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246 阿族游击队从马其顿地区撤军
Roadblocks Abandoned as Ethnic Albanian Gunmen Withdraw in Macedonia
Jeff Bieley
Skopje
26 Jul 2001 14:53 UTC
Reports say 1)ethnic Albanian 2)guerrillas are following through on promises to 3)withdraw from positions near the Macedonian city of Tetovo. If the agreement signed Wednesday is upheld, it would give a boost to renewed peace talks.
International monitors say roadblocks have been removed on the road from Tetovo to the Kosovo border, freeing up travel at least to the ethnic Macedonian village of Lesok.
Residents in Tetovo town also report that a 4)checkpoint previously 5)manned by the ethnic Albanians, known as the National Liberation Army NLA), has been 6)abandoned. However, it was still not clear if the NLA would withdraw completely from all 7)territory it took over since a July 5 cease-fire.
The rebels agreed to the pull-back Wednesday in a NATO-brokered agreement with NLA leaders based in Kosovo. The agreement is aiming to reduce rising military tensions following three days of heavy fighting.
NATO Secretary General George Robertson and European Union (EU) foreign policy 8)representative Javier Solana arrived in Skopje Thursday for a new round of talks intended to restart internationally-mediated peace talks. Those talks, led by U.S. diplomat James Pardew and EU envoy Francois Leotard, broke down last week over ethnic Albanian demands for greater language rights.
Mr. Pardew said that in the 9)ensuing heavy fighting, both sides "walked right up to 10)brink." Mr. Pardew added after the agreement Wednesday, "maybe they've made a decision that peace was better than war, because that's exactly where they were heading."
(1) ethnic[5eWnIk]adj.人种的, 种族的, 异教徒的
(2) guerrilla[^E5rIlE]n.游击战, 游击队
(3) withdraw from v.退出, 离开
(4) checkpoint[5tFekpCInt]n.检查站, 车站的行李房
(5) manned[mAnd]adj.有人驾驶的, 有人操纵的
(6) abandoned[5bAnd(E)nd]adj.被抛弃的
(7) territory[5terItErI; (?@) -tC:rI]n.领土, 版图, 地域
(8) representative[reprI5zentEtIv]n.代表adj.典型的, 有代表性的
(9) ensue[In5sju:; (?@) In5su:]vi.跟着发生, 继起
(10) brink[brINk]n.(峭岸、崖的)边缘
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