The French, having invented and mastered the process are rightly territorial about the whole business.

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So confident is Milosevic of his political and territorial gains that he is in the process of drafting a new Yugoslav constitution -- designed swiftly to codify the "voluntary" association of Serbian-dominated entities, by means of what might be termed an "All-Union Treaty" for Yugoslavia.

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President Isaias said in July 1998 that this was not a matter of boundaries but of national pride and territorial integrity - it is hardly surprising the two sides have been unable to agree on a peace process.

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