To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (13229 ) 7/2/1999 1:58:00 AM From: hui zhou Respond to of 17770
PRISTINA, Jun 30 (Tanjug). - President of the Yugoslav Committee for cooperation with the UN Mission and Deputy Foreign Minister Nebojsa Vujovic told Tanjug Wednesday evening that Yugoslav customs officers and sanitation inspectors would return immediately to the border crossings with Albania and Macedonia. An agreement to this effect was reached in talks with the top officials of the UN international security force, which confirms the principle of respect of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia and Serbia, of which Kosovo-Metohija is an integral part, Vujovic said. "Yugoslav customs officers and sanitary inspectors will assume their duties promptly, as they are part of protecting state sovereignty and integrity", Vujovic said. Vujovic described the cooperation with the UN Mission in Kosovo-Metohija as successful. A series of important issues have been resolved, including payments operations throughout Yugoslavia's territory and ensuring the necessary conditions for the activities of the National Bank and commercial banks' offices in the province, he said. Top international community representatives, including General Mike Jackson, have promised all the necessary safety conditions would be ensured too for the Pristina hospital and medical centers in Kosovo Polje, Bresje and other places in Kosovo-Metohija where Serbs are in need of medical care, Vujovic said. The state of Serbia is doing everything to ensure normal functioning of all vital services in the province, Vujovic said. Additional measures have been taken already in Kosovo-Metohija to ensure full safety of its Serb inhabitants, and the Pristina contingent commander has given special assurances to that effect, Vujovic said. "The parts of Pristina with a large Serb concentration are under special protection and KFOR has already arrested hundreds of criminals and looters who have been endangering stability in the city", Vujovic said. Courts having Serb judges are working today according to Yugoslav laws, Vujovic said.