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BosNet NEWS / May 23, 1996
CONTENTS
[01] JAVIER SOLANA AND MICHAEL WALKER ABOUT RATKO MLADIC
[02] XAVIER GAUTIER KILLED HIMSELF (OR WAS KILLED) ON BALEARI
[03] ZUBAK, SILAJDZIC AND GANIC ABOUT ELECTIONS IN MOSTAR AND BH
[04] ACCORD ON MILITARY COOPERATION: CROATIA-UKRAINA
[05] CHARTIER (ICTY) ON KARADZIC AND MLADIC
[06] IZETBEGOVIC, COTTI AND BURNS ON KARADZIC AND REFERENDUM
[01] JAVIER SOLANA AND MICHAEL WALKER ABOUT RATKO MLADIC
Brussels, Sarajevo, May 22, 1996 (Press TWRA) - When asked
about Gen. Mladic yesterdayFs visit to Belgrade (shown in TV),
NATO Secretary General, Solana, said: tIf Mladic really was in
Belgrade, President Milosevic should have arrested himv. Solana
made no comment on the fact IFOR should arrest Mladic in
Bosnia. British General Sir M. Walker, IFOR ground forces
Commander, refused to make any comment. (end) A.S.
[02] XAVIER GAUTIER KILLED HIMSELF (OR WAS KILLED) ON BALEARI
Barcelona, May 22, 1996 (Press TWRA) - Gautier, journalist of
tLe Figarov was found hung in the house on the Baleari island,
French Consulate in Barcelona informed (AFP reported). Gautier
(35) is the author of three books on the war in former
Yugoslavia. Local media claim he was just preparing an
investigation about Austro-BH arms-trade. The body was found by
his friend. Police started an investigation that should explain
really strange conditions of his death, in which a possibility
Gautier was killed has not yet been completely rejected. The
walls of the house where GautierFs body was found, and which he
used to hire, are covered by gratifies written in Italian
language. (end) A.S.
[03] ZUBAK, SILAJDZIC AND GANIC ABOUT ELECTIONS IN MOSTAR AND BH
Sarajevo, Mostar, May 22, 1996 (Press TWRA) - Bosnian
President, Alija Izetbegovic and EU Administrator to Mostar,
Ricardo Perez Cassado talked today in Sarajevo about the
forthcoming elections in Mostar, scheduled by EUAM for May 31
and which they do not intend to postpone. After their
discussion, the only information given was that they were very
useful and that Cassado would discuss the same issue tomorrow
with Croatian President Tudjman. Former BH Prime and Foreign
Minister and actaully President of the Party for BH, Haris
Silajdzic, stated local elections in Mostar should be held on
September 14, at the time of general and local elections
elsewhere in BH. Croatian side is ready to discuss a
postponement of the Mostar elections, BH Federation President,
Kresimir Zubak, stated, after talks held in Mostar with Luis de
la Pena, Spanish Ambassador to Zagreb. Zubak stated a
postponement of some 2 to 3 weeks would be acceptable, in order
to finish the elections before the conclusion of EUAM mandate,
on July 23, defining as unacceptable connecting of the Mostar
elections with elections in other BH areas. Ejup Ganic, member
of BH Presidency and BH Federation Vice-President, stated for
tThe New York Timesv Bosnian government will boycott BH
elections, if the conditions are not changed and if Serbian
leader charged for war-crimes are not arrested. Election rule,
according to which refugees are allowed to vote by intermediary
of an authorized person in the areas where they have been
expelled, is estimated as questionable, for this would present,
according to Ganic, a legalization of ethnical cleansing and
division of the country. (end) A.S.
[04] ACCORD ON MILITARY COOPERATION: CROATIA-UKRAINA
Zagreb, Moscow, May 22, 1996 (Press TWRA) - Croatian Minister
of defense, Gojko Susak and his Ukrainian colleague, Valeri
Shmarov, signed a memorandum on military cooperation. Ukraina
settled down the tensions with Russia, concerning Crimea and
Black Sea war-fleets and is not among the countries trying to
enter NATO (as Poland) or those very close to Moscow (as
Byelarus). Former Russian President, Gorbachov, accused West
yesterday for violating the promise allegedly given to Kremlj
on the occasion of the unification of Germany: NATO will not
extend towards East. (end) A.S.
