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KOSOVO: KOMORANE: REFUGEE CAMP VISITED BY OBSERVER MISSION

(7 Oct 1998) Natural Sound US envoy Richard Holbrooke started a new round of talks with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on Wednesday - after warning that the Kosovo crisis had reached a "decisive moment". NATO forces are now making final preparations for military strikes against Serb targets - as President Milosevic continues to resist calls for an end to the violence in Kosovo. As the talks began, international observers were visiting Albanian refugees - just 24 hours after Holbrooke had highlighted their plight. This is a refugee camp near Komorane, 30 kilometers south of the Kosovan capital Pristina and is currently home to more than three-thousand people. On Wednesday representatives from the Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission visited the camp, to judge conditions for themselves. The ethnic Albanian refugees living at Komorane have been camped out under trees and living in tents made from plastic sheeting for several weeks. At the centre of the camp, refugees gather around pipes to collect water from the only source available. Observers say they witnessed first had the refugees' desperate situation and say they will report what they have seen. Serb president Slobodan Milosevic's 7-month crackdown on the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army has killed hundreds and driven more than 270,000 civilians from their homes. International concern over Kosovo increased last week after reports that Serb police massacred dozens of ethnic Albanian civilians. Police deny responsibility. Ethnic Albanians constitute 90 percent of the 2 million people in Kosovo, a southern province in Serbia, the main republic in Yugoslavia and most favour self-rule. In preparation for possible air strikes, the NATO alliance will hold a special joint council with Russia on Friday in Brussels, to brief the Russians on its possible actions in the Yugoslav province. Russia threatened on Tuesday to use its veto in the Security Council to stop NATO airstrikes. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...