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Serbia Today 96-03-07
From: ddc@nyquist.bellcore.com (D.D. Chukurov)
7 March 1996
In This Edition
NEW INFORMATION SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DJUKIC ARE A NONSENSE
KRAJISNIK: NEW MARKALE MIGHT HAPPEN
GERMAN POLITICIAN FIERCELY ACCUSES TUDJMAN
CONTENTS
[01] FRIENDSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND BYELORUSSIA SIGNED
[02] RELATIONS BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND BULGARIA - TO SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REGION
[03] NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND IMF BY THE END OF MARCH
[04] NEW INFORMATION SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC
[05] MILOSEVIC IS TRUSTED
[06] ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DJUKIC ARE A NONSENSE
[07] KRAJISNIK: NEW MARKALE MIGHT HAPPEN
[08] SMIT: FEDERATION IS NOT FUNCTIONING
[09] SERBS ARE SUDDENLY WELCOME
[10] AFTER IFOR - JIHAD
[11] GERMAN POLITICIAN FIERCELY ACCUSES TUDJMAN
[01] FRIENDSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND BYELORUSSIA SIGNED
President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Lilic and
President of Byelorussia Alexander Lukashenko have signed
yesterday in Minsk an agreement on friendship and cooperation
between the two countries, the first of its kind which our
country has signed since the eruption of the Yugoslav crisis. It
was stated by the two sides that this political document is a
significant impetus to the promotion of the
Yugoslav-Byelorussian cooperation in many fields and the basis
for the other legal and intergovernmental documents. This was
immediately confirmed in Minsk by signing by the corresponding
resor ministers of the agreements between the two governments on
the economic and trade cooperation, on the establishment of the
intergovernmental committee for trade, economic and
scientific-technical cooperation and the mutual promotion and
protection of investments, of the agreements on scientific and
technical cooperation, on cooperation in the field of education,
culture and sports and international transport of passengers and
freight, and the protocol on cooperation between the two foreign
ministries. Both sides have stated that between the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and Byelorussia there is good will and
interest in developing much stronger ties between the two
countries. (Politika, March 7, 1996)
[02] RELATIONS BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND BULGARIA - TO SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REGION
Goods exchange between Bulgaria and the FR of Yugoslavia in this
year should reach the volume of some half a billion US dollars.
This was stated in Sofia yesterday by the Deputy Prime Ministers
of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, Donco Konakciev and Jovan Zebic, at
the opening of the first session of the Mixed Bulgarian-Yugoslav
Commission. It was stated that the economies of the two
countries are complementary and that both economies are on the
way of overcoming difficulties and transition to the market
economy. One of the ways to venture into the third markets is
the cooperation and joint ventures into new programs, concluded
the session. According to the head of the Yugoslav delegation
Jovan Zebic, bilateral relations between Bulgaria and the FR of
Yugoslavia are on a constant rise and may serve as an example to
all the Balkan countries for strengthening of economic ties in
the entire region. (Politika ekspres, March 7, 1996)
[03] NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND IMF BY THE END OF MARCH
Representatives of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the
International Monetary Fund will have negotiations from March 27
to April 2, 1996 in Paris about the revival of economy,
ownership over assets of former Yugoslavia and membership in the
IMF. This was announced by the Governor of the National
(Central) Bank of Yugoslavia Dragoslav Avramovic who is now on a
visit to London. According to the estimates of the western
analysts, FR of Yugoslavia could return to the international
monetary flows until the end of this year. In his interview for
Reuters, Avramovic said that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
can expect the support of potential creditors once it resolves
the problem of its debts. Solution of the problem of the
remaining debt is among high priorities of the Government of the
FR of Yugoslavia, said Governor Avramovic. (Politika ekspres,
March 7, 1996)
[04] NEW INFORMATION SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC
Republican Government has submitted to the Assembly of Serbia
for debate the Draft Law on Information System of the Republic
which provides for a high quality information basis for more
efficient performance of state functions, especially in dealings
with citizens and the economy. Development information system,
based on electronic information exchange, is making possible
decrease of costs and increase of quality in decision-making.
The joint data base in accordance with the law, will be composed
of certain civil data, data on legal and other entities engaged
in activities and the code for their use, which should greatly
facilitate drafting of various reports, certificates,
confirmations and exerpts which are now being issued by the
competent authorities. The draft law also confirms the
obligation of the authorities and organizations to protect all
the data and its information systems. (Politika, March 7, 1996)
[05] MILOSEVIC IS TRUSTED
Czech Prime Minister Vaclaw Klaus stated for the Czech Radio
after his visit to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that
President of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic is a politician who is
trusted. He especially pointed out at the importance which
Milosevic is devoting to the forthcoming elections in Bosnia-
Herzegovina. Klaus on this occasion against rejected the
black-and-white views of the Balkan conflict as presented in the
world media and added that this is "a terribly simplified" view.
