Kostunica to Visit Italy on December 11,

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Kostunica to Visit Italy on December 11

ROME, Dec 5, 2000 -- (Reuters) Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica will
make his first official visit to Italy as head of state on December 11, the
Italian president's office said on Monday.

Kostunica will meet President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Prime Minister Giuliano
Amato and Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini.

Amato was the first European Union head of government to travel to Belgrade
after Kostunica took over power from President Slobodan Milosevic in October.

The visit is also the first to Italy by the Yugoslav government since NATO's
bombing of the Balkan state last year over its repression of ethnic Albanians
in Kosovo.

Italy was the main launching pad for the hundreds of fighter bombers which
used NATO and U.S. airbases in the country during the bombing campaign.

In October, an Italian lieutenant-general took over as head of peacekeeping
troops in Kosovo, deployed to provide a safe environment in the province
following the withdrawal of Serb forces last year.

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