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September
30, 2003
ERP KIM Newsletter
30-09-03b
COVIC: VIENNA TALKS
BETWEEN "STATE AND ITS PROVINCE"
CONTENTS:
 BELGRADE
LOOKING TO DISCUSS KOSOVO RETURNS
"We are ready to make our contribution to
this, but also important is the readiness of Kosovo Albanian leaders to do
their part, most of all to guarantee the safety of Serbs and other
non-Albanians currently living in the province," Zoran Zivkovic told B92
following talks yesterday evening with the head of the UN mission in
Kosovo, Harri Holkeri. "There is no problem with the desire of Serbs to
return to Kosovo - they want this. The only question is where they return
to, in what numbers and when. This depends on the international community
and the Albanian side."
  PRISTINA
DIALOGUE TO BEGIN ON OCTOBER 14 - VIENNA TALKS BETWEEN STATE AND ITS
PROVINCE
The Vienna dialogue between
Belgrade and Pristina scheduled to begin on October 14 will be a
discussion between a state and its province, not between two states, the
head of Belgrade’s Kosovo Coordination Centre said after meeting EU
official Stefan Lehne in Belgrade today.
BELGRADE
WARNS OF "DRAMATIC"SITUATION IN KOSOVO
In a speech to the
Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Dragoljub Micunovic, a senior
member of Serbia's governing coalition, warned that Kosovo's future could
not be built on the results of ethnic cleansing and the criminalisation of
society.
COUNCIL
OF EUROPE RULES OUT STANCE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
Schwimmer called for the Human Rights
Convention, the Convention on the Protection of National Minorities and
the Convention on the Prevention of Torture to be applied and honoured in
Kosovo. He said he expected the technical negotiations between Belgrade
and Pristina "to help this process."
LABUS
ADVOCATES SERB ENTITY IN KOSOVO
G17 Plus leader Miroljub Labus has called for
the creation of separate entities within Kosovo as the only way to protect
the Serb minority.
NOVOSTI:
KFOR ALSO A TARGET
New terrorist activities against Serbs, KFOR
and UNMIK, Serbian police and the Serbia and Montenegro Army as well as
other armed provocations in the Ground Safety Zone and even attacks on the
Albanian national community in the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and
in Montenegro are being planned by Albanian terrorists on the eve of the
announced beginning of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on technical
issues. According to the prepared scenario, Albanian terrorists will
attempt to blame the victims on alleged Serb terrorism and the Serbia and
Montenegro Army with the intent of once again mobilizing public opinion on
their side.
KOSOVO
AND METOHIJA FLASH NEWS, 27-30 SEPTEMBER
PERPETRATORS OF GORAZDEVAC MASSACRE STILL NOT ARRESTED - DAY 48...
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BELGRADE LOOKING TO DISCUSS KOSOVO RETURNS
"We are ready to make
our contribution to this, but also important is the readiness of Kosovo
Albanian leaders to do their part, most of all to guarantee the safety of
Serbs and other non-Albanians currently living in the province," Zoran
Zivkovic told B92 following talks yesterday evening with the head of the
UN mission in Kosovo, Harri Holkeri. "There is no problem with the desire
of Serbs to return to Kosovo - they want this. The only question is where
they return to, in what numbers and when. This depends on the
international community and the Albanian side."
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B92,
Beta News Agency, Belgrade
September 30, 2003
BELGRADE -- Tuesday - Serbia's prime minister has insisted it is essential
the upcoming dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade adequately address the
issue of repatriation.
"We are ready to make our contribution to this, but also important is the
readiness of Kosovo Albanian leaders to do their part, most of all to
guarantee the safety of Serbs and other non-Albanians currently living in
the province," Zoran Zivkovic told B92 following talks yesterday evening
with the head of the UN mission in Kosovo, Harri Holkeri. "There is no
problem with the desire of Serbs to return to Kosovo - they want this. The
only question is where they return to, in what numbers and when. This
depends on the international community and the Albanian side."
The prime minister said that Holkeri would continue talks with Kosovo
Albanian leaders over the next few days, and then inform the Serbian
Government on their outcome. Belgrade will then present its final stance
on dialogue with Pristina.
