Foreign Minister: Russian Peacekeepers Could Be Withdrawn from Balkans

Russian peacekeepers could be called back from the Balkans in the near future. As a Rosbalt correspondent reports, this was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in an interview with journalists yesterday. 'We have achieved all our objectives in Bosnia and Kosovo,' said the minister. Mr Ivanov added that the Russian Foreign Ministry is currently holding negotiations with the leadership of Serbia and Bosnia about ending the peacekeepers' operation and withdrawing them from the region.