YUGOSLAVIA: THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS LOCAL SERB AND ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS IN THE TOWN OF MITROVICA IN KOSOVO HAVE AGREED TO POSTPONE THE SIGNING OF A PEACE DEAL

Record ID: 337413

  • Title: YUGOSLAVIA: THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS LOCAL SERB AND ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS IN THE TOWN OF MITROVICA IN KOSOVO HAVE AGREED TO POSTPONE THE SIGNING OF A PEACE DEAL
  • Date: 23rd July 1999
  • Summary: MITROVICA, KOSOVO, SERBIA, YUGOSLAVIA (JULY 22, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV KFOR TROOPS DEPLOYED 0.07 2. SV/SLV FRENCH TROOPS CHECKING CAR AND DOCUMENTS (3 SHOTS) 0.39 3. SLV TROOPS IN STREET 0.44 4. SV UN PRESS CONFERENCE 0.52 5. MCU (English) UN REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR MITROVICA SIR MARTIN GARROD: "We have received e
  • Embargoed: 7th August 1999 13:00
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  • Location: MITROVICA, YUGOSLAVIA
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  • Country: Yugoslavia
  • Reuters ID: LVADT6L3WARBESEXP4ESY1RUJ511
  • Story Text: The United Nations has said local Serb and ethnic
    Albanian leaders in the town of Mitrovica in Kosovo have
    agreed to postpone the signing of a peace deal for the divided
    town.

    Tension remains high in the town.On Thursday (July 22), a
    Serb house was in flames.Ethnic Albanians said they had set
    it alight to prevent its owners returning.

    French KFOR soldiers were deployed at the bridge
    dividing the town, checking people's cars and documents.

    UN regional administrator for Mitrovica Sir Martin Garrod
    said local leaders wanted to extend the agreement to include
    an expression of a wish for both sides to live in peace
    together.Anyone who broke the agreement would have sanctions
    imposed on them, he added.

    But as he was speaking, a Serb house nearby was in flames.

    Ethnic Albanian children threw stones as a man tried in vain
    to extinguish the blaze with a garden hose.By the time the
    fire brigade arrived the roof had burnt out.


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