[ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH «ALBEUROPA»} NEWS: BBC/AP: US condemns Albanian rebels in Serbia / Albright Condemns Kosovo Violence (22 November, 2000)

[Wolfgang Plarre]

http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1036000/1036327.stm

Wednesday, 22 November, 2000, 23:02 GMT 

US condemns Albanian rebels in Serbia

The United States has strongly condemned a series of border attacks by
ethnic Albanian rebels on police stations in southern Yugoslavia, in
which four officers were killed. 
     A communique from the State Department said the attacks -- and the
bombing of the Yugoslav government mission in the Kosovo capital,
Pristina -- were a threat to the stability of the southern Balkans. 
     The statement said that, if Kosovo's leaders did not repudiate the
militants, they would risk losing international moral sympathy. 
     Yugoslav officials say several hundred rebels have infiltrated
across the border from Kosovo and are besieging three police stations. 
     Belgrade has warned it might be forced to send in the army. 

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service 
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http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001122/wl/brf_us_kosovo_1.html

Wednesday November 22 4:18 PM ET

Albright Condemns Kosovo Violence 

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (news - web
sites) condemned the bombing of a building used by the Yugoslav
representative in Kosovo and attacks by Albanian insurgents against
Serbian police in southern Serbia.
     At a Wednesday news conference, Albright demanded an end to the
violence, which she said constitutes a threat to the stability of
Kosovo, a Serbian province, and the Balkan region.
     ``Continued violence erodes the moral support Kosovo has
traditionally held in the international community,'' Albright said.
     The bombing in Pristina rocked a building used by Stanimir
Vukicevic, the Yugoslav representative in Kosovo. A staff member was
killed and at least four other people were injured, Albright said.
     Vukicevic reportedly was uninjured, she said. 

Copyright © 2000 The Associated Press.


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