(Vecernje novosti, March 7, 1996)
[06] ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DJUKIC ARE A NONSENSE
Meeting of the Contact Group countries will be held in Moscow on
March 23, 1996 in charge of former Yugoslavia, when no new
solutions will be discussed, but the implementation of the
already made decisions. This was reported yesterday in the
capital of Russia. On this occasion the un-named representative
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Russia is
striving for an impartial and equitable stand of the Hague
Tribunal towards all the sides and observed that in the case of
the Serbian General Djordje Djukic "there are noticeable western
political motives". "Djukic was not at all on the list of wanted
criminals - he was just a simple quartermaster. This is making a
nonsense of all the accusations against him by the Hague
Tribunal, stated the representative of the Russian diplomacy and
underlined that "Djukic case" is not helping the peace process
in Bosnia. (Politika, March 7, 1996)
[07] KRAJISNIK: NEW MARKALE MIGHT HAPPEN
President of the Assembly of the Republic of Srpska Momcilo
Krajisnik stated, on the occasion of the NATO Council of
Ministers session scheduled for March 8, 1996 in Sarajevo, that
"there are serious indications that on that day Muslim side is
planning an incident which it will try to blame on Serbs", and
warned both the local and the world public that on that day
"some new Markale might happen again, with the already well
known scenario". If at the forthcoming ministerial meeting a
decision is to be brought for the IFOR to be actively engaged in
the search for the alleged war criminals, said Krajisnik, then
IFOR will lose its unbiased role. "IFOR must neither be a
pursuer nor a policeman. Regardless of all this, we are still
ready for cooperation and collaboration with the international
community, up to the limits which are not placing in jeopardy
vital interests of the Serbian people", said Krajisnik.
(Politika, March 7, 1996)
[08] SMIT: FEDERATION IS NOT FUNCTIONING
Commander of the IFOR in Bosnia, the U.S. Admiral Leighton Smit
stated yesterday in London that Dayton Agreement is brought
under a question mark because the Federation established by
Croats and Muslims is practically not functioning. "I have seen
very little sign of political will in the country for the
Federation to be maintained", he said in his talks with the
press, adding that "it is a fact that the entire peace process
was built on the survival of the Federation". Smit called upon
both the Muslims and the Croats to sit at the negotiating table
and resolve their differences and agree on their joint military
commander. (Tanjug, March 7, 1996)
[09] SERBS ARE SUDDENLY WELCOME
Serbs, who were in Mostar and its vicinity practically
completely ethnically cleansed, now at the time of Muslim-Croat
disputes in this city, are allegedly welcomed. According to the
"Ljubljanski dnevnik" newspaper, in a few of the coffee shops in
the Muslim part of town, guests can have Serbian dishes served
and hear Serbian music, while in the Croat part of town there is
a kind greeting for everyone without a Muslim name. Some Croats,
writes this Slovenian newspaper, will welcome a Serb as a
brother in distress and will complain of the Muslim neighbor. In
Mostar, however, there are no more Serb old-timers. In the
eastern part there are only a few hundreds of Serbs and in the
western part, according to the Croat data, two to three
thousand. Before the war in the Mostar county over 40,000 Serbs
were living, who were expelled by Muslims and Croats at the time
of their military alliance. (Politika, March 7, 1996)
[10] AFTER IFOR - JIHAD
In the official statements and newspaper reports in the United
States, leader of the Bosnian Muslims Alija Izetbegovic is more
and more warned that he will not be able to play both cards - a
bit the Washington D.C. one, and a bit the Teheran one.
Washington D.C. will simply not tolerate this any longer.
According to the weekly "US News and World Report", Iran the war
ally of the ruling party of Alija Izetbegovic, is building in
Bosnia a solid fundamentalist stronghold. The Americans are well
aware that in Bosnia there are still members of the Iranian
"revolutionary guard", they know that Bosnian Muslims are being
sent to Iran for training, but there is something even worse
than all this, writes the newspaper. Iran is now starting to
infiltrate Bosnia on a long-term and clandestine basis and will
wait for the IFOR to leave Bosnia, but then it will be too late
to prevent the Irani influence. (Vecernje novosti, March 7,1996)
[11] GERMAN POLITICIAN FIERCELY ACCUSES TUDJMAN
Membership of Croatia in the European Council is out of the
question for the time being because of "anti-democratic actions
of its President Tudjman". This was stated by the German
politician Freimut Duve in his capacity of the Chairman of the
Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. On the list
of sins on the head of the regime in Zagreb Duve has placed the
recent Tudjman's speech in Zagreb and "a gross mockery of the
basic principles of democracy", followed by having enabled
privileges to the members of his family in the process of
privatization and for supporting persons indicted by the Hague
Tribunal. "Tudjman has introduced in Croatia the authoritarian
presidential rule, like the one-time rule of Franco in Spain",
stated Duve adding that Europe must not overlook all this too
easily. This is so far the strongest accusation of the
government in Zagreb by a German politician. Until recently
almost idyllic relationship between Germany and Croatia are
recently experiencing hard temptations. The recent visit of the
German chief of diplomacy Klaus Kinkel to Zagreb on a mission of
"explanation" with its "protegee" has ended according to the
general assessment of the German media - in a failure. (Vecernje
novosti, March 7, 1996)
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