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Serbia Today 96-03-20
From: ddc@nyquist.bellcore.com (D.D. Chukurov)
20 March 1996
In This Edition
Economic growth, better living standard, safe life - basic objectives for the Government
Data on crimes has been gathered
CONTENTS
[01] PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVED JACQUES KLEIN
[02] ECONOMIC GROWTH, BETTER LIVING STANDARD, SAFE LIFE - BASIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE GOVERNMENT
[03] INFLATION HAS BEEN CUT DOWN - NO MONEY WILL BE PRINTED
[04] REVITALIZING THE EXPORTS INDUSTRY
[05] CLOSER COOPERATION IN INFORMATION
[06] DATA ON CRIMES HAS BEEN GATHERED
[07] MURDERERS OF BOSNIAN SERBS ARRESTED IN MUNICH AND VIENNA
[08] THE LAST SARAJEVAN QUARTER PASSED UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOSNIAN FEDERATION
[01] PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVED JACQUES KLEIN
The UN Administrator for the Srem-Baranja Region - US diplomat
Jacques Klein, informed Serbian President Milosevic about the
course of the activities he has undertaken after assuming the
office in order to successfully implement the Erdut Agreement.
During the talks, the importance of cooperation of the local
authorities with the UN Administrator and his team has been
stressed, since it represents the cornerstone for normal life
and the effective protection of the freedoms, rights and safety
of the people living in the area. In this sense, international
financial institutions will provide concrete material support.
The transitional UN Administration will try to realize a number
of agreements signed last week by the governments of Croatia and
FR Yugoslavia - said Mr. Klein after meeting with President
Milosevic. He stressed that the future of the Srem-Baranja
Region does not rely on militarization but on economic ties
between Serbia, Croatia and Hungary, as well as in the opening
of the borders and reassurances for the local population that
its rights will be honored. (Politika, March 20, 1996)
[02] ECONOMIC GROWTH, BETTER LIVING STANDARD, SAFE LIFE - BASIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE GOVERNMENT
On the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the Serbian
Government, President Milosevic received Prime Minister
Marjanovic and the Cabinet members. Congratulating the
Government on the successful management of the country in the
past two years, Mr. Milosevic stressed the importance of the
tasks assumed by the Government and underscored that prime
importance should be given to the revitalization of the national
economy, better living standard, safe life for the citizens and
economic cooperation and partnership between our country, Europe
and the rest of the world. Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic and
the members of the Cabinet, informed Mr. Milosevic about the
Government program for 1996, and particularly about the measures
that should ensure industrial growth and other issues concerning
the prosperity of the country. (Politika, March 20, 1996)
[03] INFLATION HAS BEEN CUT DOWN - NO MONEY WILL BE PRINTED
Faced with extremely difficult conditions, operating with
limited material resources and a closed market, we have managed
to cut down the inflation, to keep the prices under control and
this is probably the greatest achievement of this Government -
Prime Minister Marjanovic told the reporters gathered at the
Serbian Parliament while commenting the results achieved by his
Cabinet in the past two-years. "Although the post-sanctions
period is - economically speaking - a more difficult one, and
although we have problems with financial assets, our prime
objectives in the coming period will be increasing production
and improving the living standard of the people." Mr. Marjanovic
said adding that exports should rise in the coming months. He
quoted statistical data indicating that the industrial
production rate in the first two months of this year is 8%
greater than in January-February 1995. This justifies
expectations of a 19.2% increase of the national product. The
Prime Minister remarked that another extremely positive element
is the fact that our companies preserved their contacts with
foreign partners, and that foreign investments have already been
made. (Politika, March 20, 1996)
[04] REVITALIZING THE EXPORTS INDUSTRY
At the meeting held yesterday - involving representatives of the
Federal Government, the two republican governments, the National
Bank and the Federal Chamber of Economy, the bases and the
framework for the consolidation and development policy of FR
Yugoslavia have been discussed - in order to ensure the return
of our country to the international market and the reintegration
into international financial and trade organizations. It has
been stressed that the basic objective is to comprehensively
enhance the Yugoslav economy allowing it to pursue a dynamic
growth, especially of the exports oriented sectors. The
realization of these objectives require the understanding and
support by international financial organizations in alleviating
the debt burden, input of fresh finances and aid for the
restructuring of Yugoslav banks and companies. (Politika
Ekspres, March 20, 1996)
[05] CLOSER COOPERATION IN INFORMATION
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, i.e., Serbia, must continue to
strengthen economic and political cooperation and neighborly
relations, and in particular their ties in the sphere of
information. This has been agreed upon during their meeting in
Sofia by the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Stefan Stajkov and
Serbian Minister of Information Ratomir Vico. During his visit
to Bulgaria, Mr. Vico talked with Mr. Ivan Granicki - General
Manager of the Bulgarian national TV, as well as with the
Chairman of the Bulgarian Journalist Association - Mr.
