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BELGRADE -- Yugoslav 3rd Army commander Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic told a broadcast by Radio Belgrade on Saturday the Yugoslav Army and members of the Internal Ministry should return to Kosovo and Metohija province.
Gen. Pavkovic told the radio's first program show Reporter that United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 guaranteed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and that the army could return on several counts.
"The first is under the military-technical agreement, that part of the soldiers return to secure the border, actually the border crossings, and police forces to secure cultural-historical monuments in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija. The second is in the event of the failure of the KFOR mission. If the mission fails, it is normal that we will return to our territory. And the third is if the U.N. and KFOR ask us to return, which would be the most logical thing to do," Gen. Pavkovic said.
"Our army, together with forces of the United Nations, would provide for the full security of all citizens in Kosovo and Metohija and create conditions for the problem of Kosovo and Metohija to be resolved in a peaceful manner," Gen. Pavkovic said.