BELGRADE: CHIRAC, SCHROEDER SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF PEACE IN KOSOVO

BELGRADE, March 19 (Hina) - The President of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marovic, on Friday called for ending the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and stated that French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, with whom he spoke on the phone, had fully supported his request for establishing peace in Kosovo and protecting Kosovo Serbs as soon as possible.#L# Addressing reporters after today's session of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro, Marovic said that he was in contact with international officials and that there was intensive international diplomatic activity. "German Chancellor Schroeder told me that Germany would insist on urgently establishing peace and order and on a more efficient role of KFOR so as to create, as soon as possible, conditions for dialogue, which is the only possible way to start looking for a solution", Marovic said. Marovic said that in his conversations with Chirac and Schroeder he had expressed deep regret about incidents which happened in Serbia and which were condemned by the Serbian public. "I informed them that the state has granted funds for the reconstruction of damaged mosques in Nis and Belgrade," Marovic said. (Hina) rml sb