-Caveat Lector- <<And the Middle Eastern countries have WHAT in common with the albanians?>> >From ArabicNews.CoM Islamic Organizations send humanitarian relief to Kosovo Regional, Economics, 4/2/99 The International Islamic Relief Agency and the Islamic World Union announced on Thursday the start of fund-collecting campaigns for the Kosovo-Albanians. The Islamic Relief Agency is part of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC/based in Jeddah). Another organization, the Gulf Cooperation Council Program for the Support of U.N. Development Programs announced a US $100,000 donation for humanitarian causes in Kosovo. The secretary general of the Islamic World Union Abdullah El-Obaid urged all islamic countries and international relief agencies to help the Kosovo-Albanians. Saudi Arabia has condemned the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo Saudi Arabia, Politics, 4/2/99 Saudi Arabia has condemned the massacre and expulsion of thousands of Muslims in Kosovo by Serb forces and deplored the policy of ethnic cleansing being practiced by the government of Slobodan Milosevic. Saudi Arabia has also condemned the Milosevic government's failure to respond positively to international efforts to settle the problem of Kosovo through peaceful means, in particular that of the recent peace conference in France. Saudi Arabia reiterated support for the people of Kosovo, who have been facing the worst forms of repression, subjugation and expulsion at the hands of the Serb aggressors. King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz has ordered an airlift to Albania of foodstuffs, tents and blankets to alleviate the tragic situation of Kosovo refugees at the borders of Albania. Iran warns of increasing ethnic purges in Kosovo Regional, Politics, 4/2/99 Iran warned yesterday that the strikes launched by NATO on Yugoslavia will increase the problems of Moslems in Kosovo. Meanwhile, Iranian President Mohammed Khatami whose country is the current head of OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) sent a communique to the organization's member states in which he called for confronting the ethnic purges, stating that the NATO attacks will increase the problems in Yugoslavia and expressing his anxiety towards Serbs' criminals committing crimes as they have committed in Bosnia. Iran has called OIC to intervene to halt the ethnic killings in Yugoslavia. In a communique to Khatami, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sherif suggested that a high-ranking delegation from the organization go to the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgrade and Moscow to oppose the current shelling of Yugoslavia. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi also called on Moscow to intervene in Yugoslavia to compel it to respect the rights of Moslems in Kosovo, moreover, Kharazi called on Belgrade's government to keep its pledges, carry out the items of Yugoslavian constitution and grant autonomy for Kosovar Moslems. He laid on Belgrade the responsibility for the deteriorated situation. There are also current intensified communications to hold an urgent meeting of foreign ministers of the Islamic communication group that emerged from OIC to discuss the Kosovo problem. Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said he received a phone call from Kharazi, during which they discussed arrangements for holding the meeting, expected to take place in Geneva during the coming week. Kharazi held similar discussions with foreign ministers of communication's group, which comprises Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Baghdad: Striking Belgrade is a breach of UN charter and international law Iraq, Politics, 4/2/99 The Iraqi government renewed its condemnation of NATO strikes against Yugoslavia. An official Iraq's ruling El-Baath Party, Abd El-Gani Abd El- Gafour, asserted that this invasion forms a violation of the United Nations charter and international law. Copyright © 1998 Arabic News .com . All Rights Reserved. Send comments & suggestions to the webmaster. 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