[05] CHARTIER (ICTY) ON KARADZIC AND MLADIC
The Hague, May 22,1996 (Press TWRA) - The International Criminal
Tribunal for ex Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced it would soon declare
the evidences on which the inducements against Mladic & Karadzic
are based. They are accused of genocide and crimes against
humanity, because they justified the war crimes, and help the
execution of crimes in B-H. They ordered some crimes and allowed
some. That includes artillery/sniper attacks on civilians in
Sarajevo, during four years of the siege of the city. Civil and
military leaders of Serb terrorists in B-H are accused for
organizing the kidnapping of several hundreds UN members, who were
in the late spring last year held hostages in a humiliating
conditions, under the threat of death. The second indictment
against Karadzic and Mladic accuses the leading tandem of Bosnian
Serb terrorists for slaughter of some 6000 Bosniaks after Serbs
occupied Srebrenica, in the summer, last year. The announcement of
presenting evidences to the public against Mladic and Karadzic
(reading of the indictment, exposing the evidences, statements of
experts, eyewitnesses, victims), stated ICTY spokesman Christian
Chartier, who did not give the precise date of public presentation
but he said it will last for ten days. The ICTY proceeding will be
similar to public trial, but officially/legally it is only public
session of the Tribunal. Since the ICTY Statute does not allow the
trial if the accused is not present, that will be the public
hearing in accordance with 61st article of the Statute. After the
public hearing the report will be sent to UN Security Council,
which established International Tribunal, and has the authority to
apply the sanctions against the sides which do not respect the
Dayton Accord, including the cooperation with ICTY. "This is the
clear signal that Tribunal does not consider it is enough just to
remove Karadzic and Mladic from political life", said Chartier,
refusing to comment dismissal of Rajko Kasagic.
Belgrade - Ratko Mladic has been seen yesterday in Belgrade,writes today's "Vecernji list". Mladic was driving in the car mark
"Mercedes" with civilian plates (BG 764 095). According to
unofficial sources Mladic came to the Serbian capital in order to
attend General Djordje Djukic's funeral. Djukic, who died last
weekend in Belgrad, had also been accused by ICTY for crimes in B-
H. He was the main liaison between Belgrade and Han Pijesak
(Mladic's headquarters in B-H). It is considered that Milosevic
never broke the connection with Mladic's headquarters, not even
during the time of political differences between Belgrade and
Pale. (end) A.S.
[06] IZETBEGOVIC, COTTI AND BURNS ON KARADZIC AND REFERENDUM
Sarajevo, May 22,1996 (Press TWRA) - After the meeting with Swiss
Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, a chairman of Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who visited Sarajevo,
Bosnian President Alija izetbegovic said: "At present there are no
preconditions in B-H for free democratic elections. We are very
interested in holding the elections by the foreseen dead line and
to undertake, by that time, additional efforts, in order to secure
the change of bad conditions. This relates to freedom of movement,
media, political gathering and return of refugees. The main
condition is the removal of Karadjic from the political scene. If
he leaves, very soon the process of democratization would be open.
In contrary, that process will be stooped. That job should be done
by IFOR or Milosevic who took that obligation in Dayton. The
Bildt's attempt to remove Karadzic failed. The Karadzic's attempt
to strengthen his position through the referendum must be stopped,
because that would threaten not only elections, but the whole
peace process.". Cotti agreed the war crimes suspects must be
removed from the politics but he also stated that could not be
OSCE task.
Washington - "Referendum on Karadzic in B-H Serbian entitywill not take place, because we will not let it. The whole idea of
the referendum is R. Karadzic's empty gesture, who unfortunately
still has strong influence on the Bosnian Serbs attitude toward
peace and Dayton agreement", stated the State Department
spokesman, N. Burns. (end) A.S.
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