PRISHTINA, March 19 (KIC) - In a signing ceremony in Paris on Thursday evening, the representatives of the Kosova delegation - President Ibrahim Rugova, Hashim Thaçi, Rexhep Qosja and Veton Surroi - signed the Kosova interim agreement negotiated at Rambouillet last month.

The U.S. and EU negotiators, ambassadors Chris Hill and Wolfgang Petritsch, also signed the document.

The Russian negotiator, Mayorski, also present in the signing ceremony, did not sign the agreement which the 'FRY' side has refused to sign, in a clear show of defiance to the international community.

The Kosovar delegation has now painted a 'black and white' situation. It has demonstrated the commitment of the people and the leadership of Kosova to a political solution for Kosova.

The Serbian side has been pursuing a military, and not a peaceful solution to the Kosova issue, by stepping up its military aggression against the Albanian people at the time of the Rambouillet/Paris conference.

The West's and indeed NATO credibility is on the line now.

The Kosova agreement, as it has already been observed, "does not fulfill the express will of the people of Kosova for independence, as the only lasting and acceptable solution", Mr. Mustafa said. The Kosova delegation accepted this interim deal, however, being fully convinced that it will normalize life and bring NATO in, he added.

All the conditions have been created for an "urgent NATO intervention, for strikes against Serbian military targets, and the deployment of NATO troops, so as to protect the people of Kosova and enforce the Rambouillet deal", Rugova's aide said.

By refusing to sign, the Belgrade regime has once again demonstrated that it is against a peaceful and political solution in Kosova, Xhemail Mustafa said.

During the negotiations in France, under the pretext of NATO threats, the Serbian regime has brought in huge reinforcements in troops and armor, President Ibrahim Rugova's aide said. "This is one more reason why the international community and its institutions should give up their political rhetoric and act urgently against Serbian forces in Kosova".

The line for triggering NATO action has been crossed by now, Xhemail Mustafa said, in reply to a question. NATO should intervene now to implement the Kosova agreement, he added.

Asked about what the people of Kosova should do in case Serbs retaliated against the Albanian population after possible NATO strikes, Mustafa said the people of Kosova would call for and expect help from the international community. "The people will also find ways to organize self-defense", he added.

A new humanitarian catastrophe is looming in Kosova, now that 30,000 Albanian people have been driven from their homes amidst the unfolding Serbian offensives in separate parts of Kosova, Xhemail Mustafa said.

Serb infantry forces tried to advance into the area, but were repelled by UÇK units, they added.

Meanwhile, the village of Beçuk was machine-gunned overnight by Serbian forces, local sources said.

Serbian army and police, backed up by tanks and other combat equipment, headed to Beçuk village today. They fired at three Albanian family compounds - Ahmetaj, Halitaj and Mustafa - in the village.

PRISHTINA, March 19 (KIC) - Two Podujeva villages, Obrançë and Katunishtë ('Velika Reka'), were shelled for some time today morning.

Serb police forces left Podujeva for Peran village, a Serbian military base, at 11:00 CET.

Two Serb army tanks and two lorryloads of soldiers left the Dumosh airfield today morning, heading for Prishtina.

Fresh Serbian troops and armor - including tanks - entered Kosova from Serbia via the Nis-Podujeva-Prishtina highway at around 11:30 CET, local LDK sources said.

Meanwhile, local sources said the corpses found yesterday in Peran village were suspected of being the bodies of Nazmi Azem Ismajli (39) and Ismet Muharrem Beqiri (43), both local residents of Peran, who were arrested by Serbian forces on 9 January. They have been unaccounted for since then.

Ferid's family said he was in his work-place yesterday, and had reportedly left by car back for his place.

They are Bali Avdaj from Lubiçevë, Nuredin Shala from Jeshkovë, Shemsedin Shala from Kushtendil, Rexhep Budurri from Hoça e Qytetit, Fehmi Shala from Hoça e Qytetit, Hilmi Shala from Jeshkovë, Shehadin Gashi from Bilusha, Besnik Kastrati from Dushanovë, Musli Gashi from Hatmaxhë, Ymer Shala from Jeshkovë and Faik Beçaj from Malisheva, local sources in Prizren said.

Meanwhile, LDK sources in Malisheva said Mehmet R. Gashi (1961), resident of Suhareka, and Faik Telaku, resident of Banja e Malishevës, have been unaccounted for for two days now.