YDS 10/7

Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory

From: [email protected] (D.D. Chukurov)

07. OCTOBER 1995. YUGOSLAV DAILY SURVEY

C O N T E N T S :

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA - YUGOSLAV MINISTER: BOSNIA CEASEFIRE IS NECESSARY TO PEACE PROCESS - ROME MEETING PARTICIPANTS PRAISE PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC - FOREIGN MINISTERS OF YUGOSLAVIA VISITS VATICAN - YUGOSLAV DIPLOMAT DESCRIBES IDEA OF A GREATER SERBIA AS FABRICATION - MONTENEGRO, FRANCE HOPEFUL OF SPEEDY PEACE FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA - STATE DUMA: BILL ON RUSSIA'S GRADUAL ANTI-YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS PULLOUT - IVANOV FOR FIRM ACCORD ON FORCES FOR BOSNIA, LIFTING OF ANTI-YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS

BOSNIA - AFTER SIGNING OF CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT - U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE ACCORD IN BOSNIA - CLINTON, WITHOUT U.S. PEACE CANNOT BE PRESERVED IN BOSNIA - SPAIN: CEASEFIRE IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS LASTING PEACE IN BOSNIA - UKRAINE WELCOMES BOSNIA CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

REBUILDING PLAN FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA - EU COMMISSION: GUIDELINES FOR REBUILDING PLAN FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

FILE CROATIA - CROATS SET 14,000 SERB-OWNED FACILITIES ON FIRE IN KRAJINA

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

YUGOSLAV MINISTER: BOSNIA CEASEFIRE IS NECESSARY TO PEACE PROCESS R o m e, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic said in Rome on Friday that the Bosnian ceasefire accord was 'prerequisite for continuing the peace process.' Speaking after attending an international Conference on Bosnia in Rome, Milutinovic said that the ceasefire accord was a 'big step toward peace,' but only if fully respected and applied in practice. He said that concrete and crucial questions of peace could be discussed calmly and quietly only in conditions of a complete cessation of armed operations in Bosnia. Among these questions is a 'territorial division of Bosnia between two equal entities (the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Republika Srpska) and its constitutional organization,' Milutinovic added. He said that plans for Bosnia's future reconstruction and economic revival - which was the main topic of the Rome Conference - should extend to the entire region and not only its individual parts. This position was strongly supported by Italian Foreign Minister Susanna Agnelli, who chaired the Conference. Milutinovic said that Italy, as Yugoslavia's neighbor and friend, enjoyed full support of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in its efforts to take as active and direct a part as possible in creating conditions for peace on the opposite shore of the Adriatic Sea.

ROME MEETING PARTICIPANTS PRAISE PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC B e l g r a d e, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic Friday said the participants of the Rome international meeting on Bosnia-Herzegovina unanimously assessed that Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has proved himself as the biggest champion and realizer of peace. 'All speakers today pointed this out in the first place,' said Milutinovic in a telephone interview for Belgrade Radio and added that now not only was the unavoidable role of Belgrade and of President Milosevic been pointed out but their creative role in seeking solutions was set out as well. Milutinovic also conveyed the impression of the meeting participants that without the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and President of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic in the peace process 'there would not have been achieved what has been achieved so far.'

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF YUGOSLAVIA VISITS VATICAN R o m e, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - The Foreign Ministers of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Vatican, Milan Milutinovic and Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, respectively, Friday examined the general situation in the region, the peace process in Bosnia-Herzegovina and bilateral questions. Optimism was voiced as regards the outcome of the peace process in Bosnia-Herzegovina and an end to the crisis in the territory of former Yugoslavia in the Milutinovic-Tauran talks at the Vatican and the need for furthering cooperation and bilataral relations between the two countries pointed out. The two Ministers met after the international peace meeting on Bosnia-Herzegovina in Rome.

YUGOSLAV DIPLOMAT DESCRIBES IDEA OF A GREATER SERBIA AS FABRICATIO N G e n e v a, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - Chief of the Yugoslav Mission to the U.N. in Geneva Vladimir Pavicevic has said in an interview with the Geneva paper Tribune De Geneve that a slogan on a greater Serbia is a sheer fabriction and farce. Someone has made this up to expell Serbs from their ancestral homes as was the case in Krajina, said Pavicevic. He pointed out that a slogan on a greater Serbia was insulting the memory of enormous Serb victims in World War II. Pavicevic warned of the latest plight of the Serb people in Krajina and Bosnia, illustrating this with reports from international humanitarian organizations. According to Serb sources, more than 250,000 Serbs have fled their ancestral homes in the Repbulic of Serb Krajina before Croatia's latest aggression on norhtern and southern parts of the region. Pavicevic also said that no progress in Yugoslavia-Croatia relations could be reported as yet. There is racism prevailing in Croatia. Serbs are being expelled from Krajina while a few of them who remained are being treated brutally. Zagreb is at the same time passing laws placing Serbs in a completely subordinate and unacceptable position, said Pavicevic. Asked about the future of the International Conference on former Yugoslavia and principles on which the settlement of the Balkan crisis will be based, Pavicevic said he wished the Conference to die in peace. He also said that it was hard to believe in these principles as the international community had trampled on them all in the process of disintegrating the former Yugoslavia and later in the peace process.

