> www.inet.co.yu > > I*Net News, Belgrade > > KOSOVO AND METOHIJA NEWS > > Saturday 03 April 2004 > > 21:00 Representatives of the Serb Return Coalition (Povratak) spoke in > Gracanica with the political director of the German ministry of foreign > affairs Michael Scheffer and the political director of the British > foreign office John Sowers regarding the resolution of problems in > Kosovo and Metohija. Sowers and Scheffer said they were shocked by what > recently happened in Kosovo and emphasized that this was an organized > form of violence against representatives of the Serb community, stated > Return Coalition whip in the Kosovo parliament, Dragisa Krstovic. > > 20:40 The Russian Federation believes that remaining illegal > organizations of extremists in Kosovo and Metohija must be eliminated > and their disarmament completed, and that the leaders of anti-Serb > violence must be found and brought to justice, stated Russian foreign > affairs minister Sergei Lavrov. > > 20:20 After meeting with Russian foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov > in Brussels, NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that > Kosovo is no longer a stumbling block in relations between NATO and > Russia but an area of mutual cooperation. > > 19:40 Bishop Artemije of the Serbian Orthodox Church has asked UN > Security Council to increase the number of international peacekeeping > troops in Kosovo and Metohija and consider extending their new present > mandate or adopting a new one in the province. > > 19:20 The Russian parliamentary delegation will insist on an urgent > debate on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija at the session of Council > of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly in April, advised the chairman of the > Russian Duma's Committee for international affairs, Konstantin Kosachov. > > 19:00 UNMIK head Harri Holkeri announce that violence will not prevent > UNMIK from fulfilling its mandate and that UNMIK, in close consultation > with all its international partners, is carefully reviewing which > political path to take to move forward because UN Security Council > Resolution 1244 establishes goals in Kosovo.