Yugoslav Daily Survey, 96-10-17

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CONTENTS

[01] YUGOSLAVIA, ZIMBABWE CALL FOR PROMOTION OF OVERALL COOPERATION

[02] PANGALOS FOR YUGOSLAVIA'S PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESSES

[03] YUGOSLAVIA WANTS TO DEVELOP POLITICAL, ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL

[04] UKRAINIAN, VISITING YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENTARIANS SEE VISIT AS SUCCESSFUL

[05] LIBERALIZATION OF FOREIGN TRADE

[06] INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN YUGOSLAVIA GROWS BY 6.9 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER

[07] PRODUCTION IN MONTENEGRO UP BY 51.7 PERCENT

[01] YUGOSLAVIA, ZIMBABWE CALL FOR PROMOTION OF OVERALL COOPERATION

On the first day of his visit to Zimbabwe, Lilic held a one-hour private meeting with Mugabe. The two politicians were then joined by their delegations.

When you were faced with difficulties a few years back, said Mugabe, we remembered what you did for us in our struggle against colonialism, and thought it was time to show our attachment to you.

He brought to memory that Zimbabwe had abstained from voting on the introduction of U.N. sanctions against Yugoslavia.

We welcome you as a brave nation and as a friend, and we congratulate the lifting of the sanctions, because that is your 'liberation,' said Mugabe.

Lilic thanked Mugabe on his support and set out that the visit to Zimbabwe so soon since the sanctions had been lifted was no accident 'Here in Harare begins Yugoslavia's return to the international political and economic scene,' he said.

The policy we have conducted over the last five years has been widely acclaimed and recognized by the United Nations and international community as a whole, said Lilic.

He said that was a policy that strove toward peace in the region, good-neighbourly relations, cooperation with all who are interested in working with Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia, as a founder and a state that contributed to the development of the League of Nations, the United Nations, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the non-aligned movement and the G-15, has the right to be a member of all these organizations, said lilic.

He said there were no political differences between Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe, adding that good economic ties was a prerequisite for all other cooperation, urging comprehensive economic ties between the two countries.

The two sides agreed to sign several inter-state accords during the visit.

Lilic is accompanied by a delegation of nearly 40 businessmen.

[02] PANGALOS FOR YUGOSLAVIA'S PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESSES

Pangalos, who arrived on a two-day visit to Yugoslavia, told reporters at Belgrade Airport that he would confer with Yugoslav officials on the implementation of the Dayton peace accords.

He said he was confident that Yugoslavia, together with Greece, would continue being an active partner in Balkan cooperation.

Pangalos arrived here at the invitation of Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic, with whom he will meet on Thursday to discuss the further promotion of relations and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

[03] YUGOSLAVIA WANTS TO DEVELOP POLITICAL, ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL

Zebic, who heads a Yugoslav state and business delegation visiting Brazil, met in Sao Paulo with the leadership of the Chamber of Commerce of this federal state and with officials of Cotia Trading, Brazil's leading export company.

Zebic and Yugoslav businessmen informed President of Sao Paulo's Chamber of Commerce Max Schrappe and members of its managing board about the situation in Yugoslavia as well as about offers and requirements by Yugoslav companies, expressing readiness for cooperation with countries with which Yugoslavia has had friendly ties for years, Brazil being one of them.

Within its tour of Latin America, the Yugoslav delegation has already visited Venezuela, while in Brazil it has already visited Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.

[04] UKRAINIAN, VISITING YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENTARIANS SEE VISIT AS SUCCESSFUL

Udovenko noted that conditions had formed for the return of the F.R.Y. to all international organizations and institutions now after the abolition of the sanctions against which Ukraine had been since their imposition.

He looked forward to the F.R.Y.'s active participation in the September summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lisbon.

Speaking at a news conference in Kiev at the close of the visit, Bozovic said that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Ukraine had rich cooperation prospects and would soon sign cooperation and friendship treaties. He said that there were good prospects for promoting bilateral trade, which could be done by liberalising tariffs and other regulations as much as possible.

Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Olexander Moroz described the Yugoslav delegation's visit as highly successful.

[05] LIBERALIZATION OF FOREIGN TRADE

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Macedonia signed last September several economic agreements on practically duty-free trade and envisaging the creation of a trade-free zone after 1999.

Siradovic said that advantage should be taken of the lifting of the anti-Yugoslav sanctions by the U.N. Security Council.

According to Siradovic, the stability of currency and prices achieved by Yugoslavia is an important precondition for reintegration in the world community, and conditions have been laid for eliminating the 'outer wall of sanctions' which denies to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the most favoured nation status in the European Union.

Referring to Yugoslavia's return to the world market, Siradovic said priority should be given to the liberalization of domestic market, including imports, and to the reduction of customs duties.

The basic tasks of Yugoslav companies must therefore be better quality and competitive prices, together with fundamental changes in finance and banking, Siradovic said.

[06] INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN YUGOSLAVIA GROWS BY 6.9 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER

According to the latest figures of the Yugoslav Statistics Institute, industrial production in September increased by 11.3 percent as against September 1995. The increase in the first nine months of 1996 was 5.6 percent as against the corresponding period of last year.

Wood processing industry accounts for the largest share in the growth with 48 percent, followed by textile, leather and rubber industries with 37 percent.

Noting that industrial production registered a sustained and stable growth in the first nine months of 1996, Assistant Director of the Institute Mirjana Rankovic said that production increase was largely due to imports resumed following first the suspension and then the lifting of the anti-Yugoslav sanctions.

The shares of some other sectors for the nine-month period are as follows: energy 2.8 percent, metal processing 44.1 percent, minerals and construction materials 20.9 percent, chemical and paper industries 21 percent, textiles, leather and rubber 5.2 percent and other industrial branches 11.3 percent.

[07] PRODUCTION IN MONTENEGRO UP BY 51.7 PERCENT

The Republican Statistical Institute said on Wednesday that a production growth had been recorded in 24 of the total of 30 industrial branches. This is considered a very favourable result in view of the fact that the increase in economic activities occurred in the period ahead of the lifting of the international sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

According to the statistics, the production increase in successful companies ranged from 1.1 percent in chemical plants to 814.8 percent in the shipbuilding industry. Very good results were also recorded in the production of non-ferrous metals with a growth of 348.3 percent, leather and furs - 182.5 percent, electric power industry 123.1 percent, tobacco 99.1 percent, non-metal minerals 78.2 percent and transport vehicles 61.6 percent.

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