BELGRADE, March 21 (Hina) - Serbia-Montenegro proclaimed Sunday a day of mourning for the mass attacks on Serbs and the burning of their property and religious buildings in Kosovo earlier this week.
BELGRADE, March 21 (Hina) - Serbia-Montenegro proclaimed Sunday a day
of mourning for the mass attacks on Serbs and the burning of their
property and religious buildings in Kosovo earlier this week.#L#
The response to the appeal the electronic media made on Saturday to
all who could help Serbs in Kosovo with food, medicines, clothing and
tents was big.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus said on Serbian Radio and
Television on Saturday evening that ethnic cleansing in Kosovo had
been stopped and a "loose balance" been established. He added NATO was
determined to maintain this balance and protect Serbs and other
non-Albanians in Kosovo, and that the Serbia-Montenegro Army was ready
to help if officially asked by the NATO-led Kosovo Force.
Labus said PM Vojislav Kostunica would present the Serbian
government's plan for the solving of the Kosovo issue in Brussels on
March 23 and in other European capitals after that. Serbia will
advocate a political solution similar to the one applied in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Labus added.
The Belgrade-based daily Politika today published a letter from
Sandzak Mufti Muamer Zukorlic to Kostunica, in which the Islamic
religious leader demands of Serbia-Montenegro authorities to guarantee
the security of the Islamic community and its facilities in Serbia.
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