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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 145, 30 July 1998

HUNGARY WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO KOSOVA. Prime Minister
Viktor Orban on 29 July said Hungary will not participate in
any "direct military operation" in Kosova, Hungarian media
reported. Orban told journalists after visiting the U.S.
military base in Taszar, southwestern Hungary, that
"Hungarian soldiers can under no circumstances face [other]
Hungarian soldiers." He was referring to the fact that
several hundred ethnic Hungarians are conscripts in the
Yugoslav army in Kosova (see also "RFE/RL Newsline," 27 July
1998). He added that Hungary is nonetheless ready to offer
its military bases as a launching point for NATO military
operations in Kosova. MSZ

BUDAPEST READY TO FINANCE HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY IN ROMANIA.
Zsolt Nemeth, state secretary at the Hungarian Foreign
Ministry, told national television on 28 July that the
cabinet headed by Orban is ready to finance a Hungarian-
language university in the Transylvanian city of Cluj. He
said that the only obstacle to reopening that university is
the Romanian government's hesitation to make its views known
"on this delicate matter." MSZ

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