THE OSCE HAS CONDEMNED VIOLENCE ON THE BORDER BETWEEN MACEDONIA AND KOSOVO








VIENNA, March 5, RIA Novosti correspondent Borislav  Pechnikov - The mission of the Organisation for Security and  Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Skopje has condemned the acts of violence on the border between Macedonia and the Yugoslav  province of Kosovo. 


	The statement of the mission, issued by the OSCE secretariat in Vienna, calls upon the international community to take the  most resolute measures for supporting the principles of stability and territorial integrity of Macedonia.  


	The OSCE mission in Skopje draws attention to the  circumstance that the police and military authorities of  Macedonia behave restrainedly in the face of continuing  provocations. In the opinion of the mission's leadership any measures against the provocateurs must be adequate and, if possible, be coordinated with representatives of the  international peacekeeping forces (KFOR) in Kosovo. 


	Albanian terrorists have been keeping the northern part of the border between Macedonia and Kosovo for more than two weeks now. Not far from the village of Tanusevci, occupied by them,  three Macedonian military men were killed on Sunday. After that incident, the Macedonian security forces closed the border with Kosovo in the afternoon. -O-    (kos/kaf)  05/03/01    16:26