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Monday May 31 10:09 AM ET
Yugoslavia Confirms Acceptance Of G8 Principles
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Yugoslavia Monday confirmed its acceptance of the principles laid down by the big power Group of Eight countries, the state news agency Tanjug said.
''In accordance with our consistent policy of peace and defense of
freedoms, Yugoslavia has accepted the G8 principles and thinks a U.N. Security Council resolution, in accordance with the U.N. charter, should enable the transfer of the resolution of the crisis from the military to the political sphere,'' it said.
Tanjug's statement was issued after what it said was a meeting between Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and his top officials at which they discussed Milosevic's talks Friday with Russian Kosovo envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin.
Following last Friday's meeting, state media said that Milosevic had accepted the ''general principles'' of the G8 -- seven leading industrial powers plus Russia.
They include an immediate end to violence and repression in Kosovo, the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from the province, the deployment of an international security presence, establishment of an interim administration and safe return of refugees.
NATO responded cautiously to that earlier report, saying it appeared to indicate progress toward a solution but that it wanted Milosevic to make a clear statement himself that he accepted the five conditions unreservedly and was prepared to implement them immediately. |
