SKOPJE, March 23 (Hina) - During last night and on Friday morning Macedonian forces and Albanian extremists, deployed in villages and hills around Tetovo, exchanged fire from time to time. In the fire trade one policeman was lightly
injured, the Macedonian Radio reported this morning. According to the Skopje press on Friday, because of the pressure of the international community, the Army of Macedonia postponed an offensive, which it planned to launch against the rebels on Thursday after the expiry of an ultimatum. European Union security and foreign affairs high commissioner, Javier Solana and other members of an European delegation, who arrived in Skopje on Thursday, today departed for Kosovo to try persuade ethnic Albanian leaders to condemn terrorism in Macedonia and exert pressure on rebels to lay down arms, the press said.(hina) ms
SKOPJE, March 23 (Hina) - During last night and on Friday morning
Macedonian forces and Albanian extremists, deployed in villages
and hills around Tetovo, exchanged fire from time to time. In the
fire trade one policeman was lightly injured, the Macedonian Radio
reported this morning.
According to the Skopje press on Friday, because of the pressure of
the international community, the Army of Macedonia postponed an
offensive, which it planned to launch against the rebels on
Thursday after the expiry of an ultimatum.
European Union security and foreign affairs high commissioner,
Javier Solana and other members of an European delegation, who
arrived in Skopje on Thursday, today departed for Kosovo to try
persuade ethnic Albanian leaders to condemn terrorism in Macedonia
and exert pressure on rebels to lay down arms, the press said.
(hina) ms