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![]() Monday, June 7, 1999 Published at 07:28 GMT 08:28 UK ![]() ![]() World: Europe ![]() Kosovo talks collapse ![]() Nato delegates listen to General Jackson's statement ![]() Talks aimed at securing a Serbian withdrawal from Kosovo have collapsed, with Nato saying it will intensify its bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.
"Nato has no alternative but to continue and intensify the air campaign until such time as the Yugoslav side are prepared to implement the agreement fully and without ambiguity," General Jackson said.
But both General Jackson and the Yugoslav delegation have left open the possibility of further talks.
The main areas of dispute are reported to have been over the timing of the proposed withdrawal and whether some Serbian forces would be allowed to stay in Kosovo.
The air strikes had been scaled down in the last three days after President Milosevic said he would accept the joint Western-Russian plan.
Yugoslavia's state-run news agency Tanjug reported 100 explosions across Kosovo, with intense missile strikes in Pristina, Pec and about 30 other targets. Kursumlija in Serbia was also hit and bombs smashed television and radio relay towers in the centre of the country. (Click here to see a map of last night's Nato strikes) UN resolution Ministers from the Group of Eight industrial countries, are meeting on Monday to work on the text of a UN Security Council resolution on a settlement of the Kosovo crisis.
The G8 meeting had already been postponed once as talks between Nato and Yugoslavia were delayed. As it became apparent that no agreement was to be implemented, European Union envoy, President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland postponed a trip to Beijing to brief Chinese leaders. Serb atrocities Nato has revealed that even after President Milosevic agreed to the peace plan on Thursday, Serb forces perpetrated further outrages in Kosovo.
Nato's Secretary General Javier Solana, and the UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have called for President Milosevic to step down. Mr Solana said Nato's bombing campaign had not been aimed at overthrowing President Milosevic, but the people of Serbia had to get rid of someone who had inflicted so much suffering and destruction. (Click here to see a map of forces on the ground)
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