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BORBA :- | |

Friday, February 26, 1999

AT KOSOVSKA MITROVICA

SUBURB, KOSOVO AND METOHIJA

| wor elf-rule in Kosovo

ad tha ušequcntiy, the talks had affirmed the poli--

ical resolution of the issue and” _ that no other solution could be taken into accoumt. *AJl other solutions but the political have · „thus been ruled out”, he said.

BORBA IN ENGLISH CHINESE FOREI- RYO | CHN GN MINISTRY ON KOSMET

()uest for Solution

through Dial

Beijing, - A quest for a solution to the Kosovo and Metohija issue through dialogue, the respčct for Yugoslavia's sovercignty and territorial integrity and perservation of legitimate rights and interests of

ethnic communities in

Serbia's southern pro-

_ Vince is the only correct

and effective way of dealing with the issue, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The layed to Tanjug's Bei-

· jing-based correspon-

dent on Thursday, said that such an approach contributes to peace and stability in the region.

The statement said the·

Chinese · government had from the very outset taken a position that Kosovo and Metohija is Yugoslavia's internal affair, stressing ~ that China opposed military

actions against Yugosla-

via, which is a sovere-

statement, re-

ign state, because they Would constitute a gross violation of the U.N. Charter and generallyaccepted norms of international law.

Such actions will not help solve the issue but Will undermine negotiations which have recently led to certain headway, the statement sa-

id adding that foreign

military actions would be fatal for stability in

the region and its peo-

ples.

China calls on the international. community and all parties concerned in Yugoslavia to persevere in the quest for a political solution and to demonstrate Wisdom and patience in doing so because this is in line with the interests of ethnic communities in Kosovo and Metohija and contributes to peace and stability in the region, the statement said.

MONTENEGRIN PARTY OFFICIAL PREDRAG BULATOVIC ABOUT THE MEETING IN RAMBOUILLET

A Serb House Attacked |

Kosovska Mitrovica, – Ethnic Albanian terrorists late on Tuesday opened small-arms fire at. one-of the few remaining Serb houses at the Kosovska Mitrovica suburb of Tamnik, ın the north of Serbia's southern province of Kosovo and Metohija.

No casualties were reported in the attack on the house belonging to Milisav Kokeric. At the time of the attack, Kokeric, his tvvo sons. their wives and three children werc in thc house,

The team established that the main door to the house as well as its windows and roof had becn damaged in

Victory of peace Endeavors

Podgorića, – Vice-President

of the Montenegrin "POSO i i ag

Niti Pity'(SNP) Pređra Bulatovic described, Wednesday the Rimnbouillet talks on Serbia's Kosovo-Metohija province as a victory of the endea-– vors of the state delegation which had from the outset advocated a political settlement and the respect of international law and the UN Charter,

Law and procedure have prevailled over the threats of force, at least temporarily, Bulatovic.told the press in Podgorica. with the ethnic Albanian dele-

gation and advočated in panić, ”a military + :rUdA ) Ba

Yugoslavia. She has therefore failed, as the state dečlegation demonstrated Its commitment to peace and settlemećnt while the ethnic Albanian delegation demonstrated its commitment to terrorism and separatism, Bulatovic said.

The fact that political agree"

ment was separated from the military aspect and that it has been understood that agreement is one thing and its implementation another, Bulato-

NATO troops by the state deleio abainst Ope đevVelopments in Ram-

bouillet also demonstrated the capitulationist attitude of Montenegrin authorities, which - expecting atr strikes last Saturday - hurriedly proclaimed inđependenće and neutrality, Bulatovic said.

The patrons of the Montanegrin authorities did not indicate that the decision on air strikes could be changed, and the authorities are now concentrating:on denying taking the de-

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YUGOSLAV AND CROATIAN EXPERTS MET TO DISCUSS MISSING

PERSONS

Belgrade, - A twoday meeting of experts of Yugoslav and Croatian government commissions for missing persons and humanitarian issues ended Thursday in Belgrade.

This is in line with an agreement reached by Yugoslav and Croauan.Foreign Ministers Zivadin Jovanovic, and Mate Granic in August 1998, Yugoslav commission head Maksim Korac said.

YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER ZORAN LILIC IN THE TOWN OF UZICE

Azczainst war Option

Uzice, – Vice-Chairman of Serbia's Socialist Party and Yugoslav Vice-Prem!ier Zoran Lilic said Wednesday that the country's policy in solving problems ın Kosovo and Metohija had not been specially dcsigned for talks in Raniboulllet, France, but had for years been pursued by the SPS led by President Slobodan Milosevic.

