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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (12650)	6/23/1999 4:21:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

Chernomyrdin Calls For Disarming Kosovo Liberation Army MOSCOW, Jun 23, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Russia's special Kosovo envoy Victor Chernomyrdin said Tuesday that the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) should be "entirely disarmed, then disbanded," the Itar-Tass news agency reported. Chernomyrdin made the comment before leaving for Strasbourg where he will participate in a meeting of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly. "The word games on 'disarmament' and 'demilitarization' are not very intelligent," the Interfax news agency quoted Chernomyrdin as saying. The UN resolution on the Kosovo peace settlement provides for the "demilitarization" of the KLA, not its complete disarmament. An accord signed by KLA leader Hashim Thaci and commander of the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) General Sir Michael Jackson says the KLA must hand over all but its smallest weapons to KFOR within three months. Chernomyrdin had been expected to meet both Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari and US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott in Strasbourg, but Russian diplomatic sources told Itar-Tass Tuesday that Talbott would not travel to France. Chernomyrdin and Ahtisaari, Europe's Kosovo envoy, will discuss the situation in Kosovo, Itar-Tass said. Chernomyrdin will also meet with Ibrahim Rugova, head of the moderate Albanians in Kosovo, during his visit. ((c) 1999 Agence France Presse)