Jamie Shea
Jamie Shea
Jamie Patrick Sheais Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium...
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I'm quite sure that if President Ahtisaari does go to Belgrade, he will carry a firm message that he's not there to negotiate, that he's there to obtain from Milosevic an unambiguous, clear and verifiable pledge that Belgrade is willing not simply to accept the principles of the G-8 but to put them into practice.
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It's not simply NATO which is isolating President Milosevic. Rarely in history has one state been so isolated, politically, militarily, economically and geographically. This cannot be something the Yugoslav people need or want at this time.
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We still exclude that option for the simple reason that they would take many weeks, if not months, to assemble, to introduce into the area and to fight their way in. We simply don't have several weeks or months at our disposal.
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We have reports that soldiers were also involved in the casualties, not simply civilians.
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It's not a place for haggling or equivocation. This is a place for decision and action. We expect the Yugoslav military representatives to accept the terms that will be put to them ... and we expect them to have the authority not only to agree but also to order the immediate implementation of what is agreed.
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I want to make this crystal clear: I have no evidence of this, but there are a number of Kosovar Albanian sources that have spoken about people being taken down from the hills and being concentrated in that particular location.
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If Milosevic is pulling them out, there will be plenty of dust on the track. We'll know it when we see it.
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At this stage we are not ready to settle for anything less than our objectives.
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At this rate, the Serb security forces would have more or less emptied Kosovo (of ethnic Albanians) in 10 to 20 days from now.
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The military commanders will continue to take every precaution to hit the targets accurately. No government has asked NATO to change its current strategy, including its targeting policy.
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We expect the Yugoslav military representatives to accept the terms that will be put to them by Gen. Jackson, and we expect them to have the authority not only to agree but also to order the immediate implementation of what is agreed.
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We will be drawing up specific assistance programs for both countries to help them to meet the criteria for NATO membership.
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We have a direct and material concern for the security of these countries, and we don't only say that in rhetoric.
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We find the KLA is far from vanquished.