NEW RUSSIAN TROOPS PUT ADDED PRESSURE ON NATO.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: June 16, 1999 | Copyright information

A second column of Russian troops arrived in Kosovo yesterday, increasing pressure on NATO to resolve the impasse over Moscow's role in peacekeeping.

The deployment came as Russia's top military commander and chief diplomat prepared for tough talks with their U.S. counterparts, who are negotiating on behalf of the alliance.

Russia wants its own sector of authority and for its troops not to be placed under NATO command. Though the second column was small - just 29 soldiers, according to NATO - it was large enough to dramatize those demands.

In a sign that Russia might ...

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