Yugoslav Daily Survey, 97-05-06

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CONTENTS

[01] MILOSEVIC RECEIVES MILLET

[02] LARGE NUMBER OF EU DELEGATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VISIT YUGOSLAVIA

[03] YUGOSLAV, GREEK COMPANIES CONTRACT DEAL WORTH HALF BILLION DOLLARS

[04] REPUBLIKA SRPSKA REJECTS CONDITIONING OF INTERNATIONAL AID

[05] KINKEL SHARPLY CENSURES BOSNIAN CROATS FOR TORCHING SERB HOUSES

[06] BOSNIAN REFUGEES IN SERBIA REGISTER FOR ELECTIONS

[07] THERE ARE NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS WITH YUGOSLAVIA

[01] MILOSEVIC RECEIVES MILLET

Tanjug, 1997-05-05

Serbia President Slobodan Milosevic received Monday un Undersecretary Bernard Millet who arrived for a visit here.

Talks affirmed significant progress in the consolidation of political circumstances and of peace and stability in the region, to what FR Yugoslavia has undoubtedly made a large contribution.

It was especially stressed that the consistent policy of peace, openness, good neighbourliness, equality and confidence*building between states and peoples, pursued by our country, represents a lasting basis for mutual relations and cooperations of the countries of the region and their joining on an equal basis of modern integrations processes.

The talks were attended by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic.

[02] LARGE NUMBER OF EU DELEGATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VISIT YUGOSLAVIA

Tanjug, 1997-05-05

Serbian Chamber of Economy Committee for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries Secretary Milan Njegomir said that following the normalization of relations with the European Union, production links are expected to be restored.

The establishment of the greatest number of production and cooperative relations with EU firms are expected in the field of food production and processing, Njegomir told Tanjug. He added that regulations, first and foremost those concerning foreign investments and ownership transformation, are being harmonized with EU standards and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Foreign firms, Njegomir assessed, "are establishing business relations with our firms, once they are convinced that we are a serious economy, which fulfils its commitments and that if they do business with us they will not suffer losses."

Talking about cooperation with Germany, one of Yugoslavia's most important foreign trade partners, Njegomir said that over a hundred contracts on industrial cooperation existed with German firms, and the results of visits of German businessmen indicate a willingness and readiness to further promote cooperation with FR Yugoslavia.

He said that one of the leading concerns in Germany Mannes Man of Dusseldorf had established good business cooperation relations with national railways Belgrade, Gosa, Lola, and the electric power industry of Serbia. With representatives of the German concern Terbau of Essen, a protocol has been signed on building and financing a network of highways and bridges in Serbia, through concessions and joint ventures, Simens, Krupp and other big firms are ready, he added, to establish long*term cooperation, first of all in the modernization of Yugoslav railways and the PTT.

On cooperation with Italy, a EU member and biggest importer of our goods, Njegomir said that after the lifting of sanctions, about 400 mixed firms have been formed.

A significant number of contracts on industrial cooperation have also been concluded in the metal and wood industry, and an agreement signed on promoting and protecting investments.

Italians are especially interested in cooperation in the field of production of air conditioners and household appliances, as well as for the joint production of furniture, especially kitchens.

Economic cooperation with Greece was used to float the idea of a single Balkan market, as the best way to realize long*term, joint interests.

Numerous Greek delegations, which visited the Serbian Chamber of Economy, have shown great interest for the setting up of mixed firms, technology transfers and capital investments, first and foremost, in the food and sweetmeat industry.

Representatives of the Greek Ministry of Finances proposed the opening of a credit line of importing raw materials and productions materials, Njegomir said, and added that our construction firms are interested in taking part in the building of infrastructure projects, first of all, those financed by the EU.

Institutional relations were first established with Belgium, where the EU is based, Njegomir said pointing out that the volume of trade with that country was planned to reach this year the lever from 1989.

Visiting the Serbian Chamber of Economy were delegations from Great Britain, Spain, France, Austria, China and other countries, Njegomir said, and said that talks were expected to start mid*year with representatives of the economies of Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Ghana and Ethiopia.

[03] YUGOSLAV, GREEK COMPANIES CONTRACT DEAL WORTH HALF BILLION DOLLARS

Tanjug, 1997-05-05

The Yugoslav Mining-Smelting Complex Trepca, Yugoslavia's leading lead and zinc producer, and the Greek company Mitileneos signed a contract on long- term cooperations, worth 519 million dollars, at the Greek Ministry of National Economy Monday.

