Prague, February 7, 2007 - The Czech Foreign Ministry has declared its support for a new UN plan on the future position of Kosovo.

Prague considers the plan, drawn up by United Nations Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari, to be a balanced compromise.

The proposal does not mention independence for Kosovo, but it assumes that the province would have its own constitution with the right to conclude international agreements and to enter international organisations.

Under the plan, the multi-ethnic Serb province would rule itself democratically with full respect to the rule of law, according to the Foreign Ministry.

The Foreign Ministry said the plan will ensure security, stability, protection of human rights and ethnic minorities and economic prosperity. The ministry believes the solution to the status of Kosovo will also ease the path of the countries in the region into European and trans-Atlantic structures.

The plan is yet to be debated by the UN Security Council. Kosovo Albanians have welcomed the plan, but Serbia rejects any form of independence for Kosovo.

The Foreign Ministry has called on Serbian and Kosovo officials to support the plan. The ministry claims the plan would ease further talks in the United Nations. The Foreign Ministry also suggests that further postponement of the solution would affect the security and stability of the whole region

The plan is yet to be debated by the UN Security Council. Kosovo Albanians have welcomed the plan, but Serbia rejects any form of independence for Kosovo.

The Foreign Ministry has called on Serbian and Kosovo officials to support the plan. The ministry claims the plan would ease further talks in the United Nations. The Foreign Ministry also suggests that further postponement of the solution would affect the security and stability of the whole region.

US, Germany, Britain, France and Italy - have supported Ahtisaari's plan, directly or through NATO and EU.