Talks are expected to begin in Vienna in mid-October. Holkeri explained
yesterday that the first meeting would be brief, and provide both sides
the opportunity to present their stands. He reiterated that talks would
cover only practical issues - energy, security, traffic,
telecommunications and missing persons.
Zivkovic confirmed for B92 that Serbs in Kosovo would be represented in
the Pristina delegation, but that their interests would be represented by
the Belgrade side.
Holkeri received the backing of the European Union yesterday, which issued
a statement emphasizing the importance of starting talks as soon as
possible.
The fifteen foreign ministers backed the proposal to discuss practical
issues before any mention of the province's final status.
Nebojsa Covic, the head of Belgrade's Coordination Centre for Kosovo,
played down expectation ahead of talks. "We'll get together, the dialogue
will begin according to procedure, and then a process will begin that
won't finish quickly," he told Serbian state television.
"It is very important that technical issues are not politicised and that
they are not linked to the resolving of Kosovo's final status. There are
no negotiations because we have nothing to negotiate about," he said,
adding that the talks were an opportunity for both sides to show they are
capable of resolving problems through dialogue.
Prime Minister Zivkovic told reporters last night that he inquired about
the investigation into the killing of two Serb youths in the Kosovo town
of Gorazdevac in August, as well as the murder of a teacher in Gnjilane.
The UN governor, he said, said only that the investigations were underway
but had failed to produce any concrete results as yet.
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PRISTINA DIALOGUE TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER 14 - VIENNA TALKS "BETWEEN A STATE
AND ITS PROVINCE"
Kosovo governor Harri Holkeri said today that the first meeting between
Belgrade and Pristina officials will begin on October 14 in Vienna.
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B92,
Belgrade
September 30, 2003
PRISTINA -- Tuesday – Kosovo governor Harri Holkeri said today that the
first meeting between Belgrade and Pristina officials will begin on
October 14 in Vienna.
Holkeri made the announcement before meeting the speaker of the European
Parliament, Pat Cox, in Pristina today.
B92’s correspondent in Pristina reports that Cox again said that the
European Union and the Council of Europe were strongly supportive of the
dialogue.
He insisted that it was important for the dialogue to begin as soon as
possible.
"It is an important step for Kosovo and its political leaders who will
show by their readiness for dialogue that they are prepared to talk with
those with whom they had difficulties in the past,"” said Cox, adding that
this would show their political maturity.
Vienna talks
"between a state and its province"
The Vienna
dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina scheduled to begin on October 14
will be a discussion between a state and its province, not between two
states, the head of Belgrade’s Kosovo Coordination Centre said today.
Beta News
Agency, Belgrade
September 30, 2003
BELGRADE -- Tuesday – The Vienna dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina
scheduled to begin on October 14 will be a discussion between a state and
its province, not between two states, the head of Belgrade’s Kosovo
Coordination Centre said today.
"That’s how it’s defined in UN Resolution 1244," said Nebojsa Covic,
adding that he was not attempting to be provocative but simply to define
the reality of the situation.
Covic was speaking after meeting EU official Stefan Lehne in Belgrade
today.
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BELGRADE WARNS OF "DRAMATIC" SITUATION IN KOSOVO
In a
speech to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Dragoljub
Micunovic, a senior member of Serbia's governing coalition, warned that
Kosovo's future could not be built on the results of ethnic cleansing and
the criminalisation of society.
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FoNet News Agency, Belgrade
September 30, 2003
STRASBOURG -- Tuesday - Belgrade today called on the international
community to recognise the "dramatic" human rights situation in Kosovo.
In a speech to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Dragoljub
Micunovic, a senior member of Serbia's governing coalition, warned that
Kosovo's future could not be built on the results of ethnic cleansing and
the criminalisation of society.
The speech opened a debate on the human rights situation in the United
Nations-governed province.
Micunovic said that Serbia had been forced to call the debate after the
killing of two Serb youths in the Kosovo village of Gorazdevac. The
victims were shot as they bathed in a nearby river. Seven Serbs have been
killed in the province since June.
"These children were killed only because they were Serbs," he told the
Assembly. This sent a message "to all Serbs currently living in Kosovo
that they must leave, that reconciliation and the multi-ethnic society
that UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and all of us strive for are not
possible."
"The killing of children in the 21st century in any of Europe simply
because they are of a different nationality must alert not only the
democratic public, but also the international institutions concerned with
the protection of human rights and safety," Micunovic added, before
calling for "large-scale measures against criminals and terrorists".
