KOSOVA-LUFTA NË LAJME/ Para 18 vitesh, në 29 korrik 1998: Diplomatë nga BE e SHBA takojnë Rugovën e UÇK-në/
-Pa lajme nga Malisheva, ku kishin hyrë forca të mëdha serbe, sulme të reja në Drenicë…/
-Para 17 viteve, të 29 korrik 1999, Sekretarja Amerikane e Shtetit, Madeleine Albright, erdhi në Kosovën e lirë/
PRISHTINË, 29 Korrik 2016-Gazeta DIELLI-Behlul JASHARI/ Nuk ka lajme nga Malisheva, ku kanë hyrë forca të mëdha serbe, derisa aviacioni luftarak serb fluturon ulët mbi Prishtinë e rajone tjera të Kosovës, raportoja para 18 vitesh, në 29 korrik 1998. Atë ditë kam raportuar edhe për përqëndrime forcash serbe te Skënderaj, me sulmet e reja të të cilave përballej Drenica, se Bashkimi Eropian kërkonte urgjentisht ndaljen e dhunës në Kosovë…Raportoja se një delagacion nga Bashkimi Evropian kishte mbërritur në Prishtinë për t’u takuar me Presidentin Ibrahim Rugova e përfaqësues tjerë të shqiptarëve, se diplomati nga Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës Christopher Hill është takuar me Ushtrinë Çlirimtare të Kosovës.
Sot po sjellim edhe lajme që kam raportuar para 17 viteve, të 29 korrikut 1999, kur Sekretarja Amerikane e Shtetit, Madeleine Albright, kishte mbërritur në Kosovën e lirë, pak kohë pas përfundimit të luftës. Dhjetëra mijëra shqiptarë u mblodhën në Prishtinë për ta përshëndetur me mirënjohejen e falënderimin e përjetëshëm…
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[07] EU delegation arrives in Prishtine
PRISHTINE, July 29 (ATA)-A European Union (EU) delegation, composed of senior officials from Austria, Great Britain and Germany, arrived in Kosova today.
The EU “troika” is due to meet with the president of the Republic of Kosova, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, and hold other meetings with Albanian representatives. /bj/das/lm/
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[08] No news available from Malisheve
PRISHTINE, July 29 /ATA correspondent B. Jashari reports: There is no information available from Information centre and the Council for the Defence of Human Rights in Kosova about what is happening in Malisheve, where heavy Serb military, police and paramilitary forces entered last night.
Sources from the spot say that the population have fled Malisheve and many villages.
Public opinion in Kosova and the Prishtine press express the fear that massacres might take place there. Serbian post office last night cut off mobile telephone links in Prishtine and other centres of Kosova.
Yugoslav army military planes are hovering over Prishtine today, while fighting is going on in many parts of Kosova. The most dramatic situation prevails in Junik, the biggest village in the area bordering Albania, which has been under the siege and attack of Serb forces for several days now. /la/das/lm/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[12] Yugoslav forces deployed around Skenderaj
PRISHTINE, July 29 (ATA) – Drenica is facing a new attack by large Serb military forces. Many tanks, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and heavy artillery weapons are moved in around Skenderaj and Llaushe village since midday.
The thumps of artillery rounds could be heard from Runiku surroundings engulfed by columns of black smoke. /bj/ak/
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[14] EU urges immediate halt to violence, start of dialogue in Kosova
PRISHTINE, July 29 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that a European Union (E.U) troika delegation headed by Albert Rohan, Secretary General at the Austrian Foreign Ministry urged in a meeting with President Ibrahim Rugova in Prishtina on Wednesday a prompt halt to violence in Kosova and start of Prishtine-Belgrade dialogue for a peaceful solution to the crisis there.
Rohan and Rugova said that the meeting was very important particularly in these difficult moments Kosova is facing and the latest Serb offensives in Malisheve, Junik and other parts.
Rugova asked for preventive measures by the European Union, United States and international community to prevent massacres and ethnic cleansing under way in Kosova.
“We are in unity with all the political groupings. We will include all political forces in a wide ranging coalition government to pave the way for dialogue,” Rugova said.
“Given the conditions Kosova is facing is very difficult to negotiate but, however we should negotiate,” Rugova said.
The delegation comprising political directors of the foreign ministries of Great Britain and Germany, held close door meetings with parliamentary deputies and the negotiating group of Kosova. It (delegation) was expected to meet with the U.S. diplomat on Kosova Christopher Hill. mima/ak/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[15] US diplomat meets KLA fighters
PRISHTINA, July 29 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that the U.S. diplomat on Kosova Christopher Hill on Wednesday visited Drenica, the Kosova region engulfed by war.
Informal sources said that the U.S. diplomat, who was accompanied by representatives of political parties and associations in Kosova, held a close door meeting with the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) fighters and no statement was made after it. rxh/mima/ak/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
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[11] Albright meets with Thaci and other Kosova Albanian politicians in Prishtine
PRISHTINE, July 29-ATA Correspondent Behlul Jashari reports: Tens of thousands of Albanians gathered in Prishtine today in front of the U.N. and KFORF headquarters to greet U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Albright met with the head of the Kosova interim government, Hashim Thaci, and his cabinet members, as well as with the LDK deputy chairmen.
Albright met earlier with academician Rexhep Qosja, head of the United Democratic Movement, and Hydajet Hyseni, one of the leaders of this party.
Albright arrived at Prishtine airport at 09:15 (local time) and at first met with the KFORF commander, British Lieutenant-General Mike Jackson, and the head of the United Nations administration running Kosova, Bernard Kouchner. /pas/lm/
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[20] We will build a free and democratic Kosova – Albright
PRISHTINE, July 29 (ata) – ATA correspondent in Kosova Behlul Jashari reports: “We will build a free and democratic Kosova,” with tolerance and cooperation among all factors in Kosova, the U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, told thousands of citizens gathered in Prishtine from all Kosova.
“Kosova will always be your house and never again will people with guns come in the night. Never again will houses and villages be burned and never again will there be massacres and mass graces,” she said.
She added that Milosevic will respond for his crimes, and voiced the hope that “there will be a birth of freedom based on tolerance, law and respect for human rights.”
In the afternoon, Albright will visit the U.S. sector where she will meet with U.S. officers in Gjilan. The U.S. Secretary of State is also expected to meet with Serb representatives in Kosova. /p.ta/xh/
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