21. The annex sets deadlines for the demobilization of Serbian police forces and the Yugoslav army and for the disarmament of the ethnic Albanian guerrillas. 22. The ethnic Albanian guerrillas and their political allies largely have endorsed the plan, which was presented to both sides in the conflict as essentially non-negotiable. 23. The ethnic Albanian guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army are required under the proposed pact to disarm over a period of six months. 24. The disarming of ethnic Albanian guerrillas, no less essential to peace, will not be easy. 25. The ethnic Albanian guerrillas have killed Serbian police and taken soldiers hostage. 26. The mines were planted by the Yugoslav army and ethnic Albanian guerrillas during their year-long war before the NATO bombing. 27. The most acute problem these days comes from the ethnic Albanian guerrillas. 28. The Russians have said they oppose NATO air strikes against the Serbs, who are fighting an insurgency of ethnic Albanian guerrillas in the Serbian province of Kosovo. 29. The scheme would also require ethnic Albanian guerrilla forces to cease hostilities and would place Kosovo under U.N. administration while its status is determined. 30. Their job will be to collect weapons handed over voluntarily by the ethnic Albanian guerrillas who have been fighting the government for six months. |