http://www.xinhua-news.com/E/news.jsp?t=old&p=-1&ID=L:622554739 > > > NATO chief disappointed about Kosovo leaders > > BELGRADE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, > Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty > Organization (NATO), expressed disappointment over the > leaders of Kosovo on Thursday as they failed to > improve local security, the Tanjug news agency > reported. > > De Hoop Scheffer told reporters that Kosovo has seen > no obvious progress in its security as the leaders did > not take effective measures following the violence > last month. It made him very disappointed, he added. > > Along with ambassadors from 26 NATO member states, de > Hoop Scheffer arrived in Kosovo's capital of Pristina > on Thursday. > > He met with Kosovo's President Ibrahim Rugova and > Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi later, stressing that no > violence against non-Albanian residents will be > allowed to happen again. > > Kosovo, a Serbian province of Serbia and Montenegro, > has been under UN administration since June 1999 > following 11 weeks of NATO bombings. Around 3,500 > international police serve in the province. > > Last month, the bloody ethnic clashes between Kosovo > Serbs and ethnic Albanians have left 31 people dead > and over 850 injured. About 420 Serbian houses as well > as 30 Serbian churches were torched by Kosovo > Albanians extremists. A total of 4,000 Serbian > residents were forced to flee homes. Enditem