SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ENCOURAGING NEWS OUT OF BELGRADE

22 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6965

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ENCOURAGING NEWS OUT OF BELGRADE

19990422 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The news out of Belgrade is encouraging.

The Secretary-General eagerly awaits the details of what was agreed today in Belgrade between Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

As you know, the Secretary-General will be travelling to Moscow next week, and this will provide an opportunity for him to explore these ideas further with the Russian authorities.

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