SEVERAL POLITICAL PARTIES IN SERBIA REQUEST START OF TALKS

BELGRADE, April 28 (Hina) - Several Serbian political parties on Wednesday requested an urgent cessation of strikes on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a start of talks regarding a political solution. The citizen alliance of Serbia asked the Serbian and Yugoslav governments to contribute to the end of the war with their constructive conduct. The Democratic Party issued a statement saying the killing of civilians in Surdulica from Tuesday's NATO strikes must be the final warning and lead to a cessation of conflicts and the start of negotiations. The president of the Democratic Centre, Dragoljub Micunovic, said the people should be asked "whether we all want to be killed". He told a news conference representatives of authority must immediately speak to the people and present their standpoints about the present crisis. NATO aircraft on Wednesday, at around 2pm, struck an oil refinery in Novi Sad. They also hit a television transmitter on mount Fruska in the northern province of Vojvodina, after which the airing of BK Television was severed. NATO forces also launched several rockets around Pristina Wednesday morning, Radio Belgrade reported. The same source said a transmission line was damaged during the strikes, due to which Pristina now has difficulties in electric power supply. The air raid in Belgrade lasted from 1.25pm to 3.43pm, but no detonations were heard in the city. (hina) lml jn