Moslem leader blasts Russia's Bosnia stance

Moslem leader blasts Russia's Bosnia stance

JAKARTA (JP): The Committee for Moslem Solidarity yesterday
criticized Russia for opposing the efforts to lift a United
Nations arms embargo against the besieged Bosnians.

Committee chairman Lukman Harun said Russia's attitude only
confirms that the country is behind the Serbs' aggression in the
former Yugoslav republic.

"Russia's stand only serves to confirm their support for the
Serbs' aggression in Bosnia," Lukman said.

Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev on Tuesday blasted
U.S. senators' recent decision demanding that the United Nations
Security Council lift the arms embargo to allow for Bosnians to
arm themselves and defend against the Serbs.

Lukman said Kozyrev's remarks suggest that Russia is backing
the "ethnic and religion cleansing" campaign by Serbs in Bosnia.

He said the Serbs have also been receiving arms supplies from
their ethnic kin in Russia, breaking the balance of power and
leaving the Moslems virtually defenseless. (11)