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Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-05-27
CONTENTS
[01] YUGOSLAVIA, POLAND WANT TO PROMOTE BILATERAL COOPERATION
[02] YUGOSLAV VICE PREMIER ON RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[03] SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER ON SUPPORT TO GREECE
[04] MONTENGRIN PREMIER: YUGOSLAVIA HAS CONSISTENLY FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS
[05] KOLJEVIC: KARADZIC WILL NO LONGER APPEAR IN PUBLIC
[06] STEINER, RS OFFICIALS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYTON ACCORD
[07] BOSNIAN SERB PREMIER CALLS FOR RESPECT OF DAYTON AGREEMENT BY ALL
[01] YUGOSLAVIA, POLAND WANT TO PROMOTE BILATERAL COOPERATION
B e l g r a d e, May 24 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic and Polish Minister of
Education Jerzy Wiatr agreed Friday that the renewal and promotion of bilateral cooperation was in the
mutual interest.
The two sides assessed that the renewal of the traditionally good relations in education and culture
opened room for the expansion of contacts in other domains, too, a Federal Government statement said.
Kontic and the Polish guest agreed that the upgrading of diplomatic relations between the two
countries to the level of ambassadors would be conducive to renewing dialogue at the highest level.
[02] YUGOSLAV VICE PREMIER ON RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
M i l o c e r, May 27 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Vice Premier Nikola Sainovic said on Friday that the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's first priority was to implement the Dayton peace accords in full, both the
military and the civilian aspects.
'The international community must do its all for (the accords) to be implemented, because this is in
the interest of the people not only in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but in all of former Yugoslavia and beyond,'
Sainovic said.
He was addressing a traditional may gathering of Yugoslav journalists and their foreign guests.
Sainovic said that Yugoslavia was 'living in a post-Dayton period' after the catastrophe of the
Bosnian war, huge and unjustified human losses and the great injustice done to Yugoslavia that had caused
great sacrifices, damage and suffering.
'It was only when the international community accepted our insistence that the solution lies in an
equal treatment of all Yugoslav nations that peace was negotiated at Dayton and Paris, and on this principle,
too,' he said.
Sainovic said that 'peace must be cemented in democratic development and economic recovery
and prosperity that will push war and crisis beyond the point of no return.' He said that an important
element for attaining this aim was the return of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to all international
institutions and organisations.
'Only in this way can the basic principle underlying the Dayton accords --viz., equal treatment of
all states and nations in the region - be put into operation,' Sainovic said.
[03] SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER ON SUPPORT TO GREECE
C o r f u, May 24 (Tanjug) - Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic told Friday United Ionic
TV that Greek Prime Minister Kostas Simitis had extended his Government's the strong support to the
peaceful policy of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Greece
is, also, extending strong support to the full integration of Yugoslavia into the international communiry in
all fields, following its isolation imposed by sanctions, Marjanovic said.
Marjanovic recalled that Greece extended support to Yugoslavia during the period of unjustly
imposed sanctions.
Marjanovic stressed that Yugoslavia had emerged from the period of sanctions quite exhausted,
but now production is reviving gradually and foreign investments are growing.
He, referring to relations between Yugoslavia and the world, said that the greatest number of
countries recognized the continuity of Yugoslalvia. He added that the renewal of diplomatic relations led to
the arrival of ambassadors and that talks are underway with international institutions - the International
Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and others.
[04] MONTENGRIN PREMIER: YUGOSLAVIA HAS CONSISTENLY FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS
M i l o c e r, May 26 (Tanjug) - The Montenegrin Premier said on Sunday the situation in ex-
Yugoslavia was calming down, but the international community should redouble its efforts to expedite the
enforcement of the civilian side of the Dayton peace accords. Yugoslavia has consistenly fulfilled the
obligations assumed under the Dayton accord and no one seriously considers reimposing sanctions on
Yugoslavia, Djukanovic told journalists from 24 countries at the annual May convention.
'Unfortunately, speculations on re-imposing the sanctions on Yugoslavia and the distorted image
of us in the media discourage any intensive influx of foreign capital which we need to recover from the
sanctions and to develop,' said Djukanovic.
The question of continuity, on which Yugoslavia insists, should not hinder its inclusion in
international financial and other institutions, said Djukanovic, describing this as an 'important and complex
question.'
Speaking of the stand on the legal and political aspects of the problem, he said 'we (Serbia and
Montenegro) are the founders of the former Yugoslavia and believe we have the right to a seat in the
United Nations,' just as Russia had with regardto the former Soviet Union. 'This is the legal interpretation,
but, unfortunately, due to the negative stand of the US representative in the UN, the issue is outstanding.
However, this is no reason not to regulate relations with the former Yugoslav republics and the world,' said
Djukanovic.
Djukanovic said the condition for Yugoslavia normalizing relations with Croatia was the
settlement of the status of the Prevlaka peninsula.
REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
[05] KOLJEVIC: KARADZIC WILL NO LONGER APPEAR IN PUBLIC
B e l g r a d e, May 27 (Tanjug) - Nikola Koljevic, Vice-President of Republika Srpska said the
President of the Bosnian Serb entity Radovan Karadzic would no longer appear in public. Koljevic told
Radio Kragujevac on Sunday that RS had fulfilled all the international community's demands, including the
latest ones, and expressed the hope there would be no reintroduction of sanctions against Yugoslavia and
Republika Srpska.
Koljevic said the most important preparations for the forthcoming elections in Bosnia had already
been completed and that lists of all election commissions had been sent to the transitional election
commission and that all election lists would be ready by the June 3 deadline, including lists of voters
abroad.
The upcoming elections are expected to fully legitimise the Republika Srpska bodies of power
within the future Bosnia-Herzegovina, Koljevic said.
[06] STEINER, RS OFFICIALS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYTON ACCORD
P a l e, May 24 (Tanjug) - Republika Srpska's Parliament Speaker Momcilo Krajisnik and RS
Foreign Minister Aleksa Buha discussed the implementation of the Dayton accord with Deputy High
Representative for Bosnia Mikhail Steiner on Friday.
After the meeting, Buha said that the Republika Srpska had ended preparations for the upcoming
elections by naming election commissions and arranging lists of voters.
Buha said that Steiner had brought a list of prisoners held by the Muslim-Croat Federation. About
ten prisoners are detained in Serb prisons while Croats and Muslims hold 15 Serbs captured after the
signing of the peace agreement, Buha said. After coordinating the lists, we can start preparations for their
exchange, Buha said.
[07] BOSNIAN SERB PREMIER CALLS FOR RESPECT OF DAYTON AGREEMENT BY ALL
B a nj a l u k a, May 24 (Tanjug) - Republika Srpska Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic said on
Friday he would inform international high representative carl bildt that no further steps in the
implementation of the Dayton agreement could be made unless the other sides also fulfilled the obligation
to release all prisoners of war.
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