Prishtina, 2 September 1993 - Kosova Information Center

SERB DEFIANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO MAINTAIN PRESENCE IN KOSOVA

The Belgrad-based Tanjug agency reports that Deputy Prime Minister of the government of the self-proclaimed Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Jovan Zebic, said yesterday (wednesday) in Podujeva, a town in northern Kosova, that the CSCE Mission's presence in Kosova, which has been for three years now under Serbian occupation, should be conditioned with the presence of the Serb-Montenegrin federation in the CSCE.

The current state of affairs is unacceptable, said Mr. Zebic, adding that as long as the chair of "Yugoslavia" is vacant in the CSCE the latter's mission will not be allowed presence in Kosova, Vojvodina and Sandjak.

"We will by no means accept such a degree of colonial dependency, although the price we are paying is very high", said Mr. Zebic, in a clear defiance of the international community's commitment to ensure its presence in volatile Kosova.

SERB ARMED SOLDIERS ROB A SHOP IN FUSHE KOSOVA

As reported, three Serb armed soldiers intruded Tuesday evening around 20:00 hrs into a shop at Harilaq village of Fushe Kosova. Today's Bujku reports that the Serb soldiers, pointing their guns at the owner of the shop Jetullah Sopjani, ordered him to fill their bags with goods from his shop otherwise they would kill him. The soldiers eventually retreated plundering goods estimated to some DEM 500, threatening and assaulting the owner of the shop and firing shots in the air.