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Republika

5 June 1999

After the Agreement, the challenge comes

Today, Rugova from Rinas, to Lezhë After many debates and despite mediation by the peace partners, representatives of the Albanian side and of the international forces stationed in Kosovo signed an agreement last night in Kumanovo under which Russian troops, ordered from Tirana, gave up taking a limited zone in northern Mitrovica. In their place NATO and KFOR troops will come. According to international observers, the agreement will help end another dangerous hostage crisis and is very important for the future of peace. Kosovars are reported to be in confrontation with foreign forces. In the end, NATO forces are taking part in multinational operations, so the Russian troops will withdraw. This happened in Kumanovo, in Macedonia. On Wednesday, NATO military forces sought to take the high ground. Collapse, failure, failure? Thus, it seems that an important stage has been reached that opens the way to ending the war in Kosovo. It is recalled that, according to NATO policy, at the beginning of June Kosovo took part in preparations for the plan to deploy peacekeeping troops in Kosovo. After many debates, and despite mediation by the peace partners, representatives of the Albanian side and of the international forces stationed in Kosovo signed an agreement last night in Kumanovo under which Russian troops, ordered from Tirana, gave up taking a limited zone in northern Mitrovica. In their place NATO and KFOR troops will come. According to international observers, the agreement will help end another dangerous hostage crisis and is very important for the future of peace. Kosovars are reported to be in confrontation with foreign forces. In the end, NATO forces are taking part in multinational operations, so the Russian troops will withdraw. This happened in Kumanovo, in Macedonia. On Wednesday, NATO military forces sought to take the high ground. Collapse, failure, failure? Thus, it seems that an important stage has been reached that opens the way to ending the war in Kosovo.

Inside:

• Anti-mafia blocks dirty money • Tirana is bloodied • Serbs are firing their last shells in Tropojë • The government moves on privatization • Local government forgets the owners • The search adventure of Kosovars of the wall? • Hasan Ahmetaj by the barricades from the police PRESS CONFERENCE Today, at 11:00, at the PR headquarters, the leaders hold a press conference

UÇK ruined Rugova

Kadare: The displacement of war today with Russians would be in the wrong place [?] Kadare: The displacement of the war today with Russians would be in the wrong place [?]

Sunday

Year IX No. 130 (184) REPUBLICA Daily newspaper of the Republican Party Editor-in-chief: Dalip GRECA. Distributed in Democratic Albania. Tel/Fax (+355 42) 259 88 Tel: (+355 42) 230 90 Account No. 9861/10. Commercial Bank No. 1 Tirana. e-mail: republica_al@hotmail.com Price 20 lek P. 1