Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-06-13

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CONTENTS

[01] ROBERT MUGABE ARRIVES IN BELGRADE

[02] YUGOSLAV, ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENTS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO WEDNESDAY TALK

[03] YUGOSLAV, ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENTS STRESS TRADITION OF FRIENDSHIP

[04] YUGOSLAV PREMIER RESHUFFLES GOVERNMENT

[05] MILOSEVIC, BILDT DISCUSS DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS IMPLEMENTATION

[06] MONTENEGRIN PREMIER MEETS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT

[07] ICRC APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING MISSING PERSONS

[08] U.S. OFFERS GUARANTEES TO EASTERN SLAVONIA, BARANIA, WEST SREM

[09] CROATIAN DEMILITARIZATION GOES AS PLANNED - U.N. SAYS

[01] ROBERT MUGABE ARRIVES IN BELGRADE

Mugabe and Lilic will start official talks and afterwards give a statement to the press.

[02] YUGOSLAV, ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENTS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO WEDNESDAY TALK

Speaking about Yugoslavia's place in the United Nations, Lilic said that Yugoslavia had never been excluded from the World Organisation, and that no additional requirements were necessary for its return.

President Mugabe told reporters in his turn that he fully supported this position and urged Yugoslavia's return to all international organisations. He said that Zimbabwe was against Bosnia-Herzegovina becoming a member of the Non-Aligned Movement until the matter of Yugoslavia's status in the Movement had been settled.

[03] YUGOSLAV, ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENTS STRESS TRADITION OF FRIENDSHIP

Yugoslavia can never forget that Zimbabwe was among the few states that resolutely opposed and voted against the U.N. Security Council's unjust resolutions about the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Lilic said, toasting President Mugabe. He said that Mugabe's visit came at a time of intensive work on stabilising peace and beginning a process of reconstruction in the region of former Yugoslavia.

By suspending anti-Yugoslav sanctions, normalising relations and resuming cooperation with Yugoslavia, the world has given recognition to the country's peaceful policy and constructive contribution to ending the Bosnian war and creating conditions for peace, he said.

Lilic again expressed special pleasure at the successful development of political and economic relations between Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe, especially through Yugoslav firms' participation in the development of the Zimbabwean economy. He said that the big changes that had occurred in international relations in the past years had not removed the vast discrepancies in cooperation between the rich North and the poor and underdeveloped South. Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe have always been in the forefront of the struggle for equality-based international relations, especially international economic relations, he added.

Speaking about years of Yugoslav-Zimbabwean cooperation in the Non-Aligned Movement, Lilic said that the world's sanctions and other anti-Yugoslav measures caused by the crisis in former Yugoslavia had regrettably caused Yugoslavia's status in the Movement to be frozen. He said that his talks with Mugabe earlier in the day had shown that the two countries still shared greatly similar and close views on the most important international questions.

Returning the toast at a dinner given in his honour, President Mugabe said it was heartening to see that one-half of former Yugoslavia had remained untouched by the secession of some of its parts. He said he was aware that Yugoslavia had been made to suffer unnecessarily under the unjust sanctions clamped on it on the pretextof its aggression on Bosnia, a pretext which was clearly untenable today.

Mugabe said that Zimbabwe had strongly opposed the sanctions which had dealt a heavy blow to the Yugoslav economy, and added that the situation in Yugoslavia had been further aggravated by a tidal wave of refugees from war-zones in former Yugoslavia. In this context, he stressed he respected the Yugoslav Government's determination to safeguard the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by taking no part in the war.

Mugabe said that Yugoslavia had helped Zimbabwe not only at the time of its liberation war, but also after the war ended, playing an active part in Zimbabwe's development, especially developing its infrastructure, building hospitals, roads and other vital facilities. For many years, Zimbabwe has been receiving Yugoslav assistance in personnel training, Mugabe said, adding that many students from Zimbabwean had studied in Yugoslavia such important subjects as medicine, natural sciences and civil engineering.

He said that Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe had always consistently cherished and advocated the principles laid down in the U.N. Charter, and had always striven to promote international peace and a peaceful settlement of disputes under the aegis of the Non-Aligned Movement.

It is, therefore, Zimbabwe's hope that the Yugoslav region will enjoy peace and stability, in order that the people might have the chance to devote themselves to social and economic problems with aview to progress, Mugabe said. He said he hoped that his visit to Yugoslavia would pave the way for a greater bilateral exchange and lead to the finalization of talks on the promotion and protection of investments and cooperation in air transport.

