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Article: France Urges Action After "Kosovo Liberation Army" Gains
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 6, 1998
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France on Monday called for international action to prevent the
Kosovo conflict spreading after the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) took
control of over 40 percent of the territory of the Serbian southern
province.
"The crisis has changed nature with the taking by the Kosovo
Liberation Army of 40 percent of the territory," said French Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Anne Secret-Gazeau.
Paris expected "energetic and immediate action" by the
international community, said the spokeswoman.
More than 300 people, including many women, children and the
elderly, have died in clashes raging since February between Serb
forces and ethnic Albanians majority seeking independence from
Belgrade.
While ...