Speaking at a panel discussion organised by the local SPS board in Uzice, western Serbia, Lilic said this policy opposed a.war

option and urged the 'rč- ,

spect for rights of all peoz ples and nationalities, guaranteed them under the United Nations and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) charters and relevant documents by other international institutions. Commenting on the Rambouilllet talks, which ended on Tuesday, Lilic said they marked the state delegation's major victory despite immense pressure on the part of the internati-

thc attack. It also found 22 cartridges 0f7.02-mm bullets fired mainly with

Chinese-made automatic rifles.

The organizacion, planned probably with good intenti0ns, to be useful for Europe, the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE), was until now mostly just an appendage of the Lords of the New World Order, that quite often acted in a Very servile and biased Way, without any real usefulness. Now this OSCE acted again: its OOU: oBiSty assembly suggested on July 9th 1998 čven more drastic sanctions against Serbia - as long as the Sovernment in Belgrade *uSes its repressive actions In Kosovo. What a fantastic hypocrisy! The OSCE seems to be quite blind not to seč the reality that Serbia (Yugoslavia) Is defending itself against the aggression of thoSe who started the killings and destruction, against the sangs of the UCK terrorists from Albania, trained in Albania and in some westem countries, supported in rečality by negligence and anti»crb propaganda of the West. Serbia must defend itself agaIst the local well-armed militant Albanians, whose arms had been bought mostly with the money of their drug baTons abroad (e.g., in Switzerland)... And the OSCE does Ot allow Serbia to defend it-

Self and its citizens. ACCOr-,

ding to the OSCE, E.U.,

many onc-sided, ignorant, and very often arrogant Western politicians, if a village in Kosovo-Metohija is used as a stronghold of the UCK for their attacks, to defend the arms smuggling routes from Albania, etc., the Serbs are not allowed to seize It, to ečXpel from there thc terrorists, to defend themselves, to stop their activities. But if the UCK attacks or seizes a Serbian and Montenegrin village, no condemnation by OSCE, E.U., UN follows. If a representative, of the UCK threatens.ı Macedonia with spreading of war there, no recbuff from the official west comes... The Czechs remember very well the anti-Czech tirađdes of a part of the Western media (mainly in Britain and in France) and the apeasement. policy towards Briler by the USA during the Munich treason.

The prosecutor gcncral of The Hague tribunal Ms. Louise Arbour, to keep the image od that modern version of the Holy nquisiton declared on 8th July 1998 the necessity to follow the vents in Kosmet, to look for any atrocities, any abuses of human rights, any war crimes. The real war crlmes ought to be punished, but not in an absolutely onesided way. as was the case up

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright openly sided

The Role of OSCE, FU and NATO in Kosmet Conflict

jection of the deployment

to now in The Haguc Tribunal, with its fictious justice and arbitrary collection of facts, without giving a symphatetic car to all sides, with an a priori condemnation of Serbs.

in the cocophony of the overt lies and misinformation, unreasonable decisions and absolutely unfair attitudes and actions, words of reason were heard to show that there are stili people who think reasonably, who are not completely venal, as too many actors are still people who think reasonably, who are not completely venal, as too many actors are in thc drama of Kosovo-Metohija. Mecedonian President, Mr. Kiro Gligorov told on 1Ilth July 1998 that he would not allow NATO organization to use the Macedonian bases against the Yugoslav (Serbian) territory. One or tWo Week ago he declared it unofficially about the use of large military base at Krivolak ri existed there from the days of the former Yugoslavia) - He informed Amerićans who use now that base that they arc not authorized to use it militarily against Yugoslavia.

There are rumors now in Serbia that a gang of American mercenarıies, hired killers, fights against the Serbian special police forces and

vic said and pointed to the re-

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border guards in Kosmet. For money, naturally. It looks like the time when, many centuries ago, the gangs of hired mercenaries roamed over the hills and plains to attack and kill anybody if paid for. It is compatible (if true) with the ideals of UN, OSCE and E.U. and the USA? Even the retired American generals werc hired mercenaries during the recent civil-ethnic-religious war in Yugoslavia!

