KOSOVO ALBANIANS PROTEST AGAINST KOSTUNICA'S VISIT

PRISTINA, June 2 (Hina) - Pristina Albanians gathered for a rally on Saturday in protest of the upcoming visit of Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica to Kosovo and the idea to build a wall which would divide the town of Kosovska Mitrovica into a Serb and an Albanian part. Several thousand protesters took to the streets to voice their disagreement with the arrival of the Yugoslav president. The rally was organised by the Independent Union of Pristina University Students. However, official sources and those of the U.N. civil administration in Kosovo did not have any information on Kostunica's visit. The protesters also condemned the idea to build a wall with a barbed-wire frame which would split Kosovska Mitrovica into a Serb and an Albanian part, presented a week ago in the Albanian-language Kosovo paper "Koha Ditore". The protesters called on international and local factors in Kosovo to explain who had invited Kostunica and in which capacity he was visiting Kosovo and wondered if was coming to lay the foundation stone for walls which would divide Kosovo. The organisers of the Pristina rally called on all residents to take to the streets on Sunday, when Kostunica will visit the city, and form a human barrier to prevent his arrival. Similar protests were organised today in Kosovska Mitrovica and Gnjilane as well. (hina) sb rml