YUGOSLAVIA: U.S. PEACEKEEPING TROOPS ARRIVE IN KOSOVO CAPITAL OF PRISTINA

Record ID: 350079

  • Title: YUGOSLAVIA: U.S. PEACEKEEPING TROOPS ARRIVE IN KOSOVO CAPITAL OF PRISTINA
  • Date: 13th June 1999
  • Summary: PRISTINA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 13, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MV UNITED STATES (U.S.) SOLDIER WALKING DOWN ROAD 0.04 2. MV/SV U.S. SOLDIER ON TOP OF APC WITH U.S. FLAG FLYING (3 SHOTS) 0.13 3. SV SOLDIER SMILING, LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS 0.17 4. SV SOLDIER WITH SUNGLASSES WAVES PEACE SIGN TO CAMERA 0.26 5. LV COLUMN OF M
  • Embargoed: 28th June 1999 13:00
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  • Location: PRISTINA, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA
  • City:
  • Country: Yugoslavia
  • Reuters ID: LVAE3E9L0NYXERTAXVW2BT3O3AH7
  • Story Text: United States troops have finally arrived in the Kosovo
    capital Pristina.As they came, a column of Serb soldiers
    could be seen leaving the city.

    US troops arrived in Pristina on Sunday (June 13), a
    day after the Russians set up camp at the airport.

    NATO had originally planned to base its headquarters at
    the airport, but had to change that when the Russians refused
    to let other NATO forces past them.From the new headquarters,
    NATO will coordinate the arrival of up to 50,000 international
    troops supervising the return ofup to a million ethnic
    Albanian refugees.

    NATO is also charged with securing the withdrawal of the
    Yugoslav army and special police.

    A column of Serb forces left Pristina on Sunday.Reporters
    said they had earlier been walking around freely in the city,
    past NATO soldiers.The bodies of five Yugoslav soldiers were
    found on the north-eastern outskirts of Pristina earlier in
    the day.
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