YDS 11/28

Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory

From: ddc@nyquist.bellcore.com (D.D. Chukurov)

28. NOVEMBER 1995. YUGOSLAV DAILY SURVEY

C O N T E N T S :

ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER IN YUGOSLAVIA - FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT AFTER SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA - KONTIC, VACAROIU: PATHS FOR COMPREHENSIVE COOPERATION REOPEN - MILOSEVIC RECEIVES VAKAROJU - ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER: IMPORTANT AND USEFUL TALKS - SERBIAN PRESIDENT SHOULD GET BIGGEST CREDIT FOR DAYTON PEACE AGREEMENT - ROMANIA TO DELIVER GASOLINE AND OIL TO YUGOSLAVIA - YUGOSLAVIA, ROMANIA TO IMPROVE CUSTOMS COOPERATION

FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA - POLISH MPS VISIT BELGRADE - POLISH PARLIAMENT DELEGATION IN BELGRADE - YUGOSLAV ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES SLOVAK DELEGATION - ALL YUGOSLAV CITIZENS ARE EQUAL

SUSPENSION OF THE SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA - SWITZERLAND CANCELS SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA

YUGOSLAVIA - NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM - YUGOSLAVIA NEEDS INFLUX OF FOREIGN CAPITAL

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - CROATS BURN DOWN SERB VILLAGES IN BOSNIA

FROM FOREIGN PRESS - CROATS USE SCORCHED EARTH TACTICS IN BOSNIA

ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER IN YUGOSLAVIA

FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT AFTER SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLA VIA B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Greeting Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Vacaroiu, Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic said on Monday that Vacaroiu's visit was very important because it was the first official visit to Belgrade after the suspension of the sanctions against Yugoslavia. Speaking at Belgrade airport, following a welcoming ceremony for the Romanian Prime Minister and high-ranking delegation of a number of ministers and businessmen, Kontic said it was very important that Romania had promtly reacted after the suspension of the sanctions and removed all restrictions towards Yugoslavia. Kontic said that the promotion of comprehensive relations with Romania 'is among the top priorities of the Yugoslav foreign policy,' for which all conditions exist and not only political rediness. The creation of institutional forms of cooperation and concrete projects, which will be discussed during Romanian businessmen's visit to Yugoslavia, will create conditions for entering a new phase of bilateral relations with Romania, which can be called a dynamic phase, Kontic said. The Romanian Prime Minister said that during Kontic's visit to Romania two years ago, new deals had been arranged and contracts made, which would be realized after the lifting of the sanctions against Yugoslavia. Therefore, even in difficult conditions of the sanctions, Yugoslavia and Romania maintained an uninterrupted political dialogue, Vacaroiu added. He said that the present conditions made it possible for the political dialogue to resume but also to place a special emphasis on a further promotion of economic cooperation and concrete steps in this field. Vacaroiu said that all this, together with traditionally good bilateral relations, would help resume cooperation with success. The fact that the two countries' economies are complementary will make it possible for them to significantly expand their cooperation in the post-sanctions period, Vacaroiu said and added that this was why a large number of Romanian Ministers and businessmen had accompanied him to Yugoslavia.

KONTIC, VACAROIU: PATHS FOR COMPREHENSIVE COOPERATION REOPEN B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Romanian and Yugoslav Prime Ministers Nicolae Vacaroiu and Radoje Kontic expressed satisfaction during a meeting here on Monday over the fact that the Dayton peace agreement and the suspension of anti-Yugoslav sanctions is reopening paths for a dynamic and comprehensive development of cooperation between the two countries and in the region as a whole. 'The (signing of the) Dayton peace agreement is a historic event and a victory of the world's forces of peace and Yugoslavia's peaceful policy,' Kontic said. He said that the suspension of the U.N. sanctions against Yugoslavia was the biggest contribution to the peace process. He said Yugoslavia could now, in much more favorable conditions, turn to its own economic development, the settling of economic and other problems caused precisely by the regime of sanctions, and the development of all forms of cooperation with the world. Kontic said Yugoslavia had successfully gone through the period of sanctions by preserving production capacities, avoiding social unrest and securing the functioning of state institutions and a general democratization. The Romanian Prime Minister said it was in his country's interest to develop bilateral and regional cooperation and expressed Romania's support to Yugoslavia's effort to be re-admitted to international forums and organizations. The signing of important bilateral agreements was announced, including a general agreeement on economic cooperation, an agreement on the protection of investments and an agreement on technical and technological cooperation. The Romanian and Yugoslav Prime Ministers stressed the need for a restoration of cooperation in the Balkans, especially through the existing organizations, as part of the European integration processes. Vacaroiu and Kontic expressed satisfaction over the position of their respective ethnic minorities in the neighboring country and said that minorities were an important factor in the strengthening of relations between the two countries.

