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Yugoslav Daily Survey, 96-10-01Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>CONTENTS
[01] YUGOSLAV MINISTER MEETS WITH SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALSW a s h i n g t o n, Sept. 30 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic on Monday held talks with Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. Attending the talks was U.S. Peace Envoy for the Balkans John Kornblum. Milutinovic afterwards met in the White House with Samuel Berger, who is second in command in the National Security Council.They discussed normalization of bilateral relations and restoration of economic cooperation that has been frozen for the past four years. Milutinovic also met with influential Republican Senator Richard Lugan, Chairman of the Subcommittee for European Affairs, and with Foreign Relations Committee Vice Chairman Chuck Rob, a Democrat from Virginia. [02] YUGOSLAVIA AND SWEDEN TO PROMOTE ALL-ROUND COOPERATIONB e l g r a d e, Sept. 30 (Tanjug) - Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (F.R.Y.) Radoje Kontic and Swedish Ambassador to the F.R.Y. Mats Stafanson confirmed on Monday that their countries' were ready to cooperate in all domains, especially as regards the promotion of economic relations.An announcement by the Yugoslav Information Secretariat said that Kontic pointed out that even after the abolition of U.N. sanctions against the F.R.Y., the so-termed 'Outer Wall' of the sanctions would still be the biggest obstacle in the way of cooperation with Sweden as well as with other European Union (E.U.) countries. Kontic said, 'if stable Balkans is Europe's interest and if the F.R.Y. is among the most important factors of peace and stability in the Region, then the F.R.Y. also must be stable and prosperous economically. For the F.R.Y. to be genuinely such it badly needs, as soon as possible, to return to all international political, economic and trade institutions and organizations to be ensured.' Kontic and Stafanson pointed out that political and economic ties between the F.R.Y. and Sweden had to be strengthened because major possibilities existed in this domain as had been reaffirmed by increasingly frequent meetings between the two countries' businessmen. Sweden was among the first countries which raised diplomatic relations with the F.R.Y. to the Ambassadorial level when the U.N. sanctions against Yugoslavia were suspended towards the end of last year. Kontic paid tribute to Sweden for its principled efforts towards resolving the crisis in former Yugoslavia and for its contribution in the settlement of humanitarian problems of refugees and displaced persons, the announcement said. [03] GERMANY APPRECIATES YUGOSLAVIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL PEACEP o d g o r i c a, Sept. 30 (Tanjug) - Germany appreciates the contribution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the drawing up of the Dayton Peace Agreement and to the successful implementation of its military and civilian provisions. This statement was made Monday in Podgorica by the newly appointed German Ambassador to Yugoslavia Wilfried Gruber during a meeting with Montenegrin President Momir Bulatovic.Bulatovic and Gruber noted that the implementation of the preliminary stages of the Dayton Agreement had brought about a great progress in the normalization of the situation in the former Yugoslavia and political stabilization in the Region, Montenegrin President's Office said in a statement. [04] U.N. RAPPORTEUR REHN DUE IN BELGRADEG e n e v a, Sept. 30 (Tanjug) - U.N. Special Human Rights Rapporteur for former Yugoslavia Elizabeth Rehn will visit Belgrade on Saturday, October 5, at the start of a new mission, according to reports at Geneva's Palais des Nations on Monday.Rehn's reports to date about the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have been incomparably more objective and truthful than those of her predecessor Tadeusz Mazowiecki. For the first time in a long while, an official of an influential International Organisation has said that the human rights situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is not so bad as foreign reporters and some Western diplomats would have it appear. After visiting Yugoslavia, Rehn is expected to go to Vukovar in East Slavonia, a Serb-populated region which is temporarily administered by the United Nations. [05] ANTI-YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS TO BE LIFTED VERY QUICKLYW a s h i n g t o n, Sept. 30 (Tanjug) - A U.S. Spokesman said on Monday that the economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would be completely lifted 'very quickly'.Spokesman Nicholas Burns told a regular news briefing that the sanctions would be formally and entirely lifted 'just in a matter of days,' explaining that all conditions set by the Dayton Peace Accords had been met. The United States will vote in the U.N. Security Council for lifting the sanctions, Burns added. [06] FIRST SESSION OF THE JOINT BOSNIAN PRESIDENCYB e l g r a d e, Oct. 1 (Tanjug) - Joint institutions of Bosnia-Herzegovina will be formed and proclaimed in Sarajevo on Saturday, said a statement released following the first meeting of the joint Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency.Members of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency, representatives of Muslims, Serbs and Croats Alija Izetbegovic, Momcilo Krajisnik and Kresimir Zubak met on Monday for the first time for three-hour talks. The Session was consultative, and focused on the work of the Presidency, observers say. The functioning of joint institutions was also on the agenda. The three Presidency Members have again confirmed their willingness and commitment to preserve and protect the constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the statement said. The meeting also discussed the formation of the Ministerial Council by October 30. The Members of the Presidency agreed to order the immediate release of all prisoners of war except those indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal. The issue of the release of prisoners of war was raised by Serb Momcilo Krajisnik, Agence France Presse (AFP) said. The Members of Presidency also agreed to reopen telephone communications between the Entities of Republika Srpska and Muslim-Croat Federation which were cut off in the Spring of 1992, when the war began. The International Community's High Representative Carl Bildt said that this first meeting was just the beginning of a long process. He added that the meeting had lasted longer than expected. [07] KINKEL URGES BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY TO WORK AND COOPERATEB o n n, Sept. 30 (Tanjug) - German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel urged the Members of Bosnia-Herzegovina's new Presidency late on Monday to assume responsibility for their country and continue to cooperate.Speaking after the Presidency held its first Session earlier on Monday, Kinkel said that this was a very important first step and a sign that, at this time, the setting up of democratic institutions in Bosnia was going on well. [08] NEW WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR URGES COOPERATIONT h e H a g u e, Sept. 30 (Tanjug) - The New Chief Prosecutor of the Tribunal for War Crimes in the former Yugoslavia Louise Arbour (Canada), appointed by the U.N. Security Council last February 29, urged all sides to cooperate in extraditing suspects, investigations and ensuring the safety of witnesses in trials under way.At her first Press Conference in The Hague attended solely by reporters from the countries created in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, Arbour said she intended during her term of office to bring to trial all suspects of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Asked whether she would request additional powers for IFOR to arrest war crimes suspects, Arbour answered she was not empowered to do so and that this would depend on the overall IFOR mandate in the future. Arbour reiterated the principle of trying only individuals for their own crimes and that trials in absentia would not be organized. Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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