Belgrade, KLA Move Forward on Arms Control, Disarmament

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THREE MONTHS AFTER the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from the em.battled province of Kosovo, Yugoslavia has renewed its implementation of the June 1996 Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has been certified as having completed its demilitarization. Also in September, talks on creating a "regional balance in and around the former Yugoslavia" were resumed.

A week after the March 24 onset of NATO's 11-week bombing campaign, Belgrade formally suspended its participation in the subregional agreement, which limits the number of tanks armored combat vehicles (ACVs), artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters that the parties to the …