MONTENEGRO, FRANCE HOPEFUL OF SPEEDY PEACE FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA P o d g o r i c a, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - The Montenegrin Foreign Minister and the French Charge d'Affaires in Belgrade said in Podgorica on Friday they hoped for a speedy negotiated settlement of the protracted crisis in the former Yugoslavia. A statement released after a meeting between Montenegrin Minister Janko Jeknic and French Charge d'Affaires Gabriel Keller said that they had exchanged views on the future course of the peace process for the former Yugoslavia. Jeknic informed Keller about the difficult humanitarian and economic situation in Montenegro, saying he hoped that a suspension, or even hoped-for lifting of U.N. sanctions against Yugoslavia would open scope for Montenegro's gradual economic and social recovery. Keller said he felt sure that the anti-Yugoslav sanctions would soon be lifted and that France was interested in taking part in the building of some priority projects in Montenegro, specifically a water system for the Montenegrin Adriatic coast.

SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA

STATE DUMA: BILL ON RUSSIA'S GRADUAL ANTI-YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS PULLO UT M o s c o w, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - The Russian State Duma (Lower House) passed on Friday a bill on the Russian Federation's gradual pullout from the regim of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The bill, which envisages also for the possibility of lifting the sanctions in stages, has been forwarded to the Council of the Federation (Upper House). This is a slightly modified version of a draft law passed by the State Duma on Aug. 12 and providing for Russia to stop enforcing the sanctions, which President Boris Yeltsin refused to sign at the time.

IVANOV FOR FIRM ACCORD ON FORCES FOR BOSNIA, LIFTING OF ANTI-YUGOS LAV SANCTIONS B e l g r a d e, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - Russia's Peace Envoy for former Yugoslavia Igor Ivanov Friday said that before a peace agreement was signed for Bosnia-Herzegovina a clear accord should be reached on forming a multinational force to implement the agreement and urged the lifting of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Ivanov said in an interview to Reuters following an international peace gathering on Bosnia-Herzegovina and former Yugoslavia in Rome that the participants discussed plans to form a multinational force to oversee peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina which was to be made up of NATO member countries' troops, Russia and some Islamic countries. As AP reported from Rome, Ivanov said Russia was prepared to participate in the multinational force. He said Russia, too, was prepared after a peace agreement was reached to help the collapsed economy on the territory of former Yugoslavia. 'We've already got some important projects in mind,' he said and added that to help the rebuilding a swift lifting of U.N. trade sanctions should be effected. 'We think the sanctions should have been lifted earlier,' said Ivanov. 'If you have a peace conference, if you have peace and a peace deal then these sanctions must go,' said Ivanov to Reuters.

BOSNIA - AFTER SIGNING OF CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE ACCORD IN BOSNIA N e w Y o r k, Oct 6 (Tanjug) - The U.N. Security Council welcomed on Friday the agreement on a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities struck by the Bosnian warring parties, and appealed that it be honoured in full. A Presidential statement said that the Council welcomed the warring parties' accord to hold final political talks in Washington later in October, and hoped that the talks would lead to a final political settlement of the Bosnian conflict. The Security Council appealed to the negotiating parties to devote themselves completely to peace at Washington and to act from the positions of good will and the principles adopted at Geneva and New York in order to lay the groundwork for a peace settlement.

CLINTON, WITHOUT U.S. PEACE CANNOT BE PRESERVED IN BOSNIA N e w Yo r k, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - U.S. President Bill Clinton warned Congress on Friday not to prevent him in further engagement in the Balkans because 'U.S. leadership is indespensble and without our values, our interests and peace itself would be at risk'. Addressing the renowned Freedom House Clinton said that he would consult Congress before authorising participation of U.S. troops in Bosnia and added 'I believe Congress understands the importance of this moment and of American leadership'. 'In Bosnia as elsewhere, if the U.S. does not lead, the job will not be done,' Clinton said. He stressed that 'the U.S. will not be sending our forces into combat in Bosnia. We will not send them into a peace that cannot be maintained.'