Aleksandar Angelov and with the President of the Bulgarian
Writers Guild - Mr. Nikolai Hajtov. Mr. Vico stressed that
during the sanctions, the Bulgarian media did not satanize the
Serbian people as many others did, and that they generally
provided objective reporting on the Yugoslav crisis. (Politika,
March 20, 1996)
[06] DATA ON CRIMES HAS BEEN GATHERED
At the session held yesterday, the Federal Government approved
the report on the infringements of international war and
humanitarian code in former Yugoslavia, prepared by the State
Committee on war crimes. The document encompasses 171 cases of
breaches of international laws and conventions, most of which
involve murder and inhuman treatment of civilians, prisoners and
POW's. Data have been gathered through field investigations and
interviews of witnesses by competent judicial bodies, with the
assistance of experts in forensics and other areas. In the seven
reports it has submitted until now, the Committee used various
evidence and reports by international humanitarian organizations
and other competent international institutions, to document
5.362 cases of murder and 181 missing person. Since the changed
situation allows better communication with international
institutions, the competent federal bodies will submit all the
reports to the relevant international factors and to the
international public. (Borba, March 20, 1996)
[07] MURDERERS OF BOSNIAN SERBS ARRESTED IN MUNICH AND VIENNA
The Austrian Ministry of Interior revealed that Austrian and
German Police arrested two "citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina"
suspected of having committed crimes against Serbs in Bosnia.
The International Tribunal at the Hague revealed that the two
arrests in Vienna and Munich were made by order of this court.
Mr. Miroslav Toholj - Chairman of the State Committee for Crimes
of War of the Republic of Srpska - revealed the identity of the
arrested persons. One of them is Pavo Mucic - a Croat, was the
commander of the Celebic concentration camp for Serbs (from
spring to autumn 1992) and is responsible for the brutal murder
of at least 30 inmates. According to evidence by the Republic of
Srpska Documentation Center for War Crimes, the second suspect,
Zejnil Delalic called Dedo - one of the most radical Islamic
extremists closely linked to the leadership of the Moslem
Democratic Action Party - took part in numerous rapes of Serbian
women and murders in the town of Konjic. (Vecernje Novosti,
March 20, 1996)
[08] THE LAST SARAJEVAN QUARTER PASSED UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOSNIAN FEDERATION
Police forces of the Moslem-Croatian Federation entered
yesterday morning the deserted quarter of Grbavica - the last
Serbian suburb assigned to the Federation by the Dayton
Agreement. Western media report that 75 Federation policemen are
patrolling this part of town, along with international UN police
forces. Only 1000-2000 Serbs stayed in Grbavica. According to
major news agencies, the transfer of the control over Serbian
parts of Sarajevo involved numerous incidents. The Serbs that
wanted to stay were maltreated, persecuted and arrested by
Moslems, so that many decided to abandon their homes before the
deadline. The international community raised only verbal
protests against the tragic mass exodus of the Serbs from the
five Sarajevan suburbs of Vogosca, Ilijas, Hadjici, Ilidza and
Grbavica. (Borba, March 20, 1996)
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