SERBIAN-APPROVED PEACE DEAL

June 3, 1999
		After 2 1/2 months of NATO air strikes, the war in Kosovo may be coming to an end. --Posted 3:20 pm EDT

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Yugoslavia's state-run news service is reporting the Serb parliament has accepted the international peace plan proposed by the G-7 nations and Russia last month. The vote came after a meeting between President Slobodan Milosevic, Russian special envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and the European Union lead negotiator, Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. According to the plan, an international peacekeeping force with "essential" NATO participation would be deployed in Kosovo to guarantee the safe return of all refugees and displaced persons. The proposal would also grant the province substantial autonomy, but with respect to the territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. "Movement by the Serbian leadership to accept these conditions established by NATO and the international community is of course welcome," President Clinton told reporters. "But based on our past experience, we must also be cautious." Mr. Clinton also said the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia would continue until there was a verifiable evidence of a Serb withdrawal from Kosovo. Earlier today, NATO planes struck communication facilities and fuel depots throughout Yugoslavia. Tonight on the NewsHour, Jim Lehrer talks with Defense Secretary William Cohen about today's developments. Read the full text of the peace plan -- Compiled from wire sources

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