BOSNIAN SERB ENTITY OBJECTS TO NATO INTERVENTION

BANJA LUKA, March 24 (Hina) - The parliament of the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska, on Wednesday adopted a special statement regarding the Kosovo crisis and condemned "NATO threats by force to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" and expressed readiness to provide any kind of help to Serbia and Yugoslavia. At an extraordinary session held in Banja Luka, the Assembly of the Bosnian Serb entity endorsed the statement with 60 votes pro and 10 against. According to the statement the FRY is exposed to NATO threats "because of the refusal to accept the occupation of a part of its territory". The parliament believes that NATO air strikes demonstrated aggression, and demanded of the Untied Nations to prevent the attack. The Bosnian-Serb parliament said it "prohibits the use of Republika Srpska territory for any kind of strikes against the FRY". The other Bosnian entity, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, also forwarded a request to the international community to prevent such activities. The Republika Srpska Assembly concluded that NATO strikes on Serb military targets demonstrated a disaster and "an introduction to a new war which would expand outside of the former Yugoslavia territory and the Balkans". (hina) it lml