PARIS, May 21 (AFP) - Conditions laid down by the Group of Eight leading countries for resolving the Kosovo crisis are not negotiable, French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine said in an interview published Friday. "Discussions are taking place between the members of the G8 and the five members of the Security Council with a view to achieving a resolution (in the UN Security Council), which is a key element of the solution," he said. The peace plan drawn up by the Group of Eight -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States -- calls for the return of refugees, the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo, the deployment of a peacekeeping force in the province and negotiations on a political settlement. In the interview with the daily La Croix was also asked about an Italian proposal for a pause in the NATO bombing campaign to allow a Security Council meeting to convene and for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to respond to its resolution. "What is preventing the authorities in Belgrade, even without a pause, from saying they will comply with the terms laid down by the international community, that they are withdrawing their forces and accept the solution spelled out by the G8?" he asked. "In our eyes a commitment by Belgrade to implement the resolution, the vote on the resolution and a suspension of the air strikes are linked." Vedrine said France wanted an eventual peacekeeping force in Kosovo to comprise troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, from Russia and from neutral countries from the region or elsewhere. "All this would be under a UN umbrella, as it would derive from a resolution" of the Security Council, he added. Vedrine said the Russians did not want a set-up identical to that in Bosnia, where there is a UN mandate and a NATO chain of command with which Russia is associated. "We are looking for a specific solution for Kosovo," he added. "We will find it."  