According to press agencies, Vojislav Kostunica, Serbian Prime Minister,
declared: "Kosovo is becoming a hotbed of global terrorism, and the NATO mission
in the province is on the edge of collapse."
"International terrorism is
moving from large cities to the smaller towns and villages of Kosovo. Albanian
terrorism has the clear goal of ethnic cleansing," said the Serbian prime
minister, adding that this was the only way in which terrorism in Kosovo
differed from that in the US, Spain and Russia.
Kostunica described
international peacekeeping activities in Kosovo as being on the point of
collapse, adding that UN police and administrators had not addressed the tasks
prescribed in the mandate given them by the UN Security Council.
"They
were aware of the exceptionally difficult and dangerous situation in the
province, but they have been more concerned with their own safety than the
security of the Kosovo population," he said.
The terrorists are not
afraid of the 17,500 NATO troops and several thousand UN police in Kosovo, said
Kostunica, adding that they were laughing at the international public which had
always believed in the activities of ethnic Albanians
Although it was not
possible to say with certainty that al-Qaeda had been involved in recent events
in Kosovo, it was certain that Bin Laden's organisation had been active in
Kosovo, he said, adding that Bin Laden had supported the Liberation Army of
Kosovo.
"Today, it is not possible to say with certainty that Al Qaeda had been involved in recent events in Kosovo, it was certain that Bin Laden’s gang had been obviously active in Kosovo. Bin Laden had supported the so-called Liberation Army of Kosovo," said Kostunica. According to him, Al Qaeda is probably present in the province, but behind a mask of humanitarian and religious organizations."
Remarks: The present article is the report concerning Vojislav Kostunica’s interview to Moscow TV
13. april 2004. godine
