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Foreign Affairs Committee places emphasis on disarmament of irregular troops at border between Macedonia and Kosovo

Brussels, 21/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Elmar Brok (German, Christian-Democrat), adopted a statement on 20 March on the "increased armed activities by extremist ethnic Albanian terrorists" on the border between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo, in which it places special emphasis on the adoption of "preventive measures to disarm irregular troops, including an ultimatum to hand over their arms, otherwise...