> >STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > >http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=176690 > > >Russian Duma Parliament Members In Belgrade, Blast UN >Tribunal > >BELGRADE, Jul 10, 2000 -- (Reuters) A Russian >parliamentary delegation visiting Belgrade condemned >the UN war crimes tribunal for being "a political >instrument of NATO countries", the Yugoslav state news >agency Tanjug said on Sunday. > >Russia fiercely opposed NATO's 1999 bombing campaign >against the government of Yugoslav President Slobodan >Milosevic, who was indicted by the Hague-based >tribunal along with four senior associates for alleged >war crimes in Kosovo. > >Tanjug quoted from a statement issued by the Yugoslav >parliament after a meeting with the four-member State >Duma (lower house) delegation led by Dmitry Rogozin, >head of its foreign affairs committee. > >"The Russian parliamentarians stressed that the >Russian people extend full support to the Yugoslav >people's struggle in the defense of freedom, >independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity," >the statement said. > >The Russian parliamentarians also asked for the return >of the Yugoslav army to Kosovo, a Serbian province now >under NATO-backed UN administration, the statement >said. > >They called for the lifting of all sanctions against >Yugoslavia and its return to international >organizations from which the country has been barred >as a result of its involvement in Balkan wars during >the 1990s. > >The Russian parliamentarians and Yugoslav Serb >officials both stressed the need to increase economic >cooperation through joint ventures and participation >of Russian firms in the reconstruction of Yugoslavia. > >They said the two countries would soon sign a free >trade agreement, Tanjug said. > >A Yugoslav parliament delegation visited Moscow last >month following trips by Foreign Minister Zivadin >Jovanovic, Defense Minister Dragoljub Ojdanic and >Serbian opposition leaders. > >Ojdanic's visit triggered a storm of criticism in >Western capitals as he is one of four Milosevic >associates also indicted by the UN tribunal over >alleged atrocities against ethnic Albanians in the >1998-99 Kosovo conflict. > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
