JIM MORET, CNN ANCHOR: It comes after 11 weeks of bombing and five days of intense negotiations: an agreement between Yugoslav and NATO generals, designed to get Serb forces out Kosovo, NATO led peacekeepers in, and hundreds of thousands of refugees back home. As he announced the deal, NATO Lieutenant General Sir Mike Jackson, wearily admitted it has not been easy going. If Belgrade makes what NATO calls an "effective beginning" on its pledge to withdraw, the airstrikes will stop.</s>LT. GEN. MIKE JACKSON, KOSOVO FORCE COMMAND: Under the terms of the agreement, once it has been confirmed to the secretary-general of NATO the fact that the Yugoslav forces have complied with the initial withdrawal required of its forces from Kosovo.</s>JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: There was a real debate in NATO at the time about whether air power alone could force the withdrawal of ground forces from Kosovo. NATO stuck with its strategy essentially because there was no consensus for launching a ground invasion, and the fact that it was clear that they would go to a ground operation eventually contributed to Slobodan Milosevic finally deciding that he had no chance, but to give in to NATO's terms. Slobodan Milosevic had hoped that he would be able to weaken the coalition and be able to divide it. But 78 days into the war, NATO had made it clear that it had no option but to keep bombing on until Slobodan Milosevic gave up.
CNN 20: Kosovo Peace Agreement, June 9, 1999