Micunovic, the speaker of the Serbia-Montenegro parliament, warned that
the Gorazdevac killings were not an isolated act but the culmination of a
series of terrorist operations. He claimed there had been over 6,000
attacks on Serbs and their property or cultural monuments since the
arrival of peacekeepers after the end of the war in July 1999, over 1,000
Serbs had been killed and 10 monasteries and churches destroyed. The fate
of 1,300 Serbs remains unknown, he added.
Micunovic, a candidate in November's elections for Serbian president,
called on the international community to take "energetic and decisive
steps toward the full and consistent implementation of Resolution 1244,
the speedier return of the displaced, the creation of better security
conditions and freedom of movement for all ethnic communities". Resolution
1244 is the document adopted by the UN Security Council by which the
province is governed.
In his speech, Micunovic made reference to the Albanian National Army, an
extremist ethnic Albanian group that was branded a terrorist organisation
earlier this year by the UN's former Kosovo governor Michael Steiner. It
must be recognised, said Micunovic, that the ANA operates not only in
Kosovo, but also in western Macedonia and southern Serbia. The group has
claimed responsibility for an attack on a Serbia-Montenegro military
vehicle last week, in which an officer was seriously wounded.
Talks between Belgrade and Pristina are due to begin in mid-October, and
will cover practical matters, but not the province's final status.
Micunovic said that Belgrade was approaching the dialogue "with a basic
wish for us all to stand up to hatred, terrorism and any form of
violence." In order to do this, he added, "everyone must understand that
there are no good and bad enemies, but that they are enemies of us all -
enemies of the human race."
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COUNCIL OF
EUROPE RULES OUT STANCE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
Schwimmer called
for the Human Rights Convention, the Convention on the Protection of
National Minorities and the Convention on the Prevention of Torture to be
applied and honoured in Kosovo. He said he expected the technical
negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina "to help this process."
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Beta News Agency
September 30, 2003
STRASBOURG -- Tuesday - The Council of Europe this morning ruled out
taking a stance on Kosovo's final status, ahead of a debate on the
situation in the province.
Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer told a press conference in Strasbourg
that the CoE's stance is in line with United Nations Security Council
resolution 1244 under which the province is governed.
Schwimmer called for the Human Rights Convention, the Convention on the
Protection of National Minorities and the Convention on the Prevention of
Torture to be applied and honoured in Kosovo. He said he expected the
technical negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina "to help this
process."
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LABUS ADVOCATES SERB ENTITY IN KOSOVO
G17 Plus leader
Miroljub Labus has called for the creation of separate entities within
Kosovo as the only way to protect the Serb minority.
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Beta
News Agency, Belgrade
September 30, 2003
BELGRADE -- Tuesday - G17 Plus leader Miroljub Labus has called for the
creation of separate entities within Kosovo as the only way to protect the
Serb minority.
In an interview published in today's edition of the Vienna Standard,
Labus, a former Yugoslav deputy prime minister, said that the United
Nations mission had failed to provide "a satisfactory level of security" ,
and that decentralisation was the only answer.
At least seven Serbs have been killed in the UN-governed province since
June, including two Serb youths shot dead whilst bathing in the village of
Gorazdevac in August.
Around 180,000 Serbs fled Kosovo fearing reprisals after the end of the
war in July 1999. So far this year just over 1,000 have returned.
Labus, whose G17 Plus has become a major rival to the Democratic Party,
accused other politicians in Belgrade of toughening their rhetoric on
Kosovo in order to win the nationalist vote in November's election for
Serbian president.
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KFOR
ALSO A TARGET
New terrorist
activities against Serbs, KFOR and UNMIK, Serbian police and the Serbia
and Montenegro Army as well as other armed provocations in the Ground
Safety Zone and even attacks on the Albanian national community in the
southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and in Montenegro are being planned by
Albanian terrorists on the eve of the announced beginning of dialogue
between Belgrade and Pristina on technical issues. According to the
prepared scenario, Albanian terrorists will attempt to blame the victims
on alleged Serb terrorism and the Serbia and Montenegro Army with the
intent of once again mobilizing public opinion on their side.
