Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Russia has repeatedly charged NATO with being too tolerant of Albanian rebel forces in neighboring Kosovo and allowing the situation to spill over into Macedonia Russia Still Refuses to Join NATO Peacekeeping in Macedonia MOSCOW, Aug 16, 2001 -- (dpa) The Defense Ministry in Moscow said Wednesday that Russian troops will not join a NATO policing action in Macedonia following the signing of a peace treaty between the republic's government and gangs of ethnic Albanian rebels. "We do not plan any kind of peace-keeping operations on the territory of Macedonia," an unnamed ministry spokesman told the Interfax news agency. The leadership in Moscow doubts the sense of any peacekeeping venture that relies on the ethnic Albanian gunmen voluntarily surrendering their weapons, the official said. Russia has repeatedly charged NATO with being too tolerant of the Albanian rebel forces in neighboring Kosovo and allowing the situation to spill over into Macedonia. Rather than stepping up its activities in the Balkans region Russia is considering a reduction of its peacekeeping force there, the ministry said. But there was no question of a total withdrawal from Kosovo and Bosnia. (C)2001. dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
