Echoing Patten's words, the Russian minister, whose country is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, said Kosovo's status "should be discussed later, after conditions for that are met".
Poput Patena, Ivanov, čija je zemlja jedna od pet stalnih članica Saveta bezbednosti, smatra da bi o statusu Kosova «trebalo razgovarati kasnije, kada se za to budu stekli uslovi».