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Vecernje Novosti daily, Belgrade
September 18, 2003
BELGRADE - Albanian extremists are preparing new terrorist activities in
Kosovo and in southern Serbia. According to operative information of
military and civil security agencies of Serbia and Montenegro, which
correspond with UNMIK and KFOR assessments, in the second half of
September and in October - "Novosti" has learned new terrorist attacks and
incidents can be expected. Murders, planted explosives, threats,
abductions...
New terrorist activities against Serbs, KFOR and UNMIK, Serbian police and
the Serbia and Montenegro Army as well as other armed provocations in the
Ground Safety Zone and even attacks on the Albanian national community in
the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and in Montenegro are being
planned by Albanian terrorists on the eve of the announced beginning of
dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on technical issues. According to
the prepared scenario, Albanian terrorists will attempt to blame the
victims on alleged Serb terrorism and the Serbia and Montenegro Army with
the intent of once again mobilizing public opinion on their side.
AFRAID OF SERBIA
Research shows that international condemnations of murders, pressure and
threats against remaining Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija and southern Serbia
are growing stronger and unified, and arriving from the UN, the EU and the
USA. At the same time, the fact that mutually well-connected Albanian
criminal gangs have become a serious threat to Europe - and that it is
aware of this - is also demonstrated in that even Switzerland,
traditionally hospitable toward Albanians, as well as Great Britain, have
taken comprehensive police measures against them. All this, as some in
Pristina are already fearing, is propelling Serbia into the first plan as
a European partner and future member of the European family and NATO.
In addition to their already damaged homogeneity and the conflicts among
leaders of feuding factions, Albanian extremists have been demonstrating
their "strength" in recent months through brutal murders, blackmail and
even terror over their compatriots.... Behind it all is their real
"business": trade in drugs, weapons, white slaves and children, sale of
goods stolen in the West... Therefore it is little wonder that such
"businessmen" are also rejected by many of their compatriots who are
themselves frequently targets of attack.
The traditional sponsor of both the KLA and the phantom ANA is still the
Albanian intelligence agency SHIK. Together with "trainers" from the West
and permanent advisors, it is helping them to keep the roles they have
grabbed. Especially now, on the eve of announced dialogue between Belgrade
and Pristina on technical issues (which, truth to tell, Albanian
politicians in Kosovo have been avoiding for months).
ANA CHANGES ITS NAME
The beginning of dialogue is not something to their advantage and
therefore they will seek to prevent it using all means and through new
terrorist actions. That is why Serbian state security agencies expect that
the new terrorist attacks by Albanian terrorists will be carried out in
groups from five to 20 criminal fanatics will be extremely brutal. They
already have reliable information that the Albanian extremists have
received signals from abroad to take advantage of "the upcoming
preelection fever" in Serbia as a favorable time to provoke a
disproportionate reaction by our army and police, all with the goal of
goading the international community into once again condemning and
isolating Belgrade.
The situation is becoming increasingly serious and it comes as no surprise
that "conditions in the south" have recently been the subject of
discussion by appropriate organs of Serbia-Montenegro and Serbia.
According to reliable forces, military and police activities in the
southern border regions of Serbia have been reinforced; new logistical
forces have been deployed; and there is an ongoing and very intensive
exchange with UNMIK and KFOR with the goal of preventing new terrorist
activities, which are entirely possible. This is why Belgrade officials
persist in their warnings to KFOR and UNMIK that senior officers of the
Kosovo Protection Corps, despite recent investigations and suspensions,
are still coordinating not only the training of terrorists and Albania and
to some extent in Kosovo and Metohija, but also with part of the ANA
staff. It is known that at present there is a discussion in progress to
change the name of the phantom ANA to emphasize its supposed "Greater
Albanian" character.
PLANS FROM TIRANA
The Tirana government is supposedly not getting involved in developments
in Kosovo and Metohija. However, there is information that at the
beginning of September a meeting was held in Albania that represented an
attempt to overcome the internal schism between the leaders of the
Albanian National Unification Front and the ANA. On that occasion plans
for new terrorist activities were also forged.
"NARCIS" JAKUPI
International forces in Kosovo and Metohija are constantly being advised
to arrest the organizers of the murder of BIA officer Selver Fazliu as
soon as possible. His murderer, Lirim Jakupi, who hides behind the
nickname of "Narcis" (Narcissus), together with a small group of criminals
including members of the multiethnic police is terrorizing residents of
the municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo from the territory of Kosovo,
planting landmines and thus attempting to provide a disproportionate
reaction by the army and police.
