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BELGRADE - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic and Russia's permanent U.N. ambassador Sergei Lavrov said in Belgrade on Tuesday that all provisions of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 must be realized with the full respect of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
"We agreed that there is no other way for achieving peace, stability and development in the region without the full respect of the decisions of the Security Council," Jovanovic set out at a joint press conference with Lavrov on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija and the activities of the international peacekeeping and civilian missions in Serbia's southern province.
Jovanovic stated that the activities of the U.N. sponsored-international military and civilian presence in Kosovo and Metohija reflect the daily violation of the principles and mandate of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 and the violation of the principles of Yugoslavia's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
During the talks with Lavrov, Jovanovic underscored that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija is characterized by violence and lawlessness.
"More efficient actions by the Security Council and all others are needed in order to create safe conditions for the return of the 330,000 Serbs and other non-Albanians to their homes in Kosovo and Metohija," Jovanovic said.
Also needed are more efficient actions to enable the 200,000 foreign nationals who entered the province illegally, to return to their countries, Jovanovic set out.
Jovanovic and Lavrov stated that there cannot be any conditions for the fulfilling of the provisions of Resolution 1244 and that it is necessary to enable the return of a part of the Yugoslav Army and police forces to Kosovo and Metohija.
Lavrov said that KFOR commander Klaus Reinhardt had told him that the return of a part of the Yugolsav forces to Kosovo and Metohija could be expected in two to three months.
According to Lavrov, the developments in Kosovo and Metohija indicated the existence of the organized intimidation of the non-Albanian population.