Sunday, April 18, 1999 Published at 09:17 GMT 10:17 UK
Clinton: 'Tyrant' Milosevic must go
Bill Clinton: Yugoslavia must be rid of "belligerent tyrant"
US President Bill Clinton has said there will be no peace in the Balkans until Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has gone from office.
Mr Clinton, in an article for London's Sunday Times newspaper, said Serbia needed a democratic transition, "for the region cannot be secure with a belligerent tyrant in its midst" - a view supported by Nato Secretary General Javier Solana in a BBC interview.
'Campaign will continue'
"But if he will not do that, our campaign will continue, shifting the balance of power against him until we succeed," he said.
"Ultimately, Mr Milosevic must either cut his mounting losses or lose his ability to maintain his grip on Kosovo."
He said: "I think it would be very difficult to have peace in the region, and in particular Yugoslavia, if it is not a democratic Yugoslavia.
"Therefore the democratisation of Yugoslavia is a basic element for the stability and the prosperity for the country and the people."