the North Atlantic alliance's protection." 
The expansion of NATO does nothing to strengthen security in Europe and will only serve to divide the continent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. 
Britain's Foreign Office announced on Friday that Anne Pringle, a former envoy to Prague, will take over as ambassador to Russia in October to replace the retiring Tony Brenton. 
Russia has postponed deliveries of Su-30MKI fighter jets to Algeria over non-payment, following the North African country's decision to return 15 MiG-29 fighters, a business daily said on Friday. 



