ALBANIAN GUERRILLA IN MACEDONIA WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING - COMMANDER

PRISTINA, May 28 (Hina) - The chief commander of Macedonian Albanian guerrillas, known as the National Liberation Army, said in Monday's issue of the Pristina-based daily 'Bota Sot' his army would continue fighting until the Macedonian army stopped discriminating against Albanians. Chief Commander Gezim Ostreni welcomed the fact that Albanian military and political factors in Macedonia had adopted a single platform, which guaranteed a better future for the Albanian people and better prospects for Macedonia. Speaking about Albanian demands, he said peace would not be possible in Macedonia unless the Macedonian constitution was changed, the university in Tetovo recognised and ONV representatives included into possible talks on the resolution of the crisis. The ONV does not advocate the idea of a state within a state or autonomy or secession, however, it does advocate a free and democratic Macedonia as a joint state of Macedonian and Albanian peoples, Ostreni said. He said the current situation in the country was very dramatic due to continual offensives of government forces against Albanian settlements. "Peace in Macedonia and its future depend on the conduct and readiness of the Skopje government to recognise the legitimate demands of the Albanian people," Ostreni told the daily. (hina) rml