HOLY SEE COMMUNIQUE ON POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE IN YUGOSLAVIA

VATICAN CITY, APR 6, 1999 (VIS) - The following communique was released this evening by the Holy See Press Office:

"If the news concerning a cessation of military and police operations in Kosovo on the part of the the Federal Yugoslav authorities, and the start of negotiations with representatives from the peoples in that republic and the return of its inhabitants is confirmed, it will certainly be a question of an important step towards peace. Obviously all the other parties involved must respond with an attitude of welcome. The Secretariat of State, however, is still waiting anxiously for official confirmation. One thing is certain: continuing with the violence of recent days would represent a serious obstacle in the negotiated search for peace and human co-existence."

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