Disarmament pledge clears way for NATO deployment
Ethnic Albanian guerillas in Macedonia agreed on 14 August to disarm following promises of an amnesty from President Boris Trajkovski thereby removing the last formal obstacle to the deployment of NATO troops. The North Atlantic Council will meet today in Brussels to decide whether the deployment of NATO troops in the disarmament mission, codename Operation Essential Harvest, should commence.
Ethnic Albanian guerillas in Macedonia agreed on 14 August to disarm following promises of an amnesty from President Boris Trajkovski thereby removing the last formal obstacle to the deployment of NATO troops. The North Atlantic Council will meet today in Brussels to decide whether the deployment of NATO troops in the disarmament mission, codename Operation Essential Harvest, should commence.
