OSCE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ENDS MEETING

( Editorial: --> 9686 ) COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (Hina) - The OSCE Council of Ministers ended a meeting in Copenhagen on Friday adopting guidelines for the European Security Charter which will define the model of European security for the 21st century and the organisation's future role. The council welcomed the strengthening of the OSCE mission in Croatia, whose main task will be to protect human rights and ensure the two-way return of refugees. It also supported a democratic and multi-ethnic Bosnia-Herzegovina and the peace agreement. The ministers expressed regret over a lack of democracy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro. They expressed deep concern about increasing tensions in the southern Serbian province of Kosovo, calling on the Belgrade government and local Albanian leaders to begin dialogue in order to find a political solution. (hina) vm mm 191838 MET dec 97