[Prishtina-E] What is the solution? There is a solution.

[Imer Berisha]

Dear Mr./Miss Springhetti,
Please read this article (i.e. portin of the same published yesterday).

You will see where the solution lies, about the end of the article.

By the way the author is not an Albanian.

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>What is the solution?
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>Dear friend and compatriots,
>
>It is not as bad as it looks
>
>
>A part from an article in the Guardian that shows the changes as 
>anticipated
>towards undersending the reasions why the Albanians are fighting and, that 
>a
>solusion is for Macedonian Govrnment to accept negotioations and change its
>policy.
>
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>Nowhere near the brink (Guardian, March 19, 2001) Posted Monday, March 19,
>2001
>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,458971,00.html
>
>Nowhere near the brink
>
>Ignore the hysteria. Macedonia is not about to spark a Balkan
>conflagration
>
>Jonathan Steele
>Monday March 19, 2001
>The Guardian
>
>
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>If the gunmen are to remain isolated, a heavy responsibility now
>rests on the local politicians of both sides as well as, to a lesser
>extent, on western governments. The Albanian leaders in Macedonia and in
>Kosovo must go beyond their public condemnations of the gunmen and start
>serious discussions with them and their leaders for a ceasefire.
>
>The gunmen have made a point but they must now leave room for political
>talks by elected leaders to go forward.
>
>By the same token, the Macedonian military and police must avoid any
>escalation. It is clear that Nato is not going to get involved with
>troops, beyond a belated tightening up of security on the border between
>Kosovo and Macedonia. It is also apparent that the Macedonian security
>forces do not have the men, the equipment, or the sophisticated training
>to take the gunmen on by themselves. Blasting mortar rounds into
>forested hillsides serves little purpose other than as a temporary,
>though spurious, morale-booster for Macedonia's Slav majority. But it
>carries the risk of civilian casualties which would only serve to
>radicalise a wider segment of the Albanian population. The Macedonian
>military must avoid the use of excessive force which the Serbs wielded
>in Kosovo in 1998, turning the whole Albanian community against them.
>If a ceasefire can be achieved quickly, then all sides must be ready
>for wide-ranging talks and reasonable concessions.
>
>A decade after its hasty and unprepared independence, Macedonia needs to
>take a deep breath and work out a new dispensation. Albanian leaders must
>make anunequivocal declaration that they do not want to split the state.
>Theymust also renounce federalisation, at least for a 10-year period, in
>return for progress in opening public service jobs to Albanians.
>
>The constitution needs to enshrine multiracialism instead of its current
>assumption of Slav supremacy. Albanian must be recognised as an
>officiallanguage for parliament, the courts and public service. A minority
>as large as a third of the population, as the Albanians are thought to
>be,deserve no less. With common sense in Macedonia, and less hysteria
>outside it, solutions can be found.
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>
>
>Yes, more and more people do understand the reasons, and the way out from
>this crises, Macedonian Gov., will sooner or later change its mind too.
>
>It might only "need" more time, because for them it is difficult to talk
>with Albanians as equal negotiating party, but they will learn this, I'm
>sure.
>
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>From: "A. Springhetti" <avelinahr at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: prishtina-e at alb-net.com
>To: prishtina-e at alb-net.com
>Subject: Re: [Prishtina-E] Discrimination against Albanians in 
>Macedonia/Poloce/Army
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:37:13 -0800 (PST)
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>What is the solution?
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