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15,000 refugees [13] The Insurgency in the Preševo Valley was an approximately two year-long armed conflict between 1999 and 2001, between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the ethnic Albanian separatists [14] [15] [16] of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB). [17]
- 12 June 1999 – 31 August 2001, (1 year, 11 months, 2 weeks and 6 days), (main phase: 21 November 2000—31 August 2001)
- FR Yugoslavia regains control of demilitarized Ground Safety Zone, including around 580 square kilometres (220 sq mi) previously held by the UÇPMB
The 1,500-strong paramilitary launched an insurgency in the Preševo Valley from 1999 to 2001, with the goal of joining these municipalities to Kosovo. The EU condemned what it described as the "extremism" and use of "illegal terrorist actions" by the group.
- 1999–2001
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The Preševo Valley ( Serbian Cyrillic: Прешевска долина, romanized : Preševska dolina; Albanian: Lugina e Preshevës) is a geopolitical region in southern Serbia, along the border with Kosovo. The valley geographically includes municipalities of Bujanovac and Preševo, and politically also Medveđa. It is home to most of the ...
17523. Area code. +381 (0)17. Car plates. VR. Website. www .presevo .rs. Preševo ( Serbian Cyrillic: Прешево, pronounced [prêʃeʋə]; Albanian: Preshevë) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 33,449 inhabitants. [2]
The 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) insurgent group, formed from veterans of the Kosovo War and Insurgency in the Preševo Valley, attacked Macedonian security forces at the end of January 2001, and ended with the Ohrid Agreement, signed on 13 August of that same year.
- 22 January – 12 November 2001, (9 months and 3 weeks)
Ridvan Qazimi. Ridvan Qazimi (4 April 1964 – 24 May 2001), known by his nom de guerre as Lleshi, was one of the commanders of the Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB). During the 1999–2001 insurgency in the Preševo Valley, he was one of the five commanders of the UÇPMB and commanded the ...
The Končulj Agreement is a colloquial name for two statements, the Basic UÇPMB statement signed about the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley, signed by the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) and the Statement on conditional amnesty for members of the UÇPMB, signed by the Republic of Serbia within FR Yugoslavia in 2001.
