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Serbia Today, 97-02-25Serbia Today Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>Serbia TodayCONTENTS
[01] HIGH DEGREE OF CONSENT ON COMMON INTERESTSSerbian President Slobodan Milosevic received yesterday the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency member Momcilo Krajisnik. The talks covered the questions of mutual interest and the improvement of the mutual ties according to the possibilities given by the Dayton Agreement. A high degree of consent was verified on the mutual interests in the development of relations and the need to improve the mutual relations permanently, and that mutually adequate measures and activities in this direction should be taken.Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Politika, 1997-02-25[02] BULLETIN SUPPLEMENT: HOW TO DEFEAT SERBIAThe Belgrade ex-Mayor and retired diplomat Zhivorad Kovacevic, now presiding the International Relations Forum, and alternative diplomatic and international policy association, commenting the doubts that the interest of some of the international factors to influence the political situation in Serbia, says ' First, we have ask whether someone is interested in de- stabilizing us. On the contrary, the basic goal of the most important international factors is the stability of the region. We have become the target of such international interest, pressures and punishing for having endangered such stability.Kovacevis is, at the same place, denied by the Chief of the Mission of US Embassy in Belgrade, Richard Miles, who, participating in the Forum for International Relations discussions says:' As long as FRY does not fulfill defined conditions, the following will be denied: to join UN and other international organizations, to join the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other international financial organizations and to normalize its relations with the United States. These condition, as we know, already declared, and they are within the corpus of the outer wall of the US sanctions against FRY, the improvement of the situation in Kosovo, the cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and the advancing of the conference on succession, i.e., the FRY approach to the division balance of the former Yugoslavia. Zhivorad Kovacevic, as a Harvard graduate and Mr. Kisinger's student by the beginning of the sixties considers the international factors' goal, US before all, the stability of the region, while Mr. Miles explicitly states that the international, especially American pressure upon Serbia should be continued. The Analysts of the Balkan crisis, especially in the region of former Yugoslavia, as well as the distinguished members of the Trilateral Group, Stoltenberg, Lords Carrington and Owen, consider US to be responsible for the continuation of the war in Bosnia, i.e., the continuing punishment of all the Balkans. The UN sanctions against FRY have been lifted, but the United States, being a world power, still applies its international pressure against Serbia and its citizens. Why? First, that Serbia and FRY should pay for the civil war in former Yugoslavia, since, according to the State Department, they are most responsible for this war. By sanctioning FRY and Serbia, the United States have punished ten millions of FRY citizens, but also the whole region of the Balkans, that now undergoes dramatic economic and political processes Serbia has been economically and diplomatically penalized for supporting the vital interests and forming of the Republic of Srpska. The US have tolerated the expansionism of Croatia in B&H, and Croatia was awarded by the forming of the Federation in B&H, but also with "OLUJA", that is, eliminating of 250.000 Serbs. The US have accepted the ethnic cleansing carried out by the Croats against the Serbs, and at the same time, offered Croatia to be the regional force in the Balkans. Serbia and FR Yugoslavia signed the Dayton Agreement, but this was not enough. By the long-lasting sanctions and isolation Serbia should in fact be defeated, quoting the words of David Gompart in 1994. If US goal is the development of democratization and freedom, why were the US allowed to owe more than 15 billions of dollars to the United Nations, and to choose the UN Secretary General by threats and blackmailing? US want to realize their interests in the Balkans by making all the Balkan states cooperative, even puppets of such policy. The latest initiative of the Bzezinsky Trilateral Commission confirms that the United States want to control the Balkans totally, meaning the neutralization of the Russia and the disciplining of Greece and the continuing of isolating Serbia and the break-through of the Turkish interests. So, Mr. Kovacevic and the US Embassy Mission Chief Mr. Miles are very well aware that Serbia has to pay the high price of the US new policy at the European South East It is quite obvious that Serbia will be blackmailed not only with the crisis in Kosovo, that threatens to escalate the conflicts in the Balkans, but also with hitting the monetary and social policy that should cause the change of powers in Serbia. Sop, this is the question of a policy of pressures and hegemony that destroys the sovereignty of Serbia, FR Yugoslavia and is globally destabilizing the Balkans. Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Ekspres, 1997-02-25[03] THE MUSLIM-CROATIAN FEDERATION IN CRITICAL PHASEThe recent incidents in Mostar, according to the assessments of many analysts, have shaken the very foundation of the whole project of the B&H Federation, says the commentary of the Muslim Radio of Sarajevo. The general situation in this town, states the same source, has deteriorated so much, that the renewals of Muslim-Croatian conflicts are not excluded. Judging by the last incident, three days ago, when a SFOR transporter was hit by a missile, Mostar is at the very edge of open conflicts. The SFOR Commanders state that their soldiers can control the situation in the whole region, but the Muslim population has not much trust in them. The memory of May, 1993 is still hovering, when the Croats carried out the aggression upon the Muslim population, and the UN soldiers simply fled Mostar, says the commentator of the Muslim Radio. The events in Mostar are the example of the bad or almost non functioning of Muslim-Croatian Federation. It is today in a critical phase, maybe the most critical phase in its three-years long existence, concludes the Muslim Radio Sarajevo commentary.Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Ekspres, 1997-02-25[04] ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE FEDERAL ARMYThe independent Czech weekly RESPECT has published a detailed article on the problems in the B&H Federation, particularly about the ethnic cleansing in the mutual army. The magazine reminds that the 'agreement on the common Muslim-Croat army was signed exclusively because of the pressures of the United Stated, who have laid all their cards on the Federation and at all costs persist to keep it alive. The magazine point out that by the end of the last year, the Bosnian Muslims leader Alija Izetbegovic has retired seven generals of the Federal Army, among which were Jovan Divjak and Stjepan Shiber, the last Serbian and the last Croat wearing general's epaulettes. Thus practically the ethnic cleansing of the army was completed, informs RESPECT and adds that the departure of Divjak and Shiber is the symbolic full-stop to the multi-ethnical Bosnia. The Bosnia-Herzegovina Federation that would really function remains the wishful thinking of the United States.Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Borba, 1997-02-25[05] THE SERBIAN CHURCH AFTER THE YUGOSLAV WARThe question 'when would the bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church be able to return to the eparchial seats they left together with the people during the recent Yugoslav war, is still unanswered. However, at the special meeting of the Synod the return of the bishops to the historical erparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church was discussed , but it was concluded that the Church has no power to influence the creating of conditions for the safe life of the Serbian people in the states which emerged from the break- up of the former Yugoslavia, and thus has no means of returning the priests and the bishops to the deserted eparchies. Illustrating the post-war situation of the Serbian Orthodox Church is eloquent example of the Dalmatian Eparchy where there is, and only since end October last year, one Orthodox priest (In Shibenik). Should the Dalmatian bishop be requested, in these circumstances, with no believers and priesthood, to go back to his eparchy when even at the temporary seat - The Monastery of Krka where in 1615. the oldest Serbian school was founded. the famous Krk Seminary, instead of the monks and the theologists, is housing the Croatian police? That the Serbian Orthodox Church is expecting help from the State in solving the problems which arose with the beak-up of former Yugoslavia, was also stated at the recent meeting of the Zagreb-Ljubljana Mitropolite, Jovan and the Federal Minister of Human Rights and the Deputy President of the Federal Commission for the relationships with the religious communities, Ms Margit Savovic. It was agreed that the first on the agenda of inter state level should be the question of the safe return of the refugees. As long as this is not solved, the small number of Serbs who stayed in Croatia will be exposed, among other things, to the more often occurring conversion to Catholic religion, that the Serbian Orthodox Church has an extensive documentation about.Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Politika, 1997-02-25[06] SFOR POLLUTING ENVIRONMENTThe Doboj Headquarters of Civil Protection stated yesterday that in the region of Doboj a number of poisonous materials have been registered, meaning aerosol, fluid drops, steam and solid particles coming from the SFOR planes, helicopters and transporters. The statement also said that poisonous materials cause throat prickling, speech impediments, headaches, nausea, vomiting, weakness, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety and other symptoms.' The Headquarters stresses out that until now many appeals and warnings have been addressed to SFOR in the region of Doboj, to cease the activities that affect the health of people, plants and animals, but that these appeals and warnings are not being heeded.Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-02-25[07] KOSMET INSEPARABLE PART OF SERBIA AND FRYThe Head of the Kosovo County Milos Nesovic talked yesterday in Pristina with the European Parliament Mission representatives Doris Pack, Rita Miller, Jonas Ovobod and Peka Hakol. During the talks it was confirmed that Kosmet is the inseparable part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and that the Albanians must respect that and abandon the idea of reshaping the borders and secession. These issues must be solved by dialogue and the national minorities have all the rights according the world standards. The statement says that the terrorist attacks were condemned, aimed at the police forces, the members of the Albanian national minority, loyal to the Serbian State and the distinguished individuals of Serbian nationality.Mr. Nesovic also talked yesterday with the US Government Public Media Development delegation , headed by Peter Graves. The guests said that the goal of their visit is to become acquatinted with the situation in media, syndicate and other non-government organizations. They particularly stressed that they will not, in any way, support any political party or their ideas. Introducing the guests to the situation in the media at Kosmet, the Secretary of Information of Kosovo, Bosko Drobnjak said that the radio and television programs are broadcasted in the languages of all the national minorities. Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Politika, 1997-02-25[08] NEW LAW ON INFORMATION FOLLOWS THE CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN MODELSSerbian Minister of Information, professor Radmila Milentijevic held a press conference yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington, attended by about 40 reporters from the most eminent American newspaper and TV stations and foreign reporters. The Minister informed the press about the Serbian Government basic tasks in the sphere of economy and further democratization of the social life and has particularly stressed the catastrophic consequences of the sanctions and the efforts of Serbian Government to recapture the interrupted processes both in the domains of privatization and the total industrial flows. Miss Milentijevic also stressed that the Government is resolute in continuing the further social democratization and in this context announced the new Law on information which will follow the contemporary European models in this field. She concretely informed the press that in Serbia there is an enormous number of opposition press, much more than, as it is usually said, the pro government ones. This was at the same time the best answer to the recent misinformation of the WASHINGTON POST that NASA BORBA is supposedly the one and only opposition supporting newspaper in Serbia.Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Politika, 1997-02-25[09] STIMULATING EXPORTSerbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic and the General Manager of the Petroleum Industry JUGOPETROL Dragan Tomic talked yesterday with the members of the Metal Workers Syndicate Presidency, headed by the president Aleksandar Ivovic, about the existent problems of Serbian Metal and Electricity Industry. It was agreed that the conclusions of the Metal Workers Syndicate are identical with the Serbian Government goals and its economy policy in 1997. The mutual conclusion was that the improvement of the social status of the employees in Metal complex could be achieved only by increasing the production. It was therefore agreed that a number of measures should be taken to secure a wider engagement of the Metal and Electricity Industry, before all in the fields of investments and maintenance in the field of traffic infrastructure, telecommunication, petroleum industry and electricity industry. The request to stimulate all the export founded on the barter arrangement with China and Russian was particularly supported.Serbia Today, 1997-02-25 ; Borba, 1997-02-25Serbia Today Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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