21.03.1999

OHR SRT News Summary, 21 March 1999

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Headlines

  • Radisic and Meigs: possible decrease in SFOR presence in Posavina.
  • NATO shortens the deadline for the Yugoslav authorities to accept the agreement.
  • Netanyahu threatens Arafat with a serious response in the event the latter declared a Palestinian state.

Chairman of the BiH Presidency, Zivko Radisic, whose function is under moratorium, today asked the SFOR Commander, Montgomery Meigs to decrease SFOR military presence in Posavina. General Meigs stated he would do his best in order for SFOR to contribute to the overall stabilisation in the RS and BiH at this difficult period. After the three-hour discussions, Radisic said to the press that both parties supported re-affirming of the institutions based on the provisions of the DA, stabilisation of peace and the work of international and RS and BiH institutions in accordance with their mandate.
2:05

Kosovo-related news: US national security advisor, Samuel Berger stated for CBS that tomorrow’s visit to Belgrade by Richard Holbrooke will not postpone the preparations for potential strikes against the Serbs.
0:25

NATO Council warns Yugoslav President Milosevic that he still has only a few hours to accept the resumption of serious talks on the agreement. Consultations on potential air strikes are under way, said NATO officials.
0:25

Shqiptar terrorists continued attacks in Kosovo.
0:45

UK foreign minister, Robin Cook warns the Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic that the NATO threat of air strikes is very real, “Beta” agency reports.
0:10

The standing NATO committee at the level of ambassadors met today in Brussels to discuss the situation in Kosmet after the departure of KVM.
0:20

Serbia and Yugoslavia will defend themselves with all means available in case of attack, said Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian information minister.
0:30

All KVM members are currently in Macedonia, where, according to the head of mission, William Walker, approximately 150 of them will stay.
0:15

Special EU envoy, Wolfgang Petritsch said that the only way out of the Kosmet crisis is for Serbs to accept the agreement, but he admitted it was unlikely.
0:20

China condemns NATO threat of air strikes against the FRY and appeals for patience.
0:25

Belarus foreign ministry thinks there are no grounds for military intervention against the FRY.
0:20

British Airways suspended flights to Belgrade, due to possible air strikes.
0:10

Belgrade is to be visited tomorrow by international envoys, trying to persuade the Yugoslav authorities to accept the agreement on Kosovo.
0:45

A few thousand citizens of Brcko and the surrounding municipalities gathered today to protest against the decision by the presiding arbitrator, Roberts Owen on the status of Brcko.
1:15

Federation related news
2:30