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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8034

27 August 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) nato/macedonia
Collection of weapons begins - Lord Robertson deplores death of British soldier

Brussels, 27/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The NATO multinational force was authorised, on Monday, by the commander-in-chief of the allied forces in southern Europe, Admiral James Ellis, to "immediately begin the collection of weapons and ammunition" from the ethnic Albanian guerrilla force in Macedonia. The UCK fighters gave in 400 weapons on Monday at the first collection site opened by the NATO soldiers in Matejce, in northern Macedonia. "The first day of collection was a great success. We...

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