NORMALISATION OF RAIL TRANSPORT BETWEEN BELGRADE AND PRISTINA

BELGRADE, May 31 (Hina) - Representatives of the UN Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Kosovo Co-ordination Centre signed in Belgrade on Friday a protocol on police cooperation, while officials of the Belgrade Railways and UNMIK signed an agreement on the normalisation of railway transport. #L# The protocol on police cooperation is based on a joint document between UNMIK and the Co-ordination Centre of November last year, said the Centre's head and Serbian Vice-Premier Nebojsa Covic. He said the protocol envisaged the establishment of a joint police committee which should increase co-ordination and cooperation in the prevention of crime, particularly drug and women smuggling, money laundering, and weapons smuggling, as well as cooperation in the fight against terrorism which destabilises the region. UNMIK head Michael Steiner said that the agreement on rail transport was very important because it re-opened rail traffic between Belgrade and Skoplje via Pristina. Steiner said the document was a sign of normalisation which was the aim of all and added that it would contribute to improving cooperation between Belgrade and Pristina. (hina) rml sb