When the fighting in Kosmet flared up with and more intensity in June and July in 1998, thanks to the increasing: numbers of the well armed UCK tertrorists, attacking many Serbian and Montenegrin villages, even the western diplomats (e.g. the American) found it difficult to put all the blame on the Serbs only, and so even Mr. Holbrooke declared in the very beginning of July 1998, that the UCK represented not only a major obstacle for a

eaceful settlement, because its organization had so far no

olitical wing to talk to, and begause the UCK was not under a POLA „command, it seemed to consist from more groups... The Americans, the official West stopped talking about the UCK as terrorists.

There are now a few hundreds of U.S. soldiers in Macedonia, to 'protect' it, The

cislon everybody knows they of had taken, Bulatovic said.

oal community and in particular thc United States.

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initial official version was that they were there to prevent any Serbian intervention there, they were just peacekeepers. The U.S. Administration must have been shocked when a self-styled UCK command near Decani issued a statement (29th June 1998) that a group of volunteers had Just arrived there from the enslaVed territories in Macedonia, from the towns of Tetovo and Gostivar. What would the Lords of the New World Order say, ıf and when the Albanians from Macedonia would start there the bloodshed as they had done ın Osmet, to destroy and kill indiscriminately?:· Would they call their self-styled *liberation army" terrorist or Just 'freedom fighters?. Those Lords must remember that the western part of Macedonia was already a part of the Greater Albania, created by Hitler in 1943 (and even carlier by Mussolini) and that a big part of the north-western Greece may be

_ the next target of the militant

Albanians. See earlier the goals of the First and Second Albanian Kongra. Does anybody from the above unfatr, partly unreasonable western politicans. ponder over the possible consequences oftheır murky deals in KosovoMetohija? (To be continued)

The majority of listed persons held in Croatian prisons arc war crimes indicted, while most of thosc held in Yugoslav jails are persons suspected of spying. it was noted during the mceting. Maksim Korac, president of the Federal government Commission for humanitarian issues and missing persons, after two-day talks with Expert Group of the Commission

PRESS CONFERENCE

soon.

ture Jovan Babovic.

IN THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT

Enough Food Supplies

Belgrade, - We havc succceded to provide enough food in even morc difTicult conditions than these, both for market and export, said Serbian Vice Prime Minister Dragan Tomic, at a regular press conference yesterday, at which discussed were the issues of implementation of economic policy in this year and supply with basic foodstuffs, According to Tomic, the government made additional efTorts in order to secure all conditions for a successful spring sowing. As for the supply of food oil and sugar, Tomic stressed that the market was supplied with quantities which were doubled compared to regular, so the lasting stabilization with supply of these foodstffs was expected

*The fortthcoming sowing will cost 4.200 million dinars and the government will do all to secure eno-

ught seeds, protection goods, dieselfuel, as well as spare parts for mechanization, in order for the successful spring sowing to be carried out, and to have production next yearinot:only for domestic market but also for.expotrt”, said Serbian Minister for agricul-

Crontin |Doeg Me DOD (CD DrPate

for imprisoned and missing persons of the government of the Republic of Croatia said that the Yugoslav side was ready to release immediately and without conditions all captives whose names are included on exchanged lists. The Croatian side had its objections, so therc was no agreement, and work of these commissions will be continued. {

FRENCH WEEKLY MARIANNE

Western Policy of double Standards

Paris, - The French weekly Marianne published a commentary on Kurds and Kosovo Albanians, showing that thc west had a policy of double standards regarding Yugoslavia, which Is not a NATO member, and NATO's Turkey, which is the main thrust for breaking thro-

ugh to Islamic republics of

the former Soviet Union.

The main issue are the U.S. geostrategic intcrcsts which ignore, Justice, morals, or honour, the Frcnch weekly said.

There are Kosovo Albanians who are from Scrbia. In Turkey, there arc the Kurs. The OVK is behind the Kosovo Albanians from Serbia, and the PKK behind the Kurds.

Mc O LION

Fxhibitionof Archeological Treasure 0f Kosovo and Metofija

Exliibits from the Vinca period

Behind both organizations stands separatism as an idcology and terrorism as a method.

'The internattonal community (which we all know is the name for U.S. hegemonistic actions) has decidcd to help Turks destroy Kurds, and, in parallel, to help Kosovo Albanians bring down Serbia. In order to achieve this, Washington directly takes part in stifling: a Kurd uprising in Turkey and organizes the kidnapping of PKK leader Abdulah Ocalan in cooperation with Ankara, while on the other hand, talks on Kosovo and Metohija are under way in Ramboulllet”, said the author. BORBA - TANJUG - RADIO YUGOSLAVIA