Joint Statement of SYNASPISMOS and Bulgarian Socialist Party Presidents regarding the Kosovo conflict

Joint Statement of SYNASPISMOS and BULGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY Presidents:

Stop all military hostilities against the FR of Yugoslavia

Sofia, April 7, 1999

The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Georgi Parvanov and the President of the Greeek Coalition of the Left and Progress have met today, 7 April 1999, in Sofia. At the end of their meeting the two leaders have decided to make the following joint statement:

1.	We confirm the persistent position that the military hostilities against the FR of Yugoslavia do not lead towards finding of a peaceful and a lasting outcome of the Kosovo conflict. We express deep concern and regret with the continuing outflow of refugees from Kosovo and the growing number of civilian casualties from NATO bombing. The escalation of military hostilities in the FR of Yugoslavia are leading towards the deepening of the humanitarian drama and destabilization of the region as a whole.
2.	We appeal for immediate cessation of all hostilities in the FR of Yugoslavia and return of all refugees and initiation of the negotiation process. All efforts directed towards a political resolution of the conflict should be supported.
3.	We confirm the position that the political solution of the conflict should be based on wide autonomy for Kosovo respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia.
4.	We express the position that all Balkan states should refrain from any involvement in the military hostilities in the FR of Yugoslavia. We appeal to the governments of the countries in the region to undertake joint efforts for the political and lasting outcome of the conflict and for overcoming its negative consequences on the development of the countries of South Eastern Europe.
	Sofia, 7 April 1999