Yugoslav army chiefs sacked

The French foreign ministry has confirmed that a review of the international accord setting-up a buffer-zone between Kosovo and Serbia is continuing.

A foreign ministry spokesman said the review was among several ideas being considered in an attempt to return the buffer-zone to normality as soon as possible.

The confirmation comes after the meeting on Monday of the Yugoslav Supreme Defence Council which called for changes in the agreement with the United Nations setting up the demilitarised zone.

The agreement permits only lightly-armed police patrols in the zone.

The Defence Council warned it would take action itself if the UN did not act quickly to clear armed Albanian militants from there. Reports from Montenegro say the Yugoslav federation have agreed to replace the top military commanders sent there by the former president, Slobodan Milosevic, and to disband the special battalion of the Yugoslav military police in the republic.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service