Bomb said defused in Pristina ahead of EU
envoy's Kosovo visit
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - July 20, 2005, Wednesday
Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA
Pristina, 20 July: International peacekeepers and local police have defused a
bomb planted in one of Pristina's main streets, just hours before an announced
visit of EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
Javier Solana, the police said on Wednesday [20 July].
The centre of Pristina was sealed off for several hours on Tuesday night as bomb
disposal experts defused the bomb which, according to police spokesman Agron
Borovci, had been planted by "two underage persons".
Solana, who is currently on a visit to Serbia-Montenegro [SCG], was scheduled to
visit Pristina later on Wednesday for talks with senior officials there.
Several explosions have occurred in Pristina over the past weeks, without
claiming any casualties. Anonymous groups have threatened violence unless
negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina on the future status of the southern
province result in full independence for Kosovo.
SOURCE: HINA news agency, Zagreb, in English
10:34 GMT, 20 Jul 05
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