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INET -
FLASH NEWS FROM KOSOVO-METOHIJA, SEP 27-29
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I*Net News, Belgrade
Monday 29 September 2003
21:20 UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri said today that first meeting between
representatives of the Serbian government and Kosovo institutions will be
short and will only represent an opportunity for both sides to present
their positions.
21:00 Speaking at a press conference, Kosovo parliament speaker Nexhat
Daci said at he will not accept any sort of talks with Serbia on the
status of Kosovo and announced that by the end of his mandate, Kosovo
institutions will proclaim the independence of Kosovo.
20:40 Serbian premier Zoran Zivkovic reiterated today that the head of the
Serbian team in talks between Belgrade and Pristina will be Serbian deputy
premier and Coordinating Center of Kosovo and Metohija head Nebojsa Covic.
20:20 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has added a
discussion on the situation in Kosovo to its agenda for the fall session
which began on Monday in Strasbourg. The first speaker before the Assembly
on Tuesday morning will be Serbia and Montenegro parliament speaker
Dragoljub Micunovic.
20:00 The Council of Ministers of the European Union expressed support
today for the efforts of UN special representative Harri Holkeri to
implement the policy of "standards before status" in accordance with UN
Security Council Resolution 1244.
19:40 UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri arrived in Belgrade this afternoon for
another round of talks with Serbian officials in preparation for the
beginning of dialogue on Kosovo [sic] to be held on October 14 in Vienna.
Immediately upon his arrival Holkeri met with the ambassadors of the
member countries of the Contact Group - the USA, Russia, Great Britain,
France, Germany and Italy, advised the UNMIK office in Belgrade.
15:40 The chairman of the Serbian parliament's Committee for Kosovo and
Metohija Momcilo Trajkovic said that Kosovo Serbs should be represented in
the dialogue between Serbia and the ethnic Albanians in both the Pristina
and Belgrade delegations, and that it is critical for both groups to find
a common platform. "We have to be there with our own platform, not the
Albanian one. The Belgrade delegation should be headed by the state
leadership but it is important that it also include the Kosovo Serbs and
Bishop Artemije as a representative of the church," assessed Trajkovic.
15:20 Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova warned that "unless an independent
Kosovo is recognized soon, extremist forces will appear on the scene with
the demand that all Albanians in the Balkans be united in a single state."
He added that "perhaps now there are different people in power in Belgrade
but their policy of claiming a right to Kosovo remains unchanged."
15:00 "It would be better if the independence of Kosovo were to be
recognized prior to talks between Belgrade and Pristina. For us it would
be much easier to begin talks after that," Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova
said in an interview for the German daily "Sueddeutsche Zeitung". Rugova
estimated that "in the European Union as well as in the USA, there is
understanding for the desire for independence." "We practically have
independence and all that we still need is formal recognition," said
Rugova.
13:40 Serbian deputy prime minister Nebojsa Covic denied that
representatives of the ethnic Albanians in southern Serbia will take part
in the delegation of Serbs to negotiate with the Kosovo Albanians on
October 14. "They will not be a part of the delegation at this time but we
will see. We are discussing problems in Kosovo and Metohija," Covic told
reporters during a visit to Bujanovac.
11:20 Ethnic Albanian extremists in southern Serbia attempted to
assassinate Serbian prime minister Nebojsa Covic on Friday, writes the
Belgrade daily "Vecernje Novosti." Aware of the fact that Covic would
travel to Presevo on Friday for talks with representatives of the local
government, the extremists attempted to ambush him on the road from
Bujanovac to Presevo.
09:20 The UN office in Belgrade has confirmed that UNMIK chief Harri
Holkeri is arriving in Belgrade today. Return Coalition (Povratak) whip in
the Kosovo parliament Dragisa Krstovic stated that Holkeri is going to
Belgrade today to convince Serbia and Montenegro president Svetozar
Marovic and Serbian premier Zoran Zivkovic to head the delegation of
Serbia and Montenegro at upcoming talks with Pristina to be held on
October 14 in Vienna.
