Brussels

The statement does not show what "Rambouillet agreement" NATO means, if it is the 10 basic principles of the Contact Group, already supported by the Serbian state delegation, or the "document" signed by U.S. officials and terrorists of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army in Paris, and whose contents remain unknown to this very day.

Ensuing statements by foreign ministers were not any more precise about what documents were in question, although they all agreed that the Rambouillet agreement was outdated and needed corrections.

The statement repeated the five demands presented recently by NATO leaders, which are a condition for an end to the brutal military operation against Yugoslavia.

Belgrade is asked to stop all alleged military operations in Kosmet and withdraw all military and police forces. It is also asked unconditionally to guarantee the return of all refugees from Kosmet, and the unhindered work of humanitarian organizations. Finally, Yugoslavia is asked to agree to the deployment of an international military force in Kosmet.

There seem to be only two major differences in this statement in comparison to previous NATO statements. The first is that NATO mentions the possibility that the alleged Rambouillet agreement could be modified, and, the second, that the words international forces replaces insistence that troops be under NATO command, which is viewed in initial analyses as a concession to the "Serb side."

Everything else remains the same, NATO said, the aggression on Yugoslavia continues, and all responsibility for the situation is placed with Yugoslavia, although the wave of refugees from Kosmet is a direct result of the brutal NATO bombardments.

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said after the meeting that this week might be decisive for political initiatives which will determine if weapons will fall silent.