SERB AUTHORITIES DISSOLVE ALBANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

PRISTINA, March 6 (Hina) - The decision of the Serbian authorities to dissolve the Albanological institute in Pristina on Kosovo caused aggravation among Albanian inhabitants of that province. An official statement of the Albanological institute stressed "Dissolution of the only remained cultural institution with the Albanian national features proves the sinister designs of the Serbian regime to suppress all that has the national characteristics of Albanians and to prevent Albanian intellectuals to be engaged in scientific and scholar work, representing measures of genocide over the Albanian people." The Kosovo committee for the protection of the human rights and freedoms forwarded a letter to the UNESCO director, Federico Mayor, in which it is said that the committee considers dissolution of the Albanological institute by the Serbian authorities to be "an act of violence over Albanians and all who are interested in the Albanian studies." Recently the Serb authorities already dissolved the Kosovo Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute for the History of Kosovo and other important cultural and scientific institutions of Kosovo. 061453 MET mar 94