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China Voices Concern Over KFOR Seizure of Kosovo Plant
China Tuesday expressed its concern over the recent take-over of a steel works by the multinational peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR), expressing the hope that parties concerned should exercise restraint and prevent the situation from further deteriorating.
On August 14, the KFOR forcibly took over the "Trepca" steel works of the North Kosovo, causing conflicts between the two sides with many injuried.
While commenting on the event today, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao stressed it has been the consistent stand of China that any act of the UN troops in Kosovo should be conducive to maintaining the security and stability of Kosovo, the equality and legitimate rights of all the ethnic groups there, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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