Sunday 28 September 2003
23:40 Representatives of the Serb National Council of Northern Kosovo and
regional UNMIK commander Barry Penlin (sp?) reached an agreement in
Kosovska Mitrovica that police will not confiscate unregistered vehicles
from citizens in the northern part of the city for the next week.
President of the SNC of Northern Kosovo Milan Ivanovic said that
representatives of the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo will
discuss the problem of legalizing unregistered vehicles with government
officials in Belgrade. It is estimated that there are currently some
10,000 unregistered vehicles in the north of Kosovo, the majority of them
automobiles with foreign license plates.
18:40 The Kosovo government has denied allegations of some media in
Belgrade that ethnic Albanian officials are insisting that Serbian deputy
prime minister Nebojsa Covic not be a part of the Belgrade delegation.
Government spokesman Ramadan Adviu, an advisor to prime minister Bajram
Rexhepi, said that the ministers are waiting for a green light from the
parliament. Rexhepi had stated earlier that if the parliament passes a
platform, he and his team of ministers will put together a team of
experts.
17:20 The Kosovo government has concluded that their conditions for
upcoming dialogue with Belgrade should be to demand full equality in
negotiations, more powers for provisional institutions and the dismantling
of parallel Serbian institutions in the north of Kosovo. After its
extraordinary session today on the upcoming dialogue between Belgrade and
Pristina, the Kosovo government sent an official request that
parliamentary MPs take a position on dialogue and define a platform for
negotiations.
14:14 BK TV reports that on Saturday members of the security team of
Nebojsa Covic found abandoned weapons - a rocket launcher, a bazooka, a
Kalashnikov and ammunition - on the road between Bujanovac and Presevo. It
is assumed that the weapons were intended for the assassination of Nebojsa
Covic.
Saturday 27 September 2003
21:40 The so-called Albanian National Army assumed responsibility today
for the recent clash with a Serbia and Montenegro Army patrol in the south
of Serbia during which major Rahman Bandic was wounded, reports AFP.
21:20 Two ethnic Albanian young men beat up a 71 year-old Serb man, Janko
Jankovic of Prizren, the Serbian Orthodox Church's Raska and Prizren
Diocese reported.
21:00 Autonomy is the most realistic solution for the crisis in Kosovo and
Metohija, said Norwegian diplomat Thorvald Stoltenberg after a meeting
with Serbia and Montenegro parliament speaker Dragoljub Micunovic.
20:40 Serbia and Montenegro Army chief of staff general-colonel Branko
Krga assessed in Nis today that preparations for the beginning of dialogue
between Belgrade and Pristina are a critical period for regional security.
20:20 The Kosovo provisional government decided today, without a vote,
that the political decision on Pristina's participation in dialogue with
Belgrade should be made by the Kosovo parliament, stated repatriation
co-minister MIlorad Todorovic.
20:00 There is no alternative to dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina
and the Serb side is interested, first and foremost, in speeding up the
process of returns of displaced persons and resolving the fate of the
missing, stated Kosovo parliament presidency member Oliver Ivanovic after
a meeting with UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri.
19:40 UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri said today that the future of Kosovo lies
in a modern, multiethnic Europe and that Kosovo must be an equal member of
European society but only after established standards are met.
17:20 The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
decided today in Strasbourg to recommend that the Assembly include a
discussion of the current situation in Kosovo and Metohija on the agenda
for its autumn session, to be held on Tuesday, September 30, CoE sources
advised
17:00 Talks between Belgrade and Pristina will begin in Vienna on October
14, UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri told representatives of the Return Coalition
(Povratak) at a meeting today in Pristina.
09:28 Serbia and Montenegro major Rahman Bandic, who was seriously wounded
in a terrorist attack on members of the Army in the Ground Safety Zone, is
not in life-threatening danger and is successfully in the Nis Military
Hospital, hospital director colonel Dr. Sreten Milenkovic stated for
Tanjug. Dr. Milenkovic said that three fingers on Bandic's left hand were
amputated and that he suffered from serious flesh wounds but no internal
injuries. Major Bandic is presently located in the intensive care unit and
his continued medical treatment and therapy will continue at the Nis
Military Hospital. Major Bandic's patrol was ambushed and came under fire
form Albanian terrorists on Wednesday on the local road between the
villages of Lucane and Dobrosin near a military base.
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