Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-09-13

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CONTENTS

[01] PRIORITY DIRECTIONS IN FUTURE YUGOSLAV-RUSSIAN RELATIONS

[02] MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS

[03] MONTENEGRO OPENS TRADE BUREAU IN WASHINGTON

[04] YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER DUE IN ROMANIA ON SEPTEMBER 20-22

[05] YUGOSLAVIA COMPLIES WITH DAYTON ACCORDS

[06] HEAD OF YUGOSLAV BUREAU IN ZAGREB GIVES INTERVIEW TO CROATIAN PAPER

[07] CROATIAN AMNESTY LAW MAKES NO HEADWAY

[01] PRIORITY DIRECTIONS IN FUTURE YUGOSLAV-RUSSIAN RELATIONS

At a news conference, Milutinovic, who is on a two-day official visit to Russia, said that they had agreed that Yugoslavia had given and continued to give decisive contribution to full and consistent implementation of the Dayton-Paris accords, which was crucial for restoring lasting peace in the region, renewing and interassociating economic potentials and joining European processes.

Yugoslavia contributes to the strengthening of peace and cooperation in the Balkans and Europe, Milutinovic said, adding that the talks had pointed to the paramount importance of the normalization of relations between Yugoslavia and former Yugoslav republics for further positive course of the peace process, general stability and confidence-building in the region.

We agreed that it was necessary to apply the same criteria for Yugoslavia, as a factor of peace and stability, regarding full membership in European and all other international organizations and institutions, Milutinovic said, adding that both sides voiced hope that Yugoslavia would soon hold the position which it deserves. We positively assessed to date great results in economic cooperation and promotion of inter-state regulations which allows most-favoured trade conditions and stability of economic cooperation in general, Milutinovic said.

Both sides agreed that in the development of economic relations, efforts should focus on a further liberalization of Yugoslav-Russian trade, normalization of the payment system, the setting up of mixed companies, realization of large-scale infrastructure projects and joint ventures. The meeting confirmed the readiness of both sides to jointly find solutions regarding Yugoslavia's claims.

I am confident that our talks will give a strong impetus to political dialogue, economic and other forms of mutually beneficial cooperation, Milutinovic said.

At the news conference, Primakov described the talks with Milutinvoic as very useful and warned that even today manoeuvres were being made in certain world circles regarding the lifting of the sanctions against Yugoslavia. He pointed out that Moscow and Belgrade fully abode by the letter of the Dayton peace accord which stipulates that the sanctions would be lifted on the tenth day after the conduct of the elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

YUGOSLAVIA - MONTENEGRO - U.S.

[02] MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS

Bulatovic, who is paying a several-day working visit to the United States, has held a series of talks in Washington on completing the implementation of the Dayton peace accords for Bosnia and invigorating bilateral cooperation between Yugoslavia and the United States.

The two issues were again on the agenda in talks between Bulatovic and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Peter Tarnoff on Thursday. Bulatovic and Tarnoff focused on the issue of renewing and invigorating cooperation between the two states, in particular in the sphere of economy.

The talks dealt also with Yugoslavia's reintegration into international organisations, primarily into the U.N. and the International Monetary Fund, in keeping with the Dayton accords, following elections in Bosnia. Bulatovic met Thursday also with two leading Congressmen - Republican Benjamin Gilman and Democrat Lee Hamilton, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee respectively.

[03] MONTENEGRO OPENS TRADE BUREAU IN WASHINGTON

In the opening ceremony on Thursday, Bulatovic said he hoped the move would intensify business contacts and cooperation between Yugoslavia, its Republic Montenegro, and the United States.

The cooperation is of vital interest to Yugoslavia, said Bulatovic and added that the Bureau aimed at supporting and bolstering individuals and firms that wished to develop trade and business with the U.S.

YUGOSLAVIA - ROMANIA

[04] YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER DUE IN ROMANIA ON SEPTEMBER 20-22

A statement issued quoted the Government as saying the Prime Minister's visit was part of efforts to restore Yugoslavia's international standing, boost the peace process and improve conditions for the country's reintegration into world organisations and institutions.

BRITISH AMBASSADOR - INTERVIEW

[05] YUGOSLAVIA COMPLIES WITH DAYTON ACCORDS

We were very glad to hear about the agreement between Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Ibrahim Rugova on the return of ethnic Albanians to state schools in Serbia's southern province of Kosovo and Metohija, Roberts said. The agreement on the return of ethnic Albanians to state schools is an important step towards the final stabilization of the political situation in Kosovo and Metohija, in order to remove possibilities for the destabilization of the situation in the region, Roberts said.

YUGOSLAVIA - CROATIA

[06] HEAD OF YUGOSLAV BUREAU IN ZAGREB GIVES INTERVIEW TO CROATIAN PAPER

Knezevic said that both sides had to have a true intention to strengthen goodneighbourly relations and cooperation in the future comprehensive Yugoslav-Croatian relations and urged a negotiated settlement of all future disputes.

Knezevic said that Yugoslavia had a full right to the state and legal continuity and that no controversies existed regarding this issue. 'In succession, Yugoslavia will request nothing that would put other sides in an artificially inferior position,' he said.

Stressing Yugoslavia's contribution to the conclusion of the November 12 agreement between Croatia and the Serb region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem which enables a peaceful solution of problems in the region, Knezevic said that the Croatian side was expected to observe the agreement.

This means that all vague issues and disputes should be resolved through a dialogue, so that the region may represent an example of how different nations can live together in peace and civilized manner, Knezevic said. People are looking forward to peace and security so that they can turn to the economic progress and struggle to improve the quality of life, Knezevic said.

Speaking about the possibility for the return of Serb refugees to Croatia, Knezevic said that the Yugoslav-Croatian agreement envisaged a resolution of the status of refugees, i.e. the return home of all those who wished to do so. 'According to my insight into the wishes of refugees and displaced persons, most of them long to return,' he said and added that this required firm guarantees for their personal safety and the safety of their property.

'The refugees have suffered the most in the civil war in the former Yugoslavia,' and conditions for their return have to be secured as soon as possible, Knezevic said and added that the Yugoslav-Croatian agreement ensured a solid basis for this.

CROATIA - SERBS

[07] CROATIAN AMNESTY LAW MAKES NO HEADWAY

Susa said that the draft law, handed over to the region's leadership by Croatian Parliament Deputy Speaker Vladimir Seks, in Vukovar Tuesday, 'did not include neither the Serb, nor the international community's proposals made through the UNTAES and other institutions and organizations.'

Susa stressed that the new draft proposal did not provide for the acquittal of those Serbs who had been sentenced in absentia by Croatian courts, and whose number is estimated to be at least 20,000.

Furthermore, by this law Croatia wants to retain the right of the public prosecutor to appeal to every individual decision of pardon, automatically repealing the decision, and placing the person in question in custody to stand a new trial, Susa said.

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