INDONSIA: UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS MADELEINE ALBRIGHT COMMENTS ON USE OF NATO AIRSTRIKES AGAINST BOSNIAN SERB TARGETS.

Record ID: 337567

  • Title: INDONSIA: UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS MADELEINE ALBRIGHT COMMENTS ON USE OF NATO AIRSTRIKES AGAINST BOSNIAN SERB TARGETS.
  • Date: 11th September 1995
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 11, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV PANS UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS MADELEINE ALBRIGHT WALKING INTO CONFERENCE ROOM AT FOREIGN MINISTRY 0.04 2. GV WIDE SHOT OF CONFERENCE ROOM, GUESTS AND VIPS (2 SHOTS) 0.09 3. SV ALBRIGHT SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 0.33 4. GV WIDE SHOT OF NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE
  • Embargoed: 26th September 1995 13:00
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  • Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
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  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVAETD1FSTRYU23096DBBFDKJ9D8
  • Story Text: United States (U.S.) Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) Madeleine Albright said on Monday (September 11) she did not consider that the Bosnian Serb army's apparent refusal to remove all its heavy weaponry from around Sarajevo was a "final answer".

    The ambassador's comments followed the failure of talks in Zagreb between the U.N. commander and Bosnian Serb Army General Ratko Mladic to discuss U.N. demands for the Serbs to withdraw heavy weapons from "safe areas".

    "We will continue to support NATO airstrikes until the Serbs agree to the conditions laid out by the U.N. including free access to Sarajevo, an end to attacks on U.N.-designated safe areas, and the removal of heavy weapons from the hills around Sarajevo," Albright said during a one-night stopover in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

    "I have just read that apparently General Mladic has in fact said he will not remove some of the weapons but from our perspective we do not think that is a final answer.

    "NATO will continue its persuasive activities and it is important that General Mladic gets the message that those heavy weapons have to be withdrawn and that Sarajevo and the safe areas have to be respected and that there needs to be freedom of movement for the United Nations in and out of Sarajevo." U.N. Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi said in Zagreb that U.N.

    monitors had observed some movement of Serb heavy weaponry within the exclusion zone around Sarajevo, but "it did not indicate any sign of withdrawal".

    Serb authorities had earlier indicated readiness to lift the blockade and discuss a ceasefire, but said they would not withdraw big guns they deem vital to protect Serb-held areas.

    Earlier in a speech that Albright made at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she also reiterated the U.N. support for the NATO air strikes until the Bosnian Serbs agree to such conditions.

    Responding to a question about Russian condemnation of NATO airstrikes, Albright said that Moscow was an equal partner in the Contact Group, and that it shared the other members' goals of achieving piece in the former Yugoslavia.

    NATO warplanes carried out more air strikes on Bosnian Serb military targets on Monday after the alliance sent Tomahawk cruise missiles into action for the first time, a NATO military spokesman said.


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