Wed Mar 7 21:58:12 2001








*  The RUSSIAN DOUMA SUPPORTS the INITIATIVE OF the MACEDOINE TO
URGENTLY CONVENE the MEETING OF the SECURITY COUNCIL OF UNO MOSCOW,
March 7.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Pavel Chevtsov).

Douma (Lower House of the Russian Parliament) recommends to the
government to support the initiative of Macedoine to urgently convene
the meeting of the Security Council of UNO in connection with the
actions of the Albanian separatists in this republic, reads one in the
resolution " On aggravation of the situation around Kosovo " adopted
Wednesday by the Lower House.

In this document, the deputes of the douma express their deep
preoccupation in front of the intensification of the activity of the
separatists in the North of Macedoine who have causes confrontations
weapons against the guard-borders macedoniens and the police force.
An intimidation campaign of the population has ete lancee for the
evincer areas of the North of Macedoine.

The Albanian separatists beneficient " of the tacit kindness of the
Forces for Kosovo, whose principal spot is to cross short has all the
actions lancees since the territory of Kosovo ", indicates the
resolution.

To standardize the situation and to confirm the territorial integrite
and the souverainete of all the States of Balkans, the direction of
the mission of UNO in Kosovo and the command of the Forces for Kosovo
must rigorously apply resolution 1244 of the Security Council of UNO
and desarmer completely so-called Armee of release of Kosovo,
underlines the document.