Sunday, December 13, 1998 Published at 10:46 GMT

World: Europe

Milosevic: no return to

Kosovo autonomy

The Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, has

said he will not accept Kosovo's ethnic Albanian

majority getting the same degree of autonomy it

had under communist rule.

Mr Milosevic told the American Newsweek

magazine that any settlement for the future of

Kosovo must be based on all nationalities having

an equal say in the province's affairs, irrespective

of their size.

He said that American-sponsored peace

proposals, which envisage greater autonomy for

Kosovo, favour ethnic-Albanians.

And he reaffirmed that Yugoslavia will not allow

NATO troops to enter Kosovo.

Mr Milosevic said NATO action in Kosovo would be

an act of aggression which Yugoslav forces would

resist.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service