The contract signatories are also Generalexport and Jugobanka Bank, both of Belgrade, which will commercially and financially back the implementation of the contract.

Under*Secretary in the Greek Ministry of National economy Alexander Baltas and Yugoslav Minister of Finance and acting National Bank of Yugoslav Governor Bozidar Gazivoda said after the signing ceremony that the contract was important for both countries.

Over the next five years, Trepca will deliver to the Greek partner lead and zinc wort 350 million dollars, and Mitileneos will supply the Yugoslav partner with 150 million dollars worth of lead and zinc concentrates and 19 million dollars worth of mining equipment and spare parts.

[04] REPUBLIKA SRPSKA REJECTS CONDITIONING OF INTERNATIONAL AID

Tanjug, 1997-05-05

Republika Srpska's representative in the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Momcilo Krajisnik said Monday that a conference of aid donors for Bosnia- Herzegovina was being put off not only for political reasons but also because donors had grown weary and had pledged to give more than they could.

Republika srpska will not accept any assistance from the international community if made conditional on the loss of its independence and sovereignty, Krajisnik set out.

He said Republika Srpska needed large funds for the reconstruction of housing facilities and the reactivation of economy.

The political situation has been normalized to a degree and some economic facilities operate, but the effects of economic recovery will be felt only once the large work organizations start working, Krajisnik said.

[05] KINKEL SHARPLY CENSURES BOSNIAN CROATS FOR TORCHING SERB HOUSES

Tanjug, 1997-05-05

German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel sharply censured Monday Bosnian Croats for torching Serb houses in the town of Drvar during the weekend.

Kinkel said in a released statement that the attacks were alarming and a slap on the face of those who wanted to secure peace and reconciliation.

The German Foreign Minister urged authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, especially the Croat authorities in Drvar, to conduct a thorough investigation and severely punish the perpetrators.

Kinkel said he would try again during his visit to Sarajevo on Thursday, May 8, to explain that the building of confidence and political stability were the chief conditions for the country's reconstruction and the return of refugees.

He reminded all three sides in Bosnia-Herzegovina that the international community could still effect a relaxation of ethnic tensions through conditioning the reconstruction aid.

A Spokesman for the International Community's High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina said Sunday that Bosnian Croats had torched 25 Serb houses in Drvar during the weekend in an obvious attempt to prevent the return of Serb refugees to the Croat-controlled town.

[06] BOSNIAN REFUGEES IN SERBIA REGISTER FOR ELECTIONS

Tanjug, 1997-05-05

The first day of the registration of Bosnian refugees for the elections scheduled for September 13 and 14 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the response of Bosnian voters in Serbia was above expectations, Spokesman of the OSCE office in Belgrade Zivota Deluka said Monday evening.

According to OSCE supervisors, the registration is proceeding smoothly. By 7 p.m. Monday, 35 voters were registered in Valjevo, 20 each in Bor, Irig and Cacak, 15 in Zrenjanin and 50 in Belgrade, Deluka said.

Cooperation between registration offices and OSCE supervisors is excellent and there have been no complaints by refugees regarding lists drawn up according to the 1991 census in Bosnia, Deluka said.

Several refugees in Zrenjanin hesitated to fill out registration forms fearing they would have to return to their former places of residence, but their fear is unfounded as registration for elections is in no way linked with return, Deluka said.

A total of 225,000 voters were registered in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for last year's Bosnian elections, of whom 80,000 opted for the municipalities where they used to live in 1991, and 137,000 for the municipalities where they wish to live in the future.

[07] THERE ARE NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS WITH YUGOSLAVIA

Tanjug, 1997-05-05

Romanian President Emil Constantinescu told Serbian Radio-Television that there were no political misunderstandings between his country and Yugoslavia and that there had never been any.

This is one of the outstanding historical gains, as Romanians and Yugoslavs had never had a conflict. This extraordinary heritage must now be promoted and developed further, especially through strengthening economic cooperation as the people in both countries wish to live better, the President said.

State actions are not needed at present. Both countries have developed market economies and now need daring initiatives to make up for what was lost during he past few years, Constantinescu said in Bucharest.

Constantinescu met Sunday a Yugoslav delegation taking part in the fourth meeting of agriculture ministers of 22 central and eastern European countries, headed by Agriculture Minister Nedeljko Sipovac.

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