Serbian Patriarch asked president Milutinovic to resign

Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church, Pavle, said that he asked to speak with president of Serbia, Milan Milutinovic, and president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic. He also added that Milosevic haven't responded, while he met with Milutinovic.
"I met with Milutinovic. The Bishop Amfilohije was with me. Because of economic and political international isolation of our country and our people, we said that our opinion is that he should resign. Milutinovic said that West will change his mind and that we should wait for that. I said that is uncertain, and what is more certain that we can perish as nation before that time", said Patriarch Pavle.
He also added that Milosevic's "big mistake was when he didn't think it over, when NATO said it won't make ground invasion but would met their aims wit air strikes." "He should think it over, like that Tzar with 10.000 soldiers who will be attacked with 20.000 soldiers, could he get over with 17 most powerful nations in world, without single ally, and to do before this awful bombardment, what he did after it."

Violence continues in Kosovo

At Tuesday night two Serb civilians were killed in Prizren. Dragan Nikolic, whose massacred body was found in village Zur and Stevan Todorovic who was killed while returning home from village Strpce. In village Ljutoglava near Prizren two Serbs from Tetovo were kiddnapped. In Prizren, 5 Serb houses were thorched down, and music school "Joist Slavenski" was damaged by fire. Along the Serbs, Albanian criminals in Prizren also molest Kosovo Roma. Three of them were killed and 12 kidnapped.
German, Dutch and Russian officers from KFOR met today with Albanian representatives from town of Orahovac, attempting to persuade them to remove road blocks and allow Russian troops to enter Orahovac. Reporters from site said that after third day of roadblocks local Albanians are not giving in. "We will stay here as long as Russians get tired and quit. Everything is better than to have criminals in our town", said Ismet Bukhari, a 53-year-old demonstrator. Albanians claim that Russian mercenaries fought along with Serbs during the war, and committed war crimes against civilians.

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