The United States and Britain have announced a series of measures to encourage Yugoslavs to turn their backs on President Milosevic.

The steps were agreed during talks in Washington between the American Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, and her British counterpart, Robin Cook.

They said that in response to requests from opposition parties in Serbia, they'd consider easing a ban on commercial flights to Yugoslavia.

However, other sanctions would be tightened; These include preventing the Yugoslav leadership from receiving cash from abroad or placing it outside the country.

There will also be an extension to list of people in Yugoslavia facing international travel restrictions -- most of them either senior government or military officials. Mr Cook said he hoped these actions would send a message to the Serb people that there was a future from them in Europe if they dropped President Milosevic.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service