Intense diplomatic efforts will resume today in search of a solution to the crisis in Yugoslavia. The Russian mediator Victor Chernomirdin will hold a meeting in Bonn with President of Finland Marti Ahtissari and the US Deputy Secretary of State, Strobe Talbott. Tomorrow Chernomirdin and Ahtissari will fly to Belgrade in order to hold talks with Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic. We should note that Belgrade has announced that it accepts the principles of the plan drafted by G-8 Foreign Ministers. NATO continued the heavy bombing of Yugoslavia during the night.
Serb media report new victims while the major part of the country plunged once again in darkness.
NATO planes hit telecommunication, industrial and military facilities throughout Serbia. According to the serb media ten people were killed while more than 20 were injured when missiles hit a building in the city of Novi-Pazar. A post office was bombed in the same area, as well as a printing-office and a local television station. Abdullah Ocalan s trial proceeds today in Imrali island of Turkey. The Kurd leader told the court yesterday that he is ready to cooperate with the turkish authorities on the surrender of the Kurd rebels in Southeastern Turkey.