Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-06-27

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CONTENTS

[01] SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVES U.S. ENVOY KORNBLUM

[02] APPOINTMENT OF ACTING R.S. PRESIDENT- A VITAL ISSUE

[03] SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC ATTENDS PAPANDREOU'S FUNERAL

[04] YUGOSLAV ECONOMY HAS TO BE RESTRUCTURED, GOVERNMENT SAYS

[05] DEVELOPMENT OF MACEDONIAN-YUGOSLAV RELATIONS - CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE IN BALKANS

[06] BOUTROS-GHALI ACCUSES CROATIA OF VIOLATING SERBS' HUMAN RIGHTS

[07] REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ARMY OBSERVES MILITARY ASPECT OF DAYTON AGREEMENT

[01] SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVES U.S. ENVOY KORNBLUM

The importance was stressed of implementing the peace accord as the best way of normalising the situation and relations and stabilising peace in the regions affected by civil war. Milosevic and Kornblum said they hoped that the calling of the Bosnian elections for Sept. 14 would make it possible to bring the implementation of the Bosnia peace accord to a satisfactory conclusion.

The talk was attended by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic.

[02] APPOINTMENT OF ACTING R.S. PRESIDENT- A VITAL ISSUE

Speaking at a press conference devoted to the realization of the Dayton accords, Bulatovic said the state was much more important than any individual. That is why Karadzic is obliged to respect the articles of the Dayton accords, under which he cannot be an active participant in politics, Bulatovic said.

He said the limits on his possible nomination for reelection under the Dayton accords was valid only for the elections in September. 'Karadzic should have done only that to which he obliged himself before Yugoslavia and the international community,' Bulatovic said.

Speaking about the talks of the Yugoslav leaders and RS representatives, Bulatovic said 'Yugoslavia has the right to interfere in Republika Srpska's internal affairs, because sanctions against it were imposed because of the very war in Bosnia-Herzegovina' and because 'Republika Srpska has asked Yugoslavia to negotiate on its behalf and take over guarantees for fulfilling obligations stemming from the peace accords.'

Bulatovic said the problem of Karadzic's walking off the public political stage had 'appeared suddenly' because there had been strong guarantees until recently that Republika Srpska would meet all its obligations of the peace accords.

'When we realized that there were dilemmas in this sense in part of the RS leadership, Presidents Lilic and Milosevic, together with me, openly appealed that there should be no stepping away from obligations undertaken earlier,' Bulatovic said.

He said 'any decision contrary to the one demanded by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia could be an introduction to a wider destabilization of the situation in the region.' That is why Yugoslavia's demand that Republika Srpska act in compliance with its options is both legal and legitimate, Bulatovic said.

The reimposition of sanctions against Republika Srpska would seriously threaten its existence, and in such circumstances, it would increase the risk of a new cycle of senseless armed conflicts in the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, he warned.

Bulatovic said the Yugoslav leadership had been given guarantees that the international community highly appreciated and fully supported its devotion to the policy of peace and construction of new relations in the Balkans. That is why 'there is not a single reason, in the political or diplomatic sense, which would justify a possible termination of the suspension of sanctions against our country,' Bulatovic said.

Asked about Prevlaka, a strategically important promontory at the border between Croatia and Yugoslavia, Bulatovic said the stand remained that relations with Croatia could not be normalized until this problem was definitely resolved.

[03] SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC ATTENDS PAPANDREOU'S FUNERAL

Milosevic had a lengthy cordial talk with Cyprus President Glafkos Kliridis.

Milosevic met also with German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, with whom he discussed questions of importance to the Balkan region.

[04] YUGOSLAV ECONOMY HAS TO BE RESTRUCTURED, GOVERNMENT SAYS

The Council reviewed the key aspects of reinvigorating the flow of domestic capital towards financing development projects in the economy. The market-designated financial system, as was said at the Council's meeting, was accepting investments in no other than enterprises or projects capable of timely servicing their contractual obligations, so the banks should encourage such firms with their credit policy. The meeting pointed out the indispensability of the further extension of the legal system to adequately protect the interests of creditors. The reinvigoration of the flow of domestic capital was possible only amid a powerful process of the restructuring of Yugoslav enterprises and financial institutions.

YUGOSLAVIA - MACEDONIA

[05] DEVELOPMENT OF MACEDONIAN-YUGOSLAV RELATIONS - CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE IN BALKANS

'We want to improve good-neighbourly relations with Yugoslavia based on the principles of equality, non-interference and the respect of territorial integrity and sovereignty,' Gligorov told Ambassador Zoran Janackovic.

Janackovic expressed belief that the joint interest is the strengthening and development of all forms of bilateral cooperation, especially mutually useful economic and trade relations.

He said that good and friendly relations between the two countries represent the best framework for mutual efforts in preserving and promoting the protection of national rights of Serbs in Macedonia and Macedonians in Yugoslavia.

Janackovic said in a separate statement that teams of experts of both Governments are working hard to determine concrete documents which should regulate and stimulate more intensive Yugoslav-Macedonian cooperation.

GHALI'S REPORT ON VIOLATING SERBS' HUMAN RIGHTS IN CROATIA

[06] BOUTROS-GHALI ACCUSES CROATIA OF VIOLATING SERBS' HUMAN RIGHTS

'International observers have described the prevailing atmosphere as one of lawlessness. The continuing looting and intimidation in the Knin area is often described as being the work of marauding gangs, frequently including uniformed Croatian soldiers,' the report said, adding that Croatian policemen have been either unwilling or afraid to exercise their professional duties. Ghali said that there were still cases of looting and intimidation in the area of Knin and that Serbs were being killed and their houses looted.

In his report, Ghali said that Croatian authorities have done almost nothing to prosecute the perpetrators of crimes against Serbs and that they have ignored a demand by the UN Security Council to guarantee security to Serbs who have stayed in their houses and an unhindered return of refugees.

The report said that Croatian authorities ignored many demands by Serbs who wanted to return to their homes and that Zagreb was practising discrimination against those who had been repatriated.

Ghali said that the Serbs were denied the right to work, even doctors and nurses who were badly needed. The Serbs are denied the right to pensions. International humanitarian assistance is mainly distributed to Croatians.

Ghali quoted Croatian authorities as saying that about 7,000 Serbs had returned to their homes but international observers maintain that the figures are much lower. Croatia is settling Croatians in areas which were previously inhabited by the Serbs, Ghali said, adding that some 50,000 Croats had settled in Serb houses.

Ghali said that Croatian authorities had ignored a demand by the UN Security Council to proclaim general amnesty for Serbs still detained in Croatian prisons. He said that there were still 200 Serbs in Croatian prisons.

It is clear that Croatia does not want a significant presence of Serbs in its territory, the report said.

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

[07] REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ARMY OBSERVES MILITARY ASPECT OF DAYTON AGREEMENT

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