HAEKKERUP DESCRIBES VISIT BY UN SECURITY COUNCIL REPS AS POSITIVE

PRISTINA, June 19 (Hina) - UN Civil Administrator for Kosovo Hans Haekkerup on Tuesday described as positive a two-day visit of a UN Security Council delegation to Kosovo but added the delegation did not notice any significant progress in inter-ethnic relations in the province. Speaking after today's session of the province's provisional administrative council, he said that members of the UN Security Council were willing to help in fighting organised crime, terrorism and inter-ethnic violence. The first man of the UN Mission in Kosovo said the meeting also tackled the participation of Kosovo Serbs in institutions of authority and pointed to the importance of their taking part in a November general election. This is why the Security Council delegation visited Belgrade after the visit to Kosovo. The Belgrade meeting was productive and we have conveyed clear messages to the authorities in Belgrade that they should support the participation of Kosovo Serbs in the province's general vote, said Haekkerup, who visited Belgrade with the Security Council delegation. The meeting in Belgrade also tackled the problem of Albanians imprisoned in Serbian prisons, but there was no concrete agreement on their release. (hina) sb rml