RUSSIA: RUSSIA GREETS NEW FRAMEWORK FOR PEACE IN KOSOVO WITH CAUTION

Record ID: 983569

  • Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIA GREETS NEW FRAMEWORK FOR PEACE IN KOSOVO WITH CAUTION
  • Date: 7th May 1999
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MAY 7, 1999) (REUTERS (A) - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER BY THE KREMLIN WALL 0.06 2. MV SOLDIERS CARRYING A WREATH 0.14 3. SV PRESS 0.19 4. SV YELTSIN WALKING UP TOWARDS THE TOMB, BEING HELPED BY MILITARY OFFICIALS 0.26 5. SV RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER YEVGENI PRIMAKOV AMONG RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICIALS 0.30 6. MV YELTSIN WALKING TOWARDS THE WREATH, SETTING RIBBONS ON THE WREATH 0.42 7. SV FLAME ON THE TOMB 0.46 8. SLV/SCU YELTSIN STANDING BY THE TOMB (2 SHOTS) 0.56 9. WS SOLDIERS MARCHING 1.04 10. SV YELTSIN AND OFFICIALS RECEIVING PARADE 1.10 11. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV: "This is not a breakthrough, I have already said that the breakthrough will come only when we stop the war in the Balkans. It is a step towards the right direction, but it is just a step." 1.18 12. SLV SOLDIERS 1.24 13. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV: " Had our partners accepted our proposal and declared a ceasefire then we could continue the talks and discussions on the basic principles and the involvement of the security Council in more agreeable, calm circumstances. But unfortunately intensity of the air attacks has not been decreased, just the opposite, according to the information we have there will be even more attacks. There is damage, people are being killed, every hour, every day brings new tragedies, that's why we need to work fast. 1.57 14. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MOSCOW MAYOR YURI LUZHKOV: "It seems that now the the target of the NATO air raids is the Yugoslav people. Not many people are ready to see and talk about it but what is happening now is the genocide of the Serb nation committed by the NATO and the United States of America." 2.26 15. SLV YELTSIN WALKING AWAY AFTER THE CEREMONY ENDS 2.37 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
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