He stated that the State Duma's Committee on Geopolitics, which consists mainly of members of Zhirinovsky's parliamentary group, would organize such a session. The leader of the radical reformist movement Russia's Choice, Egor Gaidar, who recently resigned as First Deputy Prime Minister, told the Austrian daily Die Presse on 14 February that he is convinced that Russia ought to veto NATO air strikes in Bosnia in the UN Security Council. Gaidar also said that President Boris Yeltsin continues firmly to support reforms. Lt. Gen. Michael Rose of Great Britain. The reports suggest that Rose would be content to monitor Serb guns around Sarajevo, while NATO insists that they be rendered inoperative, either by pulling them back 20 kilometers or by placing them under UN control.
Efforts appear to be under way to clear up the confusion.
The Los Angeles Times carried the story the following day. On 14 February AFP and Tanjug reported that the rump Yugoslav foreign ministry issued a statement protesting the recent withdrawal of Western diplomatic staff. On 14 February Reuters reported that Greek foreign minister Karolos Papoulias will be in Belgrade on 15 February to meet with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Papoulias, who is reportedly seeking a way of averting possible NATO airstrikes against Bosnian Serb positions, did not tell reporters precisely what he will be discussing with Milosevic, but did say he would brief representatives of the European Union as soon as possible after the meetings with the Serbian president. Athens, which has maintained close ties with Serbia, has been critical of the NATO decision to use possible airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs.