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Serbia Today 96-08-28
Serbia Today
28 August 1996
CONTENTS
[01] FULL REINTEGRATION OF FRY IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
[02] CONTACTS BETWEEN TURKISH AND YUGOSLAV BUSINESSMEN ENDORSED
[03] VOJVODINA IS AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD
[04] STOJILJKOVIC: SUCCESSFUL TALKS IN SARAJEVO
[05] RENN CRITICIZED THE CROATIAN AUTHORITIES
[06] ACCUSATIONS OF MANIPULATION OF VOTING LISTS DO NOT APPLY TO FRY
[07] MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA POSTPONED
[01] FULL REINTEGRATION OF FRY IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Italy plans to intercede with the European Union and other
international organizations and associations to allow FR Yugoslavia
to quickly become a full member of the international community so
that with the definite lifting of the sanctions the "great
prospective" of its cooperation with the world may be inaugurated.
This is the abstract of the separate talks that the Italian prime
Minister Romano Prodi and Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini
had with the Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic during his
one-day visit to Rome. Full reintegration of Yugoslavia into UN
OSCE and international financial institutions has been discussed,
as well as the involvement of Yugoslavia in the European
integration process", Mr. Milutinovic confirmed. The stand assumed
by Italian government officials is interpreted as a special
indication of appreciation of the constructive policy pursued by
Yugoslavia. During the talks about the readiness of the two
countries to cooperate and about the coherent implementation of the
Dayton Agreement, we have remarked that FRY and Italy have very
similar stands about all important issues concerning peace and
stability in the region - the head of Yugoslav diplomacy said. He
particularly stressed that the talks underscored major potentials
for a more intense development of bilateral relations and
cooperation in all domains. The relations between FR Yugoslavia and
Italy, characterized by closeness and friendship, are now on the
rise and good basis exist for an even more dynamic evolution. In
evaluating his visit to the Vatican and the talks he had with the
Deputy State Secretary of the Holy See - Archbishop Giovanni
Battista Reo, Mr. Milutinovic remarked that the Vatican
acknowledged the fact that Yugoslavia played a constructive role
in the coherent implementation of the Dayton Agreement and
expressed readiness to contribute to the strengthening of peace,
stability and neighborly relations in the region.
(Politika, August 28, 1996)
[02] CONTACTS BETWEEN TURKISH AND YUGOSLAV BUSINESSMEN ENDORSED
Turkey and Ankara expressed readiness yesterday to re-establish
trade and business cooperation which was interrupted when the war
broke out in Bosnia. The Yugoslav delegation, headed by Federal
Foreign Trade Minister - Mr. Djordje Siradovic, is currently
visiting the Ismir Fair, upon an invitation extended by the Turkish
Minister of Trade and Industry - Mr. Yalim Eres. This is the first
contact between the two countries on the ministerial level in the
past several years.
During the talks it has been stressed that Turkey and Yugoslavia
are geographically and economically compatible and that a
comprehensive evolution of economic relations will greatly
contribute to the stability and friendship in the region. The
delegations of the two countries expressed readiness to endorse
direct contacts between Yugoslav and Turkish businessmen.
(Politika, August 28, 1996)
[03] VOJVODINA IS AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD
The province of Vojvodina can serve as an example to the entire
world in view of the respect of human rights and implementation of
ethnic equality - said Federal Parliament Member and Deputy
Regional Secretary for Minority Affairs - Ms. Ana Prcic, in an
interview for TANJUG news agency. The languages and the alphabets
of the ethnic minorities are being officially used in 36 of 44
municipalities in the province, classes in Hungarian are being held
in 29 municipalities, in Slovak in 12 municipalities, in Romanian
in 9, and in Ruthenian in 3 municipalities. High school education
has been set up in three municipalities, whilst college classes in
mother tongue are being attended by 60% of ethnic Hungarian
students, 32% of Slovakian students, 91% of the ethnic Romanian
students and 5% of the ethnic Ruthenian college students.
Practically all the ethnic groups have their cultural societies
financed by the regional Board of Culture and Education. Public
information for the ethnic minorities is provided through two
newspapers in Hungarian (one daily and one weekly), and various
periodicals and newspapers in Slovak, Romanian and Ruthenian,
established by the Vojvodina Parliament, as well as through radio
and TV programs broadcast in seven languages by Radio Television
Novi Sad and 17 local radio stations. "All efforts to prove
otherwise are futile, because facts speak for themselves", said Ms.
Ana Prcic.
(Politika, August 28, 1996)
[04] STOJILJKOVIC: SUCCESSFUL TALKS IN SARAJEVO
The Chairman of the Serbian Chamber of Trade and Industry - Mr.
Vlajko Stojiljkovic remarked that the visit that the Yugoslav trade
and political delegation paid to Sarajevo two days ago, revealed
the readiness of both sides to renew old and establish new business
ties among companies. Within a fortnight the representative office
of the Yugoslav Chamber of Trade and Industry will be opened in
Sarajevo and the office of the Moslem-Croatian Federation Chamber
in Belgrade. Mr. Stojiljkovic said that during the talks with the
representatives of the Bosnian business practical solutions for the
problems in establishing links in rail, road and air transports and
communications have been discussed.
(Politika, August 28, 1996)
[05] RENN CRITICIZED THE CROATIAN AUTHORITIES
After her August visits to Krajina, FR Yugoslavia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Ms. Elisabeth Renn - Special UN Reporter on Human
Rights for former Yugoslavia, prepared her latest report and sent
it in a form of a letter to the Chairman of the UN Human Rights
Committee - Mr. Gilbert Saboya. In the segment of her report
referring to Croatia, Ms. Renn stressed that after the Croatian
military operation "Storm", flagrant breaches of human rights of
the remaining Serbs in Krajina occurred. In many cases the
protagonist of these infringements were the Croatian authorities,
and lamentably a year has passed without any safety being ensured
for the Serbs by the Croatian Government. Ms. Renn also remarked
that this is one of the reasons why such a small number of refugees
returned home, the other one being the fact that Croats already
settled Serbian homes. Unlike her predecessor Tadeusz Masowiecki,
Ms. Renn directed her attention to Croatia and Bosnia, leaving FRY
in the background. Furthermore, in her analysis of the situation
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she equally pointed out to the negative
aspects in the Moslem-Croatian Federation and the Republic of
Srpska, and dies not reserve the "bad guys" attribute to the Serbs
as Masowiecki did.
(Vecernje Novosti, August 28, 1996)
[06] ACCUSATIONS OF MANIPULATION OF VOTING LISTS DO NOT APPLY TO FRY
The Federal Government Committee formed to help the refugees
exercise their voting rights at the elections in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, completed all the preparations and is ready for the
elections on all levels in B&H. The 60 polling centers set up in
Yugoslavia and opening today, are ready to serve the 85,000
refugees that decided to vote here. Foreign observers have all
arrived - stressed Committee Chairwoman - Ms. Bratislava Morina.
Accusations of manipulation of voting lists do not apply to FRY,
and gratuitous interpretations burden the currently successful
cooperation between the Committee and the OSCE, said Ms. Morina in
response to a journalist question about alleged irregularities in
forming voting lists in FR Yugoslavia.
(Borba, August 28, 1996)
[07] MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA POSTPONED
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
made public it decision yesterday to postpone the municipal
elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Agencies report that the
decision was revealed yesterday in Sarajevo by OSCE Mission Chief
Robert Frowick, who had already anticipated the possibility due to
lack of freedom of movement, manipulations with electoral lists,
obstruction of opposition party activities and usurpation of the
media by the ruling parties. In a statement for the press Mr.
Frowick remarked that the elections for the municipal councils in
Bosnia might be staged in April or May next year. The elections on
the other levels will be held September 14th as scheduled.
Commenting Mr. Frowick's decision, Republic of Srpska Parliament
Speaker - Mr. Momcilo Krajisnik stated that he is deeply deluded.
"We believed that Mr. Frowick was making maximal efforts to create
a level field situation and that elections on all levels be held.
I ignore the background of this decision, but we are alarmed by the
fact that one side - the Moslems - can induce Mr. Frowick to change
his previous decision", said Mr. Krajisnik. He anticipated that the
new situation will be analyzed by Republic of Srpska authorities
and that the Parliament decision will be made public.
The head of the French diplomacy - Herves de Charret, strongly
opposed any postponement of elections in Bosnia. He said that he
believes that "all elections should be held, including those for
local municipal councils." The elections are an essential part of
the Dayton Agreement and the document must be respected - said the
French Foreign Minister in replying to a journalist question about
the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the extraordinary session of the Moslem-Croatian Federation
Parliament, the Moslem representatives asked OSCE to postpone the
elections, at least on the municipal level. Croatian representative
Ivan Bender stated that the Bosnian Croats are in favor of
elections on all levels and remarked that it is now to late for any
postponement, because they have practically begun in a number of
countries.
(Vecernje Novosti, August 28, 1996)
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