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Serbia Today 96-03-13
13 March 1996
In This Edition
SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WANT NORMALIZATION OF THE RELATIONS WITH THE FR OF YUGOSLAVIA
CONTENTS
[01] FINAL PEACE AND NORMALIZATION OF LIFE
[02] SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS
[03] DELEGATION OF THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL VISITS YUGOSLAVIA
[04] INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WANT NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH YUGOSLAVIA
[05] EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO US DURING THE BLOCKADE
[06] MUSLIMS AND ATTACKING SERBS IN ILIDZA
[07] CONFLICTS IN SARAJEVO ARE ESCALATING
[08] NEW OBSTACLES FOR THE FEDERATION
[09] AFTER 'LOVE' - A DEPORTATION
[01] FINAL PEACE AND NORMALIZATION OF LIFE
President of the Republic of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic received
yesterday members of the U.S. team headed by the Deputy
Secretary of State, Ambassador John Cornblum. In the delegation
were also Deputy Secretary of State John Shestak, the U.S.
charge d'affaires in Belgrade and the assistant head of the U.S.
team Rudolph Perina, Ambassador William Montgomery, Robert Owen
and members of the National Security Council, Pentagon and the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. Views were exchange about the
implementation of the peace agreement on Bosnia and it was
stated that positive results have been achieved, and the main
feature is final peace and an accelerated implementation of the
process of normalization of the life of citizens. It was pointed
out that there is a need to speed up implementation of the
civilian part of the peace agreement, where the central place is
occupied by preparations for the forthcoming elections for the
new legal institutions. During the meeting, mutual inclination
was expressed for normalization of the relations between the
United States and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (Politika,
March 13, 1996)
[02] SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS
Delegation of the Bulgarian National Parliament (Sobranje)
headed by the Academician Blagovest Sendov, President of
Sobranje, was received yesterday by the President of the
Republic of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic. During the talks, the
positive development of bilateral relations and cooperation
between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were
emphasized, especially assisted by regular contacts between
representatives of the two countries on the political level. It
was underlined that the two countries are having a special
interest in strengthening stability in the Balkan region, and
therefore the support is necessary to various forms of linking
between the Balkan states and nations. On this level, Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria are already having results
and concrete plans whose realization will bring about mutually
beneficial effects. (Politika, March 13, 1996)
[03] DELEGATION OF THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL VISITS YUGOSLAVIA
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Milutinovic received
the delegation of the International Criminal Tribunal, headed by
the assistant prosecutor Graham Bluit. There was discussion of
the actual matters of cooperation between the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia and the Tribunal. During the visit to Yugoslavia,
delegation will have meetings with the representatives of the
Yugoslav judiciary. (Borba, March 13, 1996)
[04] INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WANT NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH YUGOSLAVIA
"Talks in London were very useful and interesting, there were
concrete agreements, but our further position will considerably
depend on the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank, which are scheduled to take place in Paris
from March 27th to April 2, 1996", said Dr. Dragoslav Avramovic,
Governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia, in his interview
from the United States for the "Politika" daily. While summing
up the results of five-day talks in London where he was on a
visit last week at the invitation of the British Government,
Governor Avramovic pointed out that the talks have opened new
options for cooperation with the international financial
organizations. "We have received in London the support for our
membership in the international organizations, but also the
possibilities are now being considered how to assist us already
now in maintaining our liquidity and stability of the local
currency", said Avramovic. (Politika ekspres, March 13, 1996)
[05] EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO US DURING THE BLOCKADE
About the times under sanctions and perspectives of the Yugoslav
economy, in a specific way are bearing witness three collective
works of the Serbian Academy of Science, promoted yesterday at
the SAS. The first of the books entitled "Economy of Yugoslavia
Under Blockade", a collection of texts by many experts, is
showing that the Yugoslav economy, according to the Academician
Kosta Mihajlovic, has nevertheless avoided a crash as many were
predicting. Mihajlovic commented also on the latest tendencies
of Slovenia and Croatia to start independently repayment of
their part of the former Yugoslav debt. This is ngrounded
because it is a digression from the agreement to solve the
problems omprehensively within the group for succession, said
Mihajlovic. The second ollection of works entitled "Sanctions,
Legitimacy, Legality and Consequences" s treating financial
constraints and some economic and social aspects, said
cademician Macura. In the third collection of works
"Perspectives of the ugoslav Economy After the Year 1994", the
essence of the monetary reform is xplained and projections
assessed for the economic development, said Academician van
Maksimovic. (Politika ekspres, March 13, 1996)
[06] MUSLIMS AND ATTACKING SERBS IN ILIDZA
Muslims have flooded the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza which has
passed yesterday into the hands of the Muslim-Croat Federation.
They are looting Serbian ouses and harassing the remaining
Serbs, said in Sarajevo the UN spokesman lexander Ivanko. "We
have received over 60 complaints and they are still coming n",
said Ivanko and added that there is not enough staff to react to
all the ncidents. According to the UN estimates, from 26,000
Serbs in Ilidza, only some ,000 of them have remained, and after
the withdrawal of the Serbian police everal thousands of Muslims
have crushed into town, Reuters reports. (Politika, arch 13,
1996)
[07] CONFLICTS IN SARAJEVO ARE ESCALATING
Lord Mayor of Sarajevo Tarik Kupusovic submitted his resignation
yesterday, issatisfied with a one-sided decision of the
representatives of the Democratic ction Party (SDA) in the city
assembly to constitute Sarajevo as a new canton, eports Croat
Radio. Kupusovic insisted that in the new set-up of Sarajevo
must e respected the legitimate interests of the Croat people,
which was not the case his time. Croat Radio correspondent from
Sarajevo is reporting that this olitical conflict between the
Croat Democratic Community (HDZ) and the SDA about arajevo is
escalating. (Politika ekspres, March 13, 1996)
[08] NEW OBSTACLES FOR THE FEDERATION
Lord mayors of the municipalities of Ploce, Metkovici, Opuzen
and Kula Norinska have publicly protested against the proposed
agreement which would secure "for the Bosnia-Herzegovina
federation" an access to the Adriatic Sea for period of 99
years. In the joint communique they are underlining the
following: As members of the Christian civilization, we have a
special responsibility for he destiny of our lands. Therefore,
in the proposed agreement there must be firm uarantees for
preventing any changes in the political, demographic and
religious icture of Ploce and the valley of Neretva River and
for protection of the nterests of people of this area".
(Vecernje novosti, March 13, 1996)
[09] AFTER 'LOVE' - A DEPORTATION
Slovenian pragmatism is again being manifested in practice.
While at one time Muslim refugees from former Bosnia-Herzegovina
were exploited for many purposes, Slovenia has now decided to
return them home promptly. At one time Slovenia was claiming
that it is acommodating some 80 thousand Muslim refugees and on
the basis of this figure has received a substantial humanitarian
and financial aid from many European countries. Although the
deceit has been revealed nd Slovenia was forced to announce
officially that "it is accommodating" 19 housand refugees, still
the funds were arriving from the Arab countries, while ts "love"
for the Muslims Slovenia has charged also through a large-scale
muggling of arms for the government in Sarajevo. After the
recent visit of the lovenian businessmen to Sarajevo and their
failure to conclude large deals there n the reconstruction of
destroyed towns, refugees have suddenly become a danger or
Slovenia and in the Parliament there was an urgent initiative
for their rompt return. Organization for the protection of human
rights "Amnesty nternational" is seeing in this gesture "a
perfidious way" for Slovenia to be id of refugees. (Vecernje
novosti, March 13, 1996)
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