From: "Sandeep Vaidya (LMI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The USA will hire military bases in Serbia
Source: www.blic.co.yu
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Published: July 30, 2001 Author: Beta news agency
Posted on 07/30/2001 03:14:38 PDT by Lemi According to well-informed
diplomatic sources of Brussels
The USA will hire military bases in Serbia
Brussels (Beta)- "American administration wants to hire certain military
bases and buildings for 99 years, including "Bondsteel" KFOR base in Kosovo,
Yugoslav Army's radar base on Kopaonik Mountain, military airport near
Sjenica and additional buildings on Pester plateau," well-informed
diplomatic sources of Brussels told "Beta" agency.
According to these sources, American administration informed Belgrade that
it wanted "close cooperation of American Army and Yugoslav Army, especially
in Kosovo and south Serbia".
Pentagon and American military leaders suggested, and State Department and
White House accepted, that "America and Serbia sign a specific military
agreement on 99-year use of the American military base "Bondsteel" in
Kosovo".
Washington also wants to hire the radar base on Kopaonik Mountain, which the
Yugoslav Army equipped with British technology.
Yugoslav military airport in Sjenica would be adapted for landing of
American and NATO heavy transporters.
Diplomats of Brussels claim that Serb deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic,
Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs Goran Svilanovic, Yugoslav General
Ninoslav Krstic and Police General Goran Radosavljevic were informed about
the plan on military cooperation during their meeting with the commanders of
American forces in Germany.
According to the diplomatic sources of Brussels, Americans think that their
army should remain in Kosovo and on the Balkans until the situation in the
region stabilizes and the entire region starts full cooperation with the
European Union.
Brussels connects the American initiative with the plans of leading American
and European oil companies to build an oil pipeline that would take oil from
Caspian Sea, through Bulgaria, south Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania to
west Europe.
The sources of Brussels say that Americans plan to remove so-called common
military troops from the region and keep high-quality military staff and
equipment on the Balkans. These are primarily units performing
satellite-intelligence duties and logistics for mass air transport.
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