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To: Ken Benes who wrote (30532)	3/23/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: Alex	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116788

Russia gives stern warning against NATO strikes (Recasts lead with Primakov warning, threat to world peace) By Elaine Monaghan SHANNON, Ireland, March 23 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday stepped up its opposition to NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia over the Kosovo crisis, saying using force could destabilise the world. ''It (air strike) defies common sense and could destabilise the situation in the world. We are categorically against this, categorically,'' Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov told reporters during a stopover in Ireland on his way to Washington. Primakov accused Western nations of double standards in considering air strikes against Moscow's traditional Serb allies. ''Maybe someone will feel like attacking Turkey because the Kurdish issue is not solved, or Spain because the Basque problem is not solved. I won't even mention the country in which I am a guest,'' he said in a reference to Dublin's role in British-ruled Northern Ireland's troubled peace process. Primakov repeated Russia's stance that use of force without a Security Council resolution was unjustified and that the potential for negotiations had not been exhausted with a country which was not an aggressor against a foreign nation. ''This would completely change the entire character of the world order put in place after World War Two,'' he said. Primakov made his stopover at Shannon Airport on his way to meet U.S. officials about Russia's financial crisis in the hope of attracting more cash from the International Monetary Fund. In Washington, it was announced that the United States saw no grounds for optimism about peace in the Serb province of Kosovo after its special envoy Richard Holbrooke met President Slobodan Milosevic. Fighting resumed in Kosovo between Serbian security forces and ethinc Albanian guerrillas. In a comment that could indicate Moscow's comittment to the arms embargo against Belgrade may be wavering, Primakov said: ''We have not broken the sanctions yet. We are observing the sanctions against arms deliveries for now.'' Moscow has long opposed the use of force against Belgrade, saying it would only trigger more bloodshed in the Balkans and create a dangerous precedent of circumventing the U.N. Security Council, where permanent member Russia has the right of veto. Russian and foreign media have suggested that NATO will not begin its aerial bombing of Yugoslav targets until Primakov has left the United States to avoid embarrassing the prime minister. biz.yahoo.com