The announcement was made by the KLA ``chiefs of staff'' as reported by the radio station, Belgrade.

The KLA would be part of a bigger Albanian delegation which also comprises the Kosovo Democratic League headed by Ibrahim Rugova, the United Democratic Movement led by Rexhep Cosja, the Albanian Students' Committee and independent organisations, the news agency Beta reported from the provincial capital Pristina.

Rugova and Cosja both underlined today the need for ``swift coordination'' of the activities of the ethnic Albanians' ''political and national forces'' at a ``historic moment'', Beta reported.

The KLA's political representative, Adem Demaci, earlier today had opposed the KLA at the Rambouillet conference and had also rejected an invitation from Rugova for talks.

Demaci said ``forced'' negotiations withthe Serbian government would be a mistake in the same way that the meeting of ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova with Milosevic last May was an error.

France was meanwhile going ahead with preparations for the Rambouillet conference, even though it was not certain to materialise, a French foreign ministry spokesman said. The Serbian parliament so far has not assented to the six-power contact group's plan for high-pressure talks set to start on February 6. ``Of course we are aware that the affair has not yet been won and that this remains a challenge,'' said the spokesman, that it was in the interest of all sides to come to Rambouillet ``because this is where decision must be taken''.