TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION / Tuesday, 8 June 1999
 

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TARGET YUGOSLAVIA:  NATO's WAR OF AGGRESSION
Tuesday, 8 June 1999

Radio Havana Cuba presents its coverage of the ongoing U.S.-led
NATO aggression against Yugoslavia.
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NEW PEACE ACCORD ON KOSOVO RIDDLED WITH IMPRECISIONS

The G-8 (Group of the Seven most-industrialized countries plus
Russia) today reached an agreement on the deployment of a peace
force in Kosovo, although major imprecisions and differences
remain.

Early Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright claimed
that the accord clearly stipulates that NATO will be in command
of the international peace-keeping force -- contradicting Russian
Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov's clear rejection of a deployment of
Russian troops under the orders of the military alliance.

Later in the day, President Bill Clinton contradicted Albright,
saying that Russian troops will not be under NATO's direct
command, but will rather establish a type of coordination as
occurred in Bosnia.  This position was also expressed by NATO
secretary general Javier Solana.

Nevertheless, special Russian envoy Victor Chernomirdin responded
by unequivocally stating that Russia rejects the Bosnia formula.

The UN Security Council gathered today during a brief session
that was suspended when China and Russia objected to the on-going
bombardment of Yugoslavia.  The western military alliance has
continued insisting on maintaining the airstrikes until there is
a verifiable withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from Kosovo, but it's
doubtful that the Serbs will begin withdrawing until there is a
clear Security Council resolution on the peace-keeping force and
other aspects of the accord.

China also questioned a clause in the accord that requests the
cooperation of a peace-keeping force in the apprehension of war
criminals.  Beijing argued that the decision to charge Yugoslav
President Slodoban Milosevic as a war criminal was based on
political considerations with which China is not in agreement.

Another point of contention is Yugoslavia's demands to control
its own borders in Kosovo, which NATO rejects.  According to one
observer, the accord is sufficiently imprecise so as to be able
to predict new disagreements between NATO and Russia -- not only
concerning who will be in command in Kosovo, but also to which
places which troops will be deployed.

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