The European Union has decided to impose a ban on deliveries of oil and oil products to Yugoslavia from next week with the exception of supplies for humanitarian use.
The EU will try to persuade Union applicants in Eastern Europe and other countries Cyprus, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland to comply with the ban.
The move is seen as a further step to starve Yugoslavia of fuel as NATO continues its strikes against oil depots and oil refineries across the country. Last night the American Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, asked the foreign ministers of eight Balkan countries to join NATO and the European Union in their efforts to stop oil products reaching Belgrade's armed forces.
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