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<h1>The View From Tirana: The Albanian Dimension Of The Kosovo Crisis</h1>
<p class="small">10 July 1998 Tirana-Sarajevo
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li><a href="/#1">Executive Summary</a>
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<li><a href="/#2">Introduction</a>
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<li><a href="/#3">Background To Albanian-Kosovo Relations</a>
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<li><a href="/#3a">The Communist Period </a>
<li><a href="/#3b">The 1992-1997 Administration Of Ex-President
Sali Berisha</a>
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<li><a href="/#4">Albanian Government's Response To Kosovo
Crisis</a>
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<li><a href="/#4a">Political Moves</a>
<li><a href="/#4b">Response To Developments On The Ground</a>
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<li><a href="/#5">Response Of The Albanian Opposition And Media</a>
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<li><a href="/#5a">Opposition</a>
<li><a href="/#5b">Media</a>
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<li><a href="/#6">Serbian Allegations Of Recruitment And Training
Of Albanians To Fight In Kosovo And Of Arms Trafficking From Albania
To Kosovo And Macedonia</a>
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<li><a href="/#7">Conclusion And Recommendations</a>
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<li><a href="/#7a">Diplomatic Pressure On Former Albanian
President Sali Berisha Not To Exploit The Kosovo Crisis For His
Own Political Goals</a>
<li><a href="/#7b">International Assistance To Aid The
Albanian Border Police More Effectively To Monitor The Albanian-Kosovo
And Albanian-Macedonian Frontier</a>
<li><a href="/#7c">Scrutiny Of The Activities Of Kosovo
Diaspora Support Groups In The West</a>
<li><a href="/#7d">International Mediators To Keep Albania
Informed Of And, Where Useful, Brought Into The Kosovo Dialogue</a>
<li><a href="/#7e">International Relief Agencies To Direct
Aid For Kosovo Albanian Refugees Away From Border To Territory Controlled
By The Tirana Government</a>
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