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Partito Radicale Radical Party - 8 febbraio 1999
KOSOVO/REPRESENTATIVES AND ISSUES AT RAMBOUILLET

Some info on both delegations at Rambouillet plus some of the issues at stake. Courtesy of www.ft.com

* Ibrahim Rugova - a 54-year-old, Paris-educated literary academic, whose father was killed by Tito's partisans. Elected in 1992 as "president" of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo in polls ignored by Belgrade, he was re-elected last year in polls boycotted by his ethnic Albanian rivals. He adheres to moderate policy of peaceful resistance, despised by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), but enjoys wide support among his people.

* Rexhep Qosja - 62-year-old writer who heads the United Democratic Movement in opposition to Mr Rugova. He aspires to a "Greater Albania". Members of his delegation have close ties to the KLA and could emerge as its political wing.

* Hashim Thaci - former student leader and now head of KLA political directorate. Nom de guerre: "Snake". He was sentenced to jail in absentia by a Serbian court for subversive activities.

* Azem Syla - shadowy figure known as "Big Uncle". He could be the top military commander of the KLA. The Serbian and federal Yugoslav governments are sending 13 delegates, including three deputy prime ministers and "loyal" representatives of Kosovo's various ethnic groups, including Albanians, Moslem Slavs, a Turk, a Gypsy and one claiming to be an Egyptian. The two main figures are:

* Ratko Markovic, deputy prime minister in the Serbian government, and a delegate from Socialist party led by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and from his home town Pozarevac. He is professor of law and constitutional expert and taught at a faculty of dentistry and police academy.

* Nikola Sainovic, federal Yugoslav deputy prime minister, also a delegate from the Socialist party. A metallurgist and former minister of economy, he has been the main point of contact on Kosovo for the international community, handling negotiations on the exchange of prisoners and ceasefires. He denied US accusations, based on alleged wire-taps, that he authorised the attack on Racak village last month in which 45 ethnic Albanians were killed by Serb police.

Essential features of the western-proposed peace plan for an interim-period of three years are:

* A ceasefire and the preservation of Yugoslavia's existing borders.

* "High degree of self-governance" for Kosovo with its own parliament, president and judiciary.

* Options to take up seats and posts in Serbian and Yugoslav assemblies and governments.

* Amnesty and release of political prisoners.

* New police force to reflect Kosovo's ethnic make-up, which is close to 90 per cent Albanian.

* Removal of Serbian police in stages. Federal Yugoslav troops reduced and confined to border area.

* Sweeping powers held by head of the Kosovo Verification Mission under the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Negotiated review of Kosovo's status after three years.

 
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