MILOSEVIC RECEIVES VAKAROJU B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic received on Monday the President of the Government of Romania, Nikolae Vakaroju, who arrived on an official visit to the Federal Republic of Yugoslalvia, the Office of President Milosevic said. Satisfaction was expressed at the meeting because of developed relations and cooperation between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Romania. Romania is delighted that sanctions have been lifted against the FRY and sees it as one of its most significant economic partners, Romanian Prime Minister Vakaroju said. A mutual desire was expressed at the talks that the two countries restore and exceed the volume of their former trade, which totaled 400 millions of dollars annually before the sanctions. The exchange of visits will give an important impetus to the successful and dynamic development of bilateral relations and strengthen prospects for further links between economic partners. Joint interests were underscored in the fields of energy, industry, traffic and trade. Milosevic and Vararoju described good neighbourly cooperation and relations bvetween the two countries as a reliable factor of stability and peace in the Balkans, with an irrefutably strong influence on the development and strengthening of relations of equality between states and peoples.

ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER: IMPORTANT AND USEFUL TALKS B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Vacaroiu said on Monday, following a meeting in Belgrade with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, that the dialogue had been very good and useful. Vacaroiu said that the two countries had conducted a political dialogue even during the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He said that a new and more favourable period would begin following the Dayton peace agreement and the suspension of the sanctions. 'This was not a surprise for us, and we are preoccuppied by the need for starting as soon as possible concrete actions in the sphere of trade and economy,' Vacaroiu said adding he had specially discussed this with Milosevic.

SERBIAN PRESIDENT SHOULD GET BIGGEST CREDIT FOR DAYTON PEACE AGREE MENT B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Vacaroiu said Monday that the biggest credit for the initialling of the Dayton peace agreement and the suspension of the international sanctions on Yugoslavia should go to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. In talks with Serbian Parliament Speaker Dragan Tomic, Vacaroiu said he believes that the establishing of a peace in this region and the lifting of the sanctions would speed up the resumption of economic cooperation between Romania and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Tomic said that the Dayton peace agreement is important both for Yugoslavia, all its neighbors and the entire Balkans. The suspension of the sanctions has created conditions for Yugoslavia to establish comprehensive cooperation with all its neighbors, including Romania in the spheres of the power, oil and petrochemical industries, as well as transport.

ROMANIA TO DELIVER GASOLINE AND OIL TO YUGOSLAVIA B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Romania is prepared to deliver 30,000 tonnes of gasoline and 15,000 tonnes of oil to Yugoslavia next month, the State Secretary with the Romanian Industry Ministry Alexandru Stanescu said on Monday. Deliveries would continue into until april next year, with 30,000 tonnes of oil and 10,000 tonnes of gasoline supplied to Yugoslavia every Month, the Yugoslav Information Ministry said. In talks with Deputy Agriculture Minister Slobodan Djokovic, the Romanian officials said they hoped traditional good relations would continue in the fields of petrochemistry, the metal-working industry and agriculture.

YUGOSLAVIA, ROMANIA TO IMPROVE CUSTOMS COOPERATION B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Director of the Yugoslav and Romanian Customs Administrations Mihalj Kertes and Eugen Gog on Monday positively assessed their hitherto cooperation and decided to improve it in the future. The two sides agreed to modernize the crossings on the Yugoslav-Romanian border and to open new ones. They also discussed improvement of cooperation in curbing the smuggling of arms, ammunition and narcotics, the Yugoslav Customs Administration said.

FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

POLISH MPS VISIT BELGRADE B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - President of the Chamber of the Republics of the Yugoslav Parliament and Chairman of the Yugoslav Group for the Interparliamentary Union Dr Milos Radulovic held a talk on Monday with a delegation of the Interparliamentary Group of the Sejm (Parliament) of the Republic of Poland which was headed by Jerzi Vjatr, Chairman of this group and member of the Polish-Yugoslav Deputy Group in the Polish Sejm. Reaffirmed in the open and cordial talk was the significance of traditional friendship and cooperation between the two nations which had to be further strengthened and developed. What was assessed as being of particular significance was taking concrete steps in the immediate future to develop still further all the forms of cooperation, especially on the economic, cultural and spiritual plane.

POLISH PARLIAMENT DELEGATION IN BELGRADE B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Deputy Yugoslav Foreign Minister Radoslav Bulajic on Monday received a Sejm delegation headed by Jezi Vjatr, President of the Polish Group in the Interparliamentary Union. The two sides exchanged views on issues concerning the promotion of bilateral cooperation after the Dayton accord and a U.N. Security Council resolution suspending the sanctions on Yugoslavia.

YUGOSLAV ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES SLOVAK DELEGATION B e l g r a d e, Nov 27 (Tanjug) - Assistant Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic received on Monday a Slovak Parliamentary delegation, headed by Chairman of the Committee on Ethnic Minorities and State Administration Jozef Rea. The two sides exchanged views on the situation in the Balkans in the light of the Dayton peace accord, and the possibility of developing bilateral cooperation after the lifting of the anti-Yugoslav sanctions.

ALL YUGOSLAV CITIZENS ARE EQUAL P r i s t i n a, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - Serbian Minister and Commissioner of Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija Province Aleksa Jokic said Monday that Serbia is the only one of all the former Yugoslav republics which is defined as a civil state in its constitution and in which all citizens are equal under the constitution and law. All national minorities use these rights, except some of the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo who are under the influence of their separatist leaders, Jokic said in talks with U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Elisabeth Rehn who visited the provincial capital of Pristina on Monday. Jokic said that about 100,000 ethnic Albanians, however, are still working, that many are engaged in private businesses, and that about 120,000 Albanian pensioners regularly receive their pensions. Rehn told reporters that she was impressed with the openness of the authorities and that she was able to get information from many side. Rehn conferred behind closed doors with representatives of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, the Human Rights Committee, and other ethnic Albanian associations. The question of human rights is not just the internal affair of a certain country, but also a concern of the international community which wishes to help toward its resolving, Rehn said. It is important to enable full respect of human dignity and human rights in all parts of former Yugoslavia in order to enable refugees who so wish to return to their homes, Tehn said.

SUSPENSION OF THE SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA

SWITZERLAND CANCELS SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA G e n e v a, Nov 27 (Tanjug) - The Swiss Government has issued a decree, cancelling all economic sanctions, except for those regarding armament, against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. An annex to the decree specified that the sanctions against the Republika Srpska would remain effective until the rs army's withdrawal to the boundaries drawn in Dayton.

YUGOSLAVIA - NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM

YUGOSLAVIA NEEDS INFLUX OF FOREIGN CAPITAL B e l g r a d e, Nov. 27 (Tanjug) - National Bank of Yugoslavia Governer Dragoslav Avramovic said on Monday that Yugoslavia needs the influx of foriegn capital for the development of its economy and the export-oriented branches. Yugoslavia needs 1.5-2 billion dollars per year over the next three years, Avramovic told Radio Yugoslavia. 'I believe that a part of this capital will be provided by our people living abroad, but also by international financial institutions,' Avramovic said. Avramovic said that Yugoslavia does not need loans from the IMF since it has implemented the stabilization program by itself, without any help from abroad. 'However, we want a normalization of relations with IMF because this is a condition for support from international financial circles and especially the World Bank, whose investment loans are much needed,' Avramovic said.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

CROATS BURN DOWN SERB VILLAGES IN BOSNIA B a nj a l u k a, Nov 27 (Tanjug) - The Croatian army continues burning down Serb villages south of Banja Luka, in violation of the peace agreement initialled in Dayton. Tanjug learns from the Republika Srpska military sources that the following Serb villages were ablaze on Monday: Sitnica, Cadjavica, and Donje Ratkovo in Mt Majevica region, and, in a triangle formed by Banja Luka, Kljuc and Mrkonjic Grad, other villages which had been occupied in the Muslim-Croat offensive in September and October. Recently burned down were Bocac, Surjan, Trijebovo and other vilages south of Banja Luka. This region, as a whole, according to the Dayton peace agreement, is a component part of the Republika Srpska, and, after the forthcoming signinig of peace documents in Paris, the Croatian army should pull out of it.

FROM FOREIGN PRESS

CROATS USE SCORCHED EARTH TACTICS IN BOSNIA M a d r i d, Nov 27 (Tanjug) - Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina are using scorched earth tactics so that nothing useful will be left in towns that will belong to Serbs according to the Dayton agreement, Spanish daily El Pais writes Monday. Peace in Bosnia will not be paved with roses, the paper notes, adding that U.N. peacekeepers and foreign reporters testify that in the past few days, Croat militias have literally done nothing but burn down towns in central Bosnia which are to be returned to Republika Srpska according to the peace agreement. Serb property was looted and burned also during the pullout from Mrkonjic Grad. House after house and street after street were looted and destroyed, El Pais quotes a BBC reporter, who noted that this was not being done by civilians but by men in uniforms. BBC reporter Kate Adie who entered Mrkonjic Grad with British peacekeepers last week-end testified of organized destruction of this town, which is covered by thick smoke. U.N. Spokesman Alastair Ross said houses in Gornji Vakuf were burned to the ground, El Pais writes. Military and civilian trucks were ceaselessly taking out furniture and other belongings of Serbs from houses which were later razed in Mrknjic Grad, El Pais quotes U.N. sources. Croat forces had prevented for weeks the access of U.N. officials to that town, the daily writes, adding that the U.N. Commander for western Bosnia Richard Danant said that when Serbs enter Mrkonjic Grad, they would find only empty land and devastation.