SPAIN: CEASEFIRE IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS LASTING PEACE IN BOSNIA M a d r i d, Oct 6 (Tanjug) - Spain, in its capacity as President of the E.U., has welcomed the ceasefire agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina and said it was an important step towards lasting peace. A final cessation of military activities in Bosnia-Herzegovina will represent, after the fulfilment of all conditions, an important step towards resolving the conflict through negotiations, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Although the road to the final peace agreement is difficult, the E.U. will continue to deploy efforts to reach just and lasting peace in the former Yugoslavia through talks, the statement said. At a news conference in Madrid on Thursday evening, Spanish foreign Minister Javier Solana expressed deep satisfaction with the agreement and said that it was an exceptional development for all those striving to obtain a restoration of peace in the former Yugoslavia.

UKRAINE WELCOMES BOSNIA CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT K i e v, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - Ukrianian officials Friday welcomed the agreement on ceasefire in Bosnia-Herzegovina as a step which could step up the negotiating process and result in lasting peace in the region. 'We have earlier clearly set out our position which is based on the resolution of the Bosnian conflict solely by peaceful means,' said Ukrainian Foreign Ministery Senior Official Yuri Sergeyev. He added that his country opposed the use of force in Bosnia-Herzegovina by any side. President of the Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine Boris Oleynik assessed that indications of cessation of all military activities in Bosnia-Herzegovina was a good way to continue and bring to a successful conclusion the peace talks. Oleynik stated the hope that the limited period of truce would later become lasting truce and the ongoing suffering of the three peoples in Bosnia-Herzegovina in this way ended. 'I believe the key to the solution to the Bosnian drama lies in the hands of those world powers which have decisively contributed first to the opening and then to the escalation of the crisis in this former Yugoslav republic,' said Oleynik.

REBUILDING PLAN FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

EU COMMISSION: GUIDELINES FOR REBUILDING PLAN FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVI A B r u s s e l s, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - The European Commission addressed Friday to the Ministerial Council of the E.U. guidelines for a reconstruction plan for war-ravaged economies in the former Yugoslavia. The working document said that after several years of war and destruction, peace in the former Yugoslavia had finally become a certainty. The document stated the firm position of the European Commission that aid should be granted to all states emerging from the former Yugoslavia, except Slovenia. A number of E.U. officials had said in the past that aid would be given only to Croatia and Bosnia because war had been waged in their territories. The E.U. Commission said that the humanitarian aid would be necessary in the former Yugoslavia for a long period of time and that expenses would even increase because actual migrations had happened in that area. The E.U. has already earmarked 1.6 billion ecus for humanitarian needs in these countries and the amount is not part of a four-billion-dollar fund necessaray for launching the reconstruction plan, after a restoration of peace in the former Yugoslavia. Countries which expect to receive E.U. aid will have to establish democratic political institutions which will guarantee the rule of law, human rights and basic freedoms, and to adjust their regulations to market-orientated economies and to boost the private sector, primarily small-scale industry. The E.U. Commission also demands a normalization of economic relations among these countries, a restoration of their common energy system, water supply system, transport and telecommunications systems so as to enable the countries, by promoting regional cooperation, to adapt their markets to European integration. All these countries will have to accept assistance in the organization of the entire reconstruction process. The E.U., the U.S., Japan and other OECD countries, Russia, Islamic countries and international financial institutions will take part in the process. The E.U. plans to organize an international conference which would be an opportunity for all countries pledging help to state the nature of their aid and the amounts of the funds either to be granted or given as loans. The E.U. Commission has proposed to all countries in the former Yugoslavia to settle the problem of succession to former Yugoslavia, which has a cooperation agreement with the E.U., and to settle their debts to international financial institutions and other creditors so as to allow these bodies to earmark new funds within the framework ofthe reconstruction plan. A complete draft plan will be submitted to the Ministerial Council on October 30.

FILE CROATIA

CROATS SET 14,000 SERB-OWNED FACILITIES ON FIRE IN KRAJINA Z a g r e b, Oct. 6 (Tanjug) - The Croatian Helsinki Human Rights Committee said about 14,000 Serb-owned facilities had been burned, destroyed or blown up in Krajina after the Croatian military offensive on the region last August. Citing reports by international observers, the Committee said that the facilities included homes, schools, factories, churches and private farms. In a statement published in Zagreb on Thursday, the Committee said that those reports were in contradiction with Croatian appeals to Serbs to remain in their homes. The Committee denied the information that Croatian authorities have arrested some Croatian citizens because of crimes of this sort. The Committee appealed to all institutions in Croatia to take strong measures to prevent atrocities in the region. It said that alone would prove that what was going on was not a part of an ethnic cleansing scheme.