The great powers are losing their appetite for using force against Belgrade. Has international diplomacy failed?
International diplomacy is showing signs of final despair over Kosovo.
The 12-point document from yesterday’s meeting of the Contact Group in Bonn confirmed once again that the great powers are unwilling to use force against Belgrade. Although Ms. Ollbrajt called for a tougher policy towards the Serbs, many Contact Group ministers demonstrated a desire not to use force. Overall, the Bonn meeting took a position in favor of a conformist policy towards Millosheviçi’s course, reiterating in bureaucratic language the need to end the violence and begin dialogue. The resolution on imposing sanctions and the appeal to neighboring states to stop the flow of arms destined for Serbia showed that the price of peace in Kosovo will demand many sublime sacrifices from the Albanians. It has already been shown that sanctions do not have a direct effect on the course pursued by Millosheviçi, by
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KOSOVO
Milosheviçi defies the Contact Group
Gillogjani is brutally destroyed
MILOSHEVIÇI
DEFIES
THE CONTACT
GROUP
Gillogjani
is brutally
destroyed
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Football: The ‘kolesët’ clash; the Germans are beaten
Football:
The ‘kolesët’ clash,
the Germans are beaten
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Osman Kazazi, honorary citizen of Tirana
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Inside:
Foreign Affairs Committee attacks the Government. Godo: We don’t know what Nano is seeking in Bonn
DBSH of Fier: The land must not be sold
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Mediu: Ngjela’s departure favors the arsonists
Parliament attacks Television
Preç Zogaj: We will not meet with the PS
Nano finds the coalition’s shock absorber
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Fest ’97 scandal, new people accused. After Ciko, Boshnjaku and Kaçinari
Prosecutor’s Office: We suspect Ngjela of a secret agreement
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700 invited, 700 sentenced. Greek media destroys Albanians’ image.
2,000 refugees are forcibly returned
Who cares about Otranto?
The street gang is released. Is the police confused, or bluffing?
Six Albanians frozen to death in Macedonia
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Police officer killed in Pukë
A piece of land is drenched in blood in Vlora
The latest from the “front” of smuggling
Triple-murder tragedy clarified: the 18-year-old killed only his uncle, who had killed his father and mother
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Bill Klinton meets his namesake in Uganda, born 4 days before his visit
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