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To: Andy Thomas who wrote (8193)	5/13/1999 2:53:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

Russia Says No Kosovo Talks For Talks' Sake 01:59 p.m May 13, 1999 Eastern MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said Thursday that its officials had told a visiting U.S. diplomat discussing the crisis in Kosovo that Moscow did not believe in holding talks ''for the sake of talks.'' In a statement issued after Russian officials hosted U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, the foreign ministry said officials had informed Talbott that Russia would make ''serious changes'' to its position on Kosovo if NATO bombing of Yugoslavia did not stop. ''It was strongly pointed out to the American participants that talks must not be held for the sake of talks, especially amid unrelenting pressure from NATO and the continuation of the bombing of the territory of Yugoslavia by the alliance's forces,'' the statement said. ''Attention was directed to the recent statement of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, that if the bombing is not halted, our country will be obliged to make serious changes to its position in relation to the situation in the Balkans.'' Russia, a traditional ally of Serbia that has strongly opposed NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia, agreed with Western powers last week on the eventual need for an international implementation force in the separatist province of Kosovo, but has said Belgrade must agree before it can be deployed. Yeltsin said Wednesday that Russia might walk out of peace talks if its views were not heeded, but French President Jacques Chirac, who met Yeltsin Thursday, said he did not believe Russia would withdraw. Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.