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Strikes
in Yugoslavia Coverage
April 2, 1999:
Kissinger,
Brzezinski and Scowcroft
April 1, 1999:
Defense
Secretary Cohen and General Shelton
April 1, 1999:
Yugoslavia's
UN Ambassador
March 31, 1999:
Should NATO send in ground
troops?
March 30, 1999:
Could diplomacy
end the conflict in Yugoslavia?
March 29, 1999:
NATO's top commander, General
Wesley Clark
March 28, 1999:
U.S.
F-117 Stealth fighter downed in Yugoslavia
March
26, 1999:
National
Security Adviser Samuel Berger
March
25, 1999:
Defense
Secretary Cohen
March 24, 1999:
Secretary
Albright discusses the air strikes.
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The ceasefire proposal as read on Serbian Television:
Starting from the agreement between FRY President Slobodan Milosevic
and Dr Ibrahim Rugova [leader of Democratic League of Kosovo] in the
joint statement signed by them on 1st April 1999, that the problems
in Kosmet [Kosovo-Metohija] should be resolved exclusively through peaceful
means, and keeping in mind that the further details were worked out
of this joint commitment in the meeting between Dr Ibrahim Rugova and
FRY Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Sainovic on 5th April 1999, when agreement
was reached on the following: to work jointly on reaching a political
agreement; to work jointly on the return of the refugees; The FRY government
and the government of the Republic of Serbia, assessing that there is
a need to approach the realization without delay of these commitments,
and resolve the most serious problem first, have come to the following
joint conclusion:
1. That, in honour of the greatest Christian holiday - Easter - all
military and police actions in Kosovo-Metohija against the terrorist
organization OVK [Kosovo Liberation Army - UCK] are to cease unilaterally
as of 2000 [1800 gmt] on 6th April 1999, in anticipation that such a
decision will be construed as a goodwill gesture and a contribution
to a peaceful resolution, which is the undisputed wish of the majority
of the population of Kosovo-Metohija, regardless of religious or national
affiliation.
Also expecting that the extreme elements, respecting the will of the
majority of the population, will also refrain from repeating terrorist
actions against civilians and the representatives of the authorities.
2. That the representatives of the government, together with the representatives
of the Albanians represented by Dr Ibrahim Rugova, prepare a political
agreement in the sense that joint work is done on reaching a political
agreement with the wish that, first, a simple, temporary agreement be
reached that would enable the work of joint bodies of self-government
in Kosovo-Metohija of the Albanian and Serbian ethnic communities, and
other ethnic communities. This agreement after a certain period would
be the basis for a lasting settlement for a broad autonomy of Kosovo-Metohija
within Serbia and Yugoslavia.
3. That, together with the representatives of the Albanians represented
by Dr Ibrahim Rugova, they prepare a programme for the return of the
refugees with an adequate participation and assistance by the UNHCR
and the ICRC. The FRY government and the government of the Republic
of Serbia believe that this way all the current issues in Kosovo-Metohija
will be resolved, peace will be stabilized, the refugees returned and
self-government established, the equality of the citizens and ethnic
communities affirmed and the basis for a lasting solution established.
From BBC Monitoring
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