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Yugoslavia invites Security Council delegation to visit Kosovo
September 24, 1999

Allegedly disarmed terrorists laugh at the so-called demilitariz
Allegedly disarmed terrorists laugh at the so-called demilitariz
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Tanjug) - Ambassador Vladislav Jovanovic, head of the permanent Yugoslav mission to the United Nations sent a letter to the Security Council president on behalf of the Yugoslav government, underscoring that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija does not reflect the actual situation in Serbian province.

The report of Kofi Annan, which doesn't show real situation in Kosovo, makes difficult for the Security Council to get the right picture on real situation and get proper stands, says the letter.

Yugoslavia therefore proposed that the council send a delegation to Kosovo and Metohija to determine the actual situation.

The letter indicated the biggest problems in the province, not listed in Annan's report, which were caused by inadequate action by members of the UN mission and their tolerant stand toward the ethnic Albanian terrorist organization that calls itself the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

Among other things, the letter pointed out the fact that the disarming of the KLA was not carried out as envisaged under Security Council Resolution 1244, and concluded that the international force KFOR was not resolved to implement this resolution.

Terrorists were given a period of three months to continue the persecution of Serbs, to carry out ethnic cleansing and to hide weapons in bunker specially made for these purposes in Kosovo and Metohia (Drenica, Gnjilane, Prizren, Malesevo, Podujevo), or to transport it to Macedonia where, according to some estimates more than 30.000 rifles are already hidden.

That is possible because the border is not secured, since the Yugoslav Army is not disposed, says the letter.

The reaction of federal government turns the attention to concrete measures that are undertaken by Bernard Kouchner, Special envoy of UN General Secretary. These measures are not only disabling implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, but also are helping realization of secession of Kosovo.

Certain articles listed in the annex of the report present a flagrant violation of Resolution 1244 and ignore or ever directly undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia, said the letter. This primarily pertains to the articles on setting up a customs and other services in Kosovo and Metohija and on currencies permitted in the province.

Annan's report does not mention the responsibility of the KLA for the acts of terrorism committed against Serbs and other non-Albanians since the arrival of the UN civilian mission UNMIK, which could imply that those responsible for these crimes are amnestied, the Yugoslav government said. It is especially disturbing that the report openly supports the idea on the creation of an alleged Kosovo corps, which is also contrary to the Resolution which demands the full demilitarization of the KLA and presents one of the most serious forms of violations of UN documents and endangering of Yugoslavia's sovereignty.
 


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