Serbian Television Evening News:
- Report on Christopher Hill and Milan Milutinovic meeting – Milutinovic: Rambouillet achieved initial degree of success, hopes to continue negotiations, U.S. needs to take stand against Kosovo independence referendum and for KLA disarmament, expects next talks to allow for direct negotiations between Serbian and Albanian delegations, all elements of Kosovo autonomy must be clearly defined before next signing (cited).
- Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minster Vuk Draskovic talks with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill – Vuk Draskovic: political agreement to be based on UN and international law, ten principles of Contact Group (cited); Christopher Hill: political proposal does not contain possibility of Kosovo independence. (cited)
- Christopher Hill: points drawn up in Rambouillet are good starting point, peace agreement without implementation plan is useless, implementation to be done through NATO forces (cited).
- Vuk Draskovic meets Special EU Envoy to Kosovo Bogdanko Petric; Petric: text of political agreement contains specific Kosovo autonomy within Yugoslav borders.
- Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic to meet Byelorussian counterpart Ural Latipov.
00:06:57
- Knut Vollebeck (OSCE) meets with Zoran Andjelkovic: peace proposal for Kosovo respects Yugoslav sovereignty and borders; Andjelkovic gave examples of KLA attacks against civilians, the Serbian Police, and Yugoslav Army.
- Vollebeck holds a press conference: confirmed that Yugoslav border cannot be changed, question of referendum not mentioned in Contact Group peace proposal, certain KLA groups insist on independence and are like IRA (cited).
- Serbian Radical Party: U.S. supports terrorist plans for independence; invites them to Washington, DC to give pointers how to achieve common goal of separating Kosovo from Yugoslavia; Serbian people will not allow Kosovo independence (cited).
- Vuk Draskovic holds press conference: Yugoslavia willing not to accept political agreement which does not guarantee complete territorial sovereignty of Serbia and Yugoslavia, equal rights for all minorities.
- News in brief: KLA attacks Serbian police and Yugoslav military forces near Kosovo/Macedonian Djeneral Jankovic border crossing; KLA attacks military patrol near Volujak.
- Individuals in KLA uniformed civilian dress kill one person and wound another (near Velika Hoca) – wounded man was handed over to OSCE observers – wounded man and his doctor give statements; Albanian Kosovo Democratic Initiative (Kosovska Demokratska Inicijativa) strongly condemns latest KLA attacks on non-separatist Albanian leaders; Adem Demaci resigned as leader of KLA because Rambouillet would not guarantee Kosovo independence – circumstances changed with arrival of KLA members ready to sign Rambouillet peace agreement (cited).
- Report on foreign media coverage:
Austria's Der Standard: KLA responsible for heightened tensions; Die Presse and Der Standard: U.S. cynicism evident after U.S. invites KLA leaders to Washington, DC; Vienna Kourier: KLA attack on Serbian police on Sunday left two dead and four wounded policemen; Libyan Al-Jamahiria (sp): NATO intentions unclear after breakup of USSR, hence the inconsistency in handling of Kosovo crisis – KLA uses Islam for political purposes; Mexican Uno Masuno (sp): U.S. endangers world peace, Kosovo is a geo-strategic goal for drug trafficking, KLA's training camps in Albania, refusal to accept Yugoslavia's territorial sovereignty and KLA disarmament key problem for Albanians, refusal to allow NATO troops on Kosovo territory key problem for Belgrade.
- Madeleine Albright meets with Chinese President Zeming (sp): U.S.-China relations should focus on constructive cooperation in 21st century, questions over human rights and Taiwan are an internal problem (cited); also discuss China's veto on UN troops in Macedonia.
- U.S. continues bombardment of Iraq; U.S. bombs oil refinery designated for the oil-for-food program; Iraq officials: to continue defense against U.S./British aggression (cited).
News in English:
- Hill meets with Milutinovic; KLA attacks Serbian police and Yugoslav army at Djeneral Jankovic border point; KLA attacks Yugoslav Army near Volujak; KLA attack near Velika Hoca left one man dead and another wounded; Adem Demaci resigns from the KLA – Demaci: Albanian fight for independence will never cease (cited); heating and cooling fair opened in Belgrade.
00:22:08 – Serbian Television Evening News:
- General Dragoljub Ojdanic visits Yugoslav army Pristina corps stationed in Kosovo: talks to General-Lieutenant Colonel Nebojsa Pavkovic, Air Force Commander General-Lieutenant Colonel Spasoje Smiljkovic, General-Lieutenant Colonel Branislav Petrovic, and Major General Vladmimir Lazarevic; Ojdanic: NATO troops not allowed to enter Kosovo, Yugoslav Army soldiers will not spare lives for defense of country and freedom (cited); high-ranking officers continue visitation of Yugoslav Army units in Kosovo.
- General Ojdanic meets President of Temporary Executive Council of Kosovo (Predsednik Privremenog Izvrsnog Veca) Zoran Andjelkovic; the country's readiness to defend territorial sovereignty of Yugoslavia discussed, Yugoslav Army and Serbian Police are professional in execution of their duties (cited).
- Tony Blair states at press conference: Rambouillet set precedent for continuation of March 15 talks in Paris; no talks about Kosovo independence (cited); British diplomatic circles: push for talks European initiative, questions U.S. role, certain KLA members travelling to U.S. should be tried for crimes committed in Kosovo (cited).
- Report on foreign media coverage:
Italian Ansa press: cites Milan Milutinovic statement that U.S. cannot support Kosovo independence and peace talks at same time; Suddeutsche Zeitung: U.S. sent Bob Dole to talks with Albanian leaders, promises them independence without consideration that West does not support separation of Kosovo from Yugoslavia; U.S. Foreign Services Committee sharply criticizes U.S. and Madeleine Albright's policy towards Kosovo crisis; Bulgarian Trud: Bulgarian government decision to allow foreign troops to enter Bulgaria is political cynicism (all cited).