Mugabe invited Yugoslav businessmen to invest in Zimbabwe, explaining that Zimbabwe offered excellent terms for investment in many industries, specifically mining, industrial production and tourism. He also invited joint ventures between the two countries' businessmen.

[04] YUGOSLAV PREMIER RESHUFFLES GOVERNMENT

Government composition after the Wednesday changes:

Prime Minister: Radoje Kontic Deputy Premiers: Jovan Zebic Uros Klikovac Nikola Sainovic

Ministers: Foreign Affairs: Milan Milutinovic Defence: Pavle Bulatovic Internal Affairs: Vukasin Jokanovic Finance: Tomica Raicevic Justice: Vladimir Krivokapic Economy: Rade Filipovic Agriculture: Tihomir Vrebalov Transport and Communications: Zoran Vujovic Trade: Djordje Siradovic Labour, Health and Welfare: Miroslav Ivanisevic Development, Science and the Environment: Janko Radulovic Ministers Without Portfolio: Zoran Bingulac Vuk Ognjanovic Margit Savovic Radonja Minic

[05] MILOSEVIC, BILDT DISCUSS DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS IMPLEMENTATION

Milosevic and Bildt focused on the preparation of upcoming elections in Bosnia and on securing the necessary conditions for normal life and for economic recovery, the statement said.

In this context, the importance was stressed of international factors synchronizing their measures and activities for securing full compliance with the commitments stemming from the Peace Accords.

The talk was attended by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic, the statement said.

[06] MONTENEGRIN PREMIER MEETS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT

According to the statement, Djukanovic was paying a working visit to the U.S. on the initiative of the U.S.-Montenegrin Chamber of Commerce in order to give concrete form to agreements reached during a previous visit.

Djukanovic and Clinton exchanged views on the implementation of the Peace Accord for Bosnia-Herzregovina and other questions of topical importance to overall stability in the Balkan region, the statement added.

Both sides expressed the conviction that early democratic elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina would consolidate peace and create conditions for a speedier economic and democratic development of the entire region of former Yugoslavia.

The Premier of the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro met also with U.S. Commerce Secretary Mickey Cantor and had successful business meetings with executives of U.S. corporations interested in appearing on the Montenegrin market, the statement said.

[07] ICRC APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING MISSING PERSONS

The ICRC has prepared a publication with 11,000 names of missing persons, which will be distributed to all ICRC offices in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia, as well as in countries which accepted refugees, Bellon said.

He appealed to the families of missing persons who have not yet reported it to do so as soon as possible.

Bellon said that information about the fate of the missing persons was very important for reaching a comprehensive and lasting peace. Bellon said that the ICRC believed all sides had at least some information about missing persons and that there were also individuals who knew a lot.

He said that, from the point of view of his organization, it was unacceptible that the question of missing persons still be politicized six months after peace was signed.

EASTERN SLAVONIA, BARANIA, WEST SREM

[08] U.S. OFFERS GUARANTEES TO EASTERN SLAVONIA, BARANIA, WEST SREM

Hadzic said that he had drawn the U.S. delegation's attention to the fact that Croatia's amnesty and territorial organisation legislations clashed directly with some parts of the November 1995 Agreement, specifically its Article 12, which gives the local Serbs the right to organise municipal councils in Eastern Slavonia, Barania and West Srem.

On behalf of the U.S. delegation, Roger Crasy, representative of U.N. Administrator Jacques Klein, expressed satisfaction that the November 1995 Agreement and the U.N. Security Council's Resolution 1,037 were being implemented.

[09] CROATIAN DEMILITARIZATION GOES AS PLANNED - U.N. SAYS

He said that next on the agenda was forming a joint police force, launching a pilot-program for the return of refugees and settling the status of the region's population and the problem of the region's currency.

On the subject of Croatia's amnesty legislation, Arnold said that some questions needed to be clarified and the legislation, which he said was too generalised, made to conform more to international laws.

He said that talks between the region's U.N. Administrator Jacques Klein and Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic and President Franjo Tudjman in Zagreb on Wednesday and Thursday would focus on amending the legislation.

Asked by Croatian reporters if there was a chance that UNTAES might oust the current Serb authorities once it had finished demilitarization and turned to civilian affairs, Arnold said that UNTAES had no direct impact on the election of local authorities. He praised the cooperation of the Serb side, especially in the past two weeks.

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