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Serbia Today, 96-10-28
28 October 1996
CONTENTS
[01] LIFE IN PEACE, FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
[02] WE CAN T DO WITHOUT THE WORLD, NOR THE WORLD WITHOUT US
[03] THE RETURN OF YUGOSLAVIA TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ENDORSED
[04] CHINESE SUPPORT FOR YUGOSLAVIA
[05] THE FIRST MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA IN SERBIAN
[06] MUTUAL PRESSURES AND HARASSMENT BETWEEN CROATS AND MOSLEMS
[07] USURPATION OF PROPERTY
[08] WASHINGTON STOPPED ARMS DELIVERIES TO B&H
[09] FALSE WITNESS SENT BY THE MOSLEM GOVERNMENT
[10] "VJESNIK" ABOUT THE "NON-DIPLOMATIC" BEHAVIOR OF THE US AMBASSADOR
[11] PROTESTS BY ANTI-FASCISTS AND JEWS
[01] LIFE IN PEACE, FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
President Slobodan Milosevic received Mr. Zoran Knezevic -
mayor of the Montenegrin capital Podgorica and the Chairman of the
Democratic Socialist Party Chapter in Podgorica - Mr. Predrag
Bulatovic accompanied by their Belgrade hosts Nebojsa Covic and
Branislav Ivkovic. They informed the President about the traditional
convention of political financial and cultural representatives of
Belgrade and Podgorica. In fact, "Podgorica Days in Belgrade" is
taking place in the Yugoslav capital. Both sides agreed with
satisfaction that the two capitals (Serbian and Montenegrin) are
involved in close and fruitful cooperation, giving an intense
momentum to the overall economic and cultural development of our
country. These gatherings promote the strengthening of Yugoslav unity
and the success of the efforts to realize the interests of all our
citizens who are determined to live in peace, freedom and equality -
said the participants of this meeting.
(Politika, October 27, 1996)
[02] WE CAN T DO WITHOUT THE WORLD, NOR THE WORLD WITHOUT US
The Yugoslav has been relieved by the removal of the economic
sanctions. Judging by the number of delegations that have visited
Yugoslavia since, and by the invitations received by Yugoslav
businessmen to visit other countries, the world also waited with
impatience for the removal of the sanctions. Among other things, this
is probably due to the fact that ours is an interesting and essential
market both for European and world business. The Yugoslav Chamber of
Economy report by the on the activities intended to re-establish and
institute cooperation with foreign partners, which clearly indicates
the increasingly successful connection between Yugoslav and world
economy, with mutual advantage in diverse forms of cooperation. Since
the beginning of this year, Yugoslavia has been visited by
delegations from Macedonia, Republic of Srpska, Greece, Russian
Federation, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, China, Belarus,
Moldavia, Tajikistan, Italy, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia,
Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Spain, South
Korea, Japan, USA, Canada and the Moslem-Croatian Federation.
Numerous individual visits of representatives of large companies, not
only from, the listed countries, but also from Egypt, Algeria, Ghana,
Cyprus, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Libya and Albania. On the other hand,
Yugoslav businessmen have visited France, the Russian Federation,
Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Brazil,
Argentina, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Ghana, Kenya and Namibia. These visits
and talks yielded numerous concrete agreements and contracts on sales
and purchases, joint production, investments and joint presence on
third markets.
(Politika, October 28, 1996)
[03] THE RETURN OF YUGOSLAVIA TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ENDORSED
At the end of the visit to Yugoslavia, Mr. Ulutz Ghurkan - head
of the Turkish Great National Assembly delegation - said at the press
conference that some bitter experiences from the past have been left
aside. He stressed that with Turkish support, Yugoslavia could once
again play an important role in Central Asia and Middle East, and
added that agreements on the formation of joint committees have been
made, as well as accords on stronger banking contacts, improved
transports, abolition of visas and avoidance of double taxation.
"Yugoslavia and Turkey have to work together on peace solutions,
because every time these two countries had an understanding, there
was peace in the Balkans," Mr. Ghurkan said. He particularly stressed
that Turkey will strive to help the return of FR Yugoslavia into the
world community.
(Borba, October 26, 1996)
[04] CHINESE SUPPORT FOR YUGOSLAVIA
"The relations between China and Yugoslavia have a long
tradition of friendship, and have resisted the test of time", said
Mr. Ju Ankang, Chinese Ambassador to FR Yugoslavia in an interview
for "Borba" daily. "Good grounds have been created for further
developing bilateral relations and we are convinced that our
relations will improve, the Chinese Ambassador said. Commenting the
peace process in former Yugoslavia HE Ju Ankang stated: "China has
always greatly appreciated the peaceful policy pursued by President
Slobodan Milosevic and the Yugoslav Government. Such a peaceful
Yugoslav policy plays and important role in the settlement of the
crisis in former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia. The recent lifting of the
sanctions represents an acknowledgment of such peaceful policy."
(Borba, October 26-27, 1996)
[05] THE FIRST MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA IN SERBIAN
The first multimedia encyclopedia in Serbian language in FRY,
called "Economic and Business Encyclopedia on CD", promoted at the
Belgrade Book Fair, contains the notions and basic information from
economy and business in our country. The CD is the result of the
joint efforts by "Politika", "Savremena administracija" and the
Belgrade Faculty of Economics. One of the leading editors, Dr. Miomir
Jaksic - Dean of the Economics Faculty - stressed that this unique
multimedia project will offer the possibility of a specific journey
through the economic heritage in the past 2 centuries. More than 400
Yugoslav experts and scholars were involved in the making of this
great scientific, cultural and social work.
