KOSOVO ALBANIAN LEADER MEETS CONTACT GROUP REPS

( Editorial: --> 7794 ) PRISTINA, March 6 (Hina) - Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova held talks with ambassadors of the Contact Group member-states in Pristina on Friday. Rugova informed the Contact Group delegation about the dramatic situation in Kosovo following the latest actions by the Serbian police, which, he said, threatened the whole region. The Contact Group delegation expressed deep concern over the seriousness of the situation in the area of Drenica, where police attacks were the strongest. United States diplomat Richard Miles, accredited to Belgrade, handed Rugova a letter by special US envoy Robert Gelbard. Germany's Ambassador to Belgrade conveyed to Rugova a message by the German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel. Rugova asked the governments of the Contact Group countries to do all they could to prevent an even direr tragedy and save ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, especially in Drenica. (hina) rm /mb 062217 MET mar 98