Lavrov: Armed conflict must not be allowed in Balkans

MOSCOW - Tensions in the Balkans are rising drastically, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday, expressing the hope everyone understood a new armed conflict must not be allowed to break out, RIA Novosti reported.

"Ethnic Albanian forces should not be present in Serbian-populated areas in the north of Kosovo," Reuters quoted him as saying.

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