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Russia Rushes Aid to Kosovo

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2004-03-23 00:58 | User Profile

Russian aid for Kosovo victims | 19:42 | Beta

BELGRADE -- Monday – Russia’s Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu said today that Russia will send urgent aid for Serbs and other non-Albanians who were victims of last week’s violence in Kosovo.

Shoigu said that a team of Russian experts would begin work tomorrow with the authorised state bodies in Serbia on preparing locations at which Russia plans to set up two tent camps, each capable of holding 1,000 people. Each camp will be equipped with food and a first-aid centre, able to care for up to 600 people per day.

The minister, who met today with Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, said the move represented only the first phase of Russia’s aid for those who have fled Kosovo since 1999.