YUGOSLAVIA: AS TALKS CONTINUE TO AVERT NATO AIRSTRIKES IN YUGOSLAVIA, VILLAGERS IN KOSOVO STOCKPILE FOOD AND GOODS/IN ROME RADICAL PARTY PROTEST AGAINST AIRSTRIKES

Record ID: 342134

  • Title: YUGOSLAVIA: AS TALKS CONTINUE TO AVERT NATO AIRSTRIKES IN YUGOSLAVIA, VILLAGERS IN KOSOVO STOCKPILE FOOD AND GOODS/IN ROME RADICAL PARTY PROTEST AGAINST AIRSTRIKES
  • Date: 10th October 1998
  • Summary: KLINA, 50 KMS FROM PRISTINA, KOSOVO; YUGOSLAVIA (OCTOBER 10, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV CONVOY OF AID VEHICLES LINED UP/ VILLAGE CHILDREN 0.05 2. SV SERB AND ETHNIC ALBANIAN VILLAGERS UNLOADING AID (4 SHOTS) 0.41 3. SLV/SV SERB VILLAGER VUKSAN PESHIC FEEDING HIS PIGS (3 SHOTS) 1.03 4. CU PESHIC'S HAND 1.07 5. MCU PESHIC SAYING HE HAD NOT BOTHERED THE ALBANIANS AND THEY HAD NOT BOTHERED HIM. HE SAID HE TOOK PEOPLE ON FACE VALUE AND NOT ON THEIR NATIONALITY. ...IF AIR-STRIKES OCCUR IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE BAD FOR THE AREA BUT BAD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD (SERBO-CROAT) 1.35 6. CU/SLV PESHIC'S FAMILY (2 SHOTS) 1.40 ROME, ITALY. (OCTOBER 10, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 7. PAN/SV/SLV OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED IN FRONT OF U.S. EMBASSY GIANT PAPIER MACHE MISSILE IN FRONT OF U.S. EMBASSY (4 SHOTS) 2.09 8. SLV EMBASSY WITH POLICE STANDING IN FRONT OF EMBASSY 2.14 9. SV EMBASSY 2.18 10. SV/SLV OLIVIER DUPUIS ADDRESSING RALLY (2 SHOS) 2.30 11. MCU RADICAL PARTY SECRETARY AND EUROPARLIAMENTARIAN OLIVIER DUPUIS SAYING 'WE ARE HERE TO TELL OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS THIS (PROPOSED NATO AIRSTRIKES) IS NOT THE BEST SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS.' (ENGLISH) 2.50 12. SLV DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING BANNERS 2.55 13. MCU DUPUIS SAYING THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO ALLOW SERBIA TO HAVE DEMOCRACY...(ENGLISH) 3.28 14. SV OF BANNERS READING "EUROPE, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?" AND "INDICT MILOSEVIC NOW" (2 SHOTS) 3.37 15. SLV POLICEMEN WATCHING DEMONSTRATION 3.42 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: KLINA, 50 KM FROM PRISTINA, KOSOVO; YUGOSLAVIA/ ROME, ITALY
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  • Country: EUROPE Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA7F6ZLDSX4N2LHKSUIT450W13P
  • Story Text: As talks continue in a bid to avert NATO airstrikes in Yugoslavia, villagers in Kosovo are stockpiling food and goods in case of a shortage.

    In Rome, meanwhile, Radical Party protesters have rallied to urge NATO not to bomb Yugoslavia.

    In the village of Klina, 50 kms from the Kosovan capital of Pristina, only about ten per cent of the population is Serb, the rest are ethnic Albanian.

    But both Serb and ethnic Albanian villagers took delivery on Saturday (October 10) of food and goods sent by the Yugoslav government and distributed by the local Red Cross.

    Vuksan Peshic, a Serb who has lived in the village since World War II, said the Albanians had not bothered him and he had not bothered them.He said he took people at face value, not their nationality.

    As he sat next to a pile of flour and food, he said that if NATO conducted airstrikes against Yugoslavia in retaliation for the bloodshed in Kosovo that it would not only be bad for the area but bad for the whole world.

    In Rome, meanwhile, Italian Radical party members gathered in front of the U.S.embassy on Saturday to protest against proposed NATO military intervention in Kosovo.

    The demonstrators propped a large papier mache missile in front of the embassy as a symbol of military intervention in Kosovo which they strongly oppose.

    "We are here to tell our American friends this is not the best solution to the crisis" said Radical Party secretary and europarlamentarian Olivier Dupuis.

    Holding banners reading "Europe, where are you now?" and "Indict Milosevic now", the Radical Party appealed to the international community, asking for the arrest of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic as a solution to the Kosovo crisis.

    The demonstrators want Milosevic to be brought before the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague and said this demand was backed by 30,000 European citizens, including parliamentarians, science and cultural personalities.

    U.S.Balkan troubleshooter Richard Holbrook is in Belgrade for talks with Yugoslav President Milosevic to try to persuade him to accept a six-point ultimatum from the Big Power Contact Group and avoid punishing airstrikes.


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