The Serbs: We want war
After the meeting with Yeltsin, Milošević declares: I am not withdrawing the army from Kosovo
The Serbs: We want war
Yugoslav aircraft fly 15 kilometers over Albania
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the end of diplomacy
BY BLENDI FEVZIU
The international community and once again the last hope for stopping the diplomatic bloodshed and that of Kosovo. Milošević came out yesterday to choose the region’s final political confrontation, having recently submitted to the new pressure of diplomacy. A few hours earlier he also rejected the German chancellor’s decision to send her negotiator, Viktor Chernomyrdin, to Belgrade; yesterday he completely ignored President Yeltsin’s effort. According to the document of the Yugoslav-Balkan rewarders, according to Milošević’s document from the meeting with the Russian president he was supposed to ask to reformulate Serbian sovereignty in order to resolve the Kosovo issue through dialogue. From the context and the drafting of this whole statement, it was set yesterday as the next provocation to show that Yeltsin is not capable of finding the answer. We can only solve the Kosovo issue through war, said President Milošević in a triumphant tone. Thus making the end of diplomatic efforts even clearer. In truth there is no reason to entertain any illusion that it would happen differently. Kosovo and Serbia in Kosovo could be saved from war only if NATO intervened. The vacuum created up to yesterday in the statements of the great powers has served as ground for the new Serbian maneuver. The issue escalated while Milošević threatened with weapons and with nationalization. He declared that the US could be the aggressive force over the south of Serbia. Part of Serbian politics interpreted this statement as a trap to divert attention from Belgrade’s provocative stance. Also to create the impression that the waters are muddying the war in Kosovo. Nevertheless, yesterday at 15:30 according to the Serbian press, 6 Yugoslav SU 24 aircraft entered 15 kilometers into Albanian airspace. Last night this news was also confirmed by the Ministry of Defense, which in its announcement said that two Yugoslav military aircraft had violated Albanian airspace. Both aircraft entered the northern area at first, and then crossed over the entire northern plain. Another episode later appeared in the evening hours. The first news and the photograph of the officer in front of a morning meal, as two others had entered in the early hours of the morning. The customs police force blocked yesterday in the early morning hours, as two young men had entered the border with Montenegro. They were stopped 150 meters from the cordon and were carrying 2 automatic weapons and 5 million US lire [?].
Prizren, a Serbian soldier demonstrates the UÇK uniform before journalists