(Politika, October 26, 1996)
[06] MUTUAL PRESSURES AND HARASSMENT BETWEEN CROATS AND MOSLEMS
The presidency in exile of the Moslem Stolac County, currently
seated in the eastern (Moslem) part of Mostar, revealed that it will
interrupt all efforts to ensure the return of 100 Moslem refugees to
Stolac, because no one is capable of warranting the safety of Moslems
going to this town. In the past month, Moslems exiled from the town
by the Croats during the war, occasionally went to the town to
rebuild their homes before winter comes. However, all that they would
repair during the day, was regularly demolished or burned during the
night.
International Police representatives have revealed that 21
Croatia families that have returned from exile to Bugojno, newly left
the town ruled by the Moslems for safety reasons. It has been
indicated that the Mayor of Bugojno and his assistants are directly
obstructing the return of 17.000 exiled Croats to Bugojno, in spite
of the agreements made a year ago by Croatian President Tudjman and
Moslem leader Izetbegovic.
Croats from Kakanj and Fojnica refuse to return to their home
town even though their homes have not been damaged, because no one
can guarantee their safety. "Even those that returned had to run
again because they were maltreated and harassed by local Moslem
population and authorities" said Mr. Stefo Masatovic - Chairman of
the Association of Exiled Croats from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also
affirmed that neither Moslem nor Croatian authorities are showing any
will to help the return of refugees from other ethnic groups to the
territories under their control.
(Politika, October 26-27 1996)
[07] USURPATION OF PROPERTY
The laws and regulations currently valid in Bosnia and
Herzegovina allow the usurpation of the houses or apartments owned
by absent refugees, even though this in contradiction with the Dayton
Agreement - which specifies that refugees have the right to return
home or are entitled to a compensation for their property if they
refuse to go back - said Dr. Milorad Muratovic - Chairman of the
Association for Aid to the Refugees living in FR Yugoslavia. Experts
have estimated that the vacated houses and apartments in Croatia and
Bosnia and Herzegovina are worth about 100 billion German marks. In
Bosnia refugees live in only 10% of the available apartments, while
the remaining 90% has been occupied by locals from suburbs and
"deserving citizens".
(Vecernje Novosti, October 28, 1996)
[08] WASHINGTON STOPPED ARMS DELIVERIES TO B&H
News agencies report that a ship carrying arms destined to the
Moslem-Croatian Federation, left the Adriatic port of Ploce without
unloading. These same sources also indicate that Washington insists
on the resignation of the Federation Defense Minister Hassan Chengic
if arms are to be delivered. A US Embassy official in Sarajevo
remarked that Chengic continues to maintain close contacts with Iran
and that he is trying to undermine the US "Train and Equip" program>
to favor Iranian interests.
(Vecernje Novosti, October 27, 1996)
[09] FALSE WITNESS SENT BY THE MOSLEM GOVERNMENT
Mr. Grent Nieman - Deputy Prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court at the Hague - asked the Judges to consider "null and
void" the deposition given by witness "L" at the trial against
Bosnian Serb Dusan Tadic, charged of having committed crimes of war.
In view of this fact the Court has withdrawn the charges against
Tadic regarding the Trnopolje prison camp. The key witness of the
prosecution - Dragan Opacic (called witness L until now), confessed
that he lied to the judges in his first statement and that he had
been sent by the Moslem Government in Sarajevo to falsely testify
before the Hague tribunal. He explained that he had been ordered to
do so under the threat of being killed.
(Ekspres, October 26, 1996)
[10] "VJESNIK" ABOUT THE "NON-DIPLOMATIC" BEHAVIOR OF THE US AMBASSADOR
"Vjesnik", the leading pro-government political daily in
Croatia, strongly criticized the US Ambassador to Croatia - Mr. Peter
Galbraith, affirming that he is publicly assuming the role of
"arbiter" concerning issues that "...diplomats regularly avoid to
make comments about, because they represent internal affairs of the
host country". "How is it that we Croats have to bear with Mr.
Galbraith? How is it that he has become a specific media personality
dispensing political instructions?" - asks the author of the article.
The explanation he offers is that "some specific subordinate
mentality" has taken root in the Croatian political conscience. The
thing that "links the subordinate mentality to this gentleman" is the
aspiration of given individuals in Croatia to find a sufficiently
influential foreigner "they can appeal and plead to - turning him
into some sort of political arbiter, justifying the position of those
that see present-day Croatia as some sort of personal punishment ,
concludes the "Vjesnik" article. This harsh criticism has been
directed against the US Ambassador for daring to moderately reproach
and cautiously admonish Croatia for breaching human rights.
(Politika, October 28, 1996)
[11] PROTESTS BY ANTI-FASCISTS AND JEWS
At the local cemetery in the Croatian coastal town of Omis, the
controversial ceremony "reconciling" Fascist and Resistance soldiers
- AFP reports. The remains of 104 members of "Domobran" units, 6
Ustasha members and 2 Partisans have been laid in a common grave. The
Mayor of Omis - Mr. Ivan Skaricic stated several days ago that this
is merely an act of "reconciliation of the Croatian nation". The
surviving members of the WW II partisan forces and the Jewish
community in Split protested against and opposed the ceremony.
(Nasa Borba, October 28, 1996)
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