KOSOVO ALBANIAN LEADER CONDEMNS SERB POLICE VIOLENCE

( Editorial: --> 6078 ) PRISTINA, Mar 2 (Hina)- Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova assessed as dignified and successful Monday's peaceful demonstration about 60,000 Albanians held in Pristina against violence in Kosovo. Rugova most strongly condemned the violence Serb police used against the protesters, claiming the protesters had in no way provoked the police. Rugova called on the international community to exert stronger pressure on Belgrade to put a stop to violence in Kosovo, a region in southern Yugoslavia where Albanians make up for 90 per cent of the population. The Kosovo Albanian leader demanded that the United States and the European Union create preconditions for the establishment of dialogue between Kosovo capital Pristina and Belgrade. Rugova proclaimed tomorrow as mourning day in the municipalities of Glogovac and Srbica, in memory of 20 Albanians killed in a clash with Serb police last weekend. (hina) ha jn 021827 MET mar 98