Tirana threatens to back Kosovo

Tirana - Albania, angered at Serb shelling of its territory, said yesterday that peace talks between ethnic Albanians in the …

Tirana - Albania, angered at Serb shelling of its territory, said yesterday that peace talks between ethnic Albanians in the Serb province of Kosovo and Belgrade could not resume until violence stopped. "Political dialogue can only take place when Belgrade pulls out its troops and stops military action," the Albanian Foreign Minister, Mr Paskal Milo, told a news conference.

Mr Milo said if efforts to peacefully end the bloodshed failed, Albania would have no choice but to encourage its ethnic kin in Kosovo to resist.