THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release September 29, 2000
PRESS BRIEFING
BY
JOE LOCKHART
The James S. Brady Briefing Room
1:55 P.M. EDT
Q Joe, with respect to Serbia, if civil war should break
out there, is the United States prepared to intervene militarily, or
NATO? What is our military situation if this thing should break out
over there?
MR. LOCKHART: I think those are the kind of hypotheticals
that I learned long before today not to walk down. We've made very
clear that we believe the Serbian opposition has won this election, that
Milosevic should go. And we believe that his ultimate destination
should be the Hague. But the results from the fair monitors of this,
and those who are not under the thumb of the government, have been very
clear that the opposition has won this election.
Q Joe, the Greek government has offered to send a
delegation to participate in the recount in Yugoslavia. Does the
administration find a particular need for a recount? Does it believe
that's a way out of this? And would it send a delegation or encourage
other nations to do so, as well?
MR. LOCKHART: I think as long -- I think anything done under
the auspices of the election commission controlled by President
Milosevic is inherently suspect. I think the opposition has made their
decision, which I believe most countries who have spoken in support,
that it is not needed to go to a second round, that the first round
results were clear, and that Milosevic should go and respect the will of
the people of Serbia.
Q But the opposition has said, if I'm correct, that it
would be willing to subject itself to an internationally monitored
recount of the first balloting, not the second balloting.-
END 2:25 P.M. EDT
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