TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION / Thursday, 10 June 1999
 

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TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION
Thursday, 10 June 1999

Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the U.S.-led NATO
aggression against Yugoslavia.
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YUGOSLAVIA:  THE PEACE OF THE CEMETERY

With a tentative peace in Yugoslavia, NATO and Washington seem
intent on preventing Russia's independent participation in a so-
called peace-keeping force.  U.S. Under Secretary of State Strobe
Talbott, who today travelled to Moscow to negotiate, stated that
the establishment of an independent sector for Russian troops in
the Yugoslav province will not be possible.

The Russian News Agency Interfax quoted officials from the
Russian Defense Ministry as saying that Moscow plans to propose
control of one of the four sectors in Kosovo.  This sector,
according to the same sources, will welcome the participation of
neutral troops and forces of the ex-Soviet republics, but not
military units from NATO.

At the same time, the return of Kosovo refugees and the
reconstruction of that province constitute, according to United
Nations sources, a major test for the world body's credibility
after having registered a number of failures, including Somalia
and Angola.

One of the UN's two emissaries for the Balkans -- former Swedish
Prime Minister Carl Bildt -- stated today that the reconstruction
of the region is a major challenge and the most complex operation
in modern history.

The European Union will have to provide the bulk of the funds
needed for the enterprise.  U.S. President Bill Clinton stated
that Europe should assume the responsibility since Washington
financed most of the war.

The President of the European Commission, Italian Roman Prodi,
estimated that reconstruction will cost between five and six
billion dollars a year for at least the next five years.  The
United Nations, meanwhile, will need nearly 500 million dollars
to provide aid to the one and a half million Kosovar refugees
until the end of the year.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 50 percent
of the homes in Kosovo have been destroyed.

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