Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-07-24

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CONTENTS

[01] LILIC SEES F.R.Y. REINTEGRATED INTERNATIONALLY AFTER BOSNIA ELECTIONS

[02] KONTIC: STABLE AND PROSPEROUS F.R.Y. CAN CONSOLIDATE PEACE IN BALKANS

[03] MILOSEVIC ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MUSLIM-CROAT FEDERATION

[04] FOREIGN MINISTERS OF F.R.Y., MUSLIM-CROAT FEDERATION PREPARED FOR GRADUAL NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS

[05] TALKS ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MUSLIM-CROAT FEDERATION

[06] DIRECTORS OF TANJUG, BH PRESS NEWS AGENCIES FOR PROMOTING COOPERATION

[07] KONTIC, BASCONE ON RELATIONS BETWEEN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLICS

[08] BASCONE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AGAINST KOSMET'S SECESSION

[09] YUGOSLAVIA DROPPED FROM E.U. LIST OF AGRICULTURAL PREFERENTIALS

[10] MOSCOW ON DANGERS INHERENT IN POSSIBLE AREST OF KARADZIC, MLADIC

[11] PERSECUTION OF SERBS IN CROATIA CONTINUES

[12] KARADZIC, MLADIC ARE NOT ONLY CULPRITS IN BOSNIAN WAR

[01] LILIC SEES F.R.Y. REINTEGRATED INTERNATIONALLY AFTER BOSNIA ELECTIONS

Lilic stated this in a talk with a Russian Government delegation headed by Minister for Emergency Situations Sergei Shoygu, the presidential office said in an announcement.

Lilic emphasized that the basic objectives of the F.R.Y. were peace and economic recovery, the full normalization of relations with the former Yugoslav republics and the inclusion into groupings in the Balkans and Europe. He added that the F.R.Y. was rightly expecting the correct international valuation of its political consistency.

In this, the F.R.Y. was expecting Russia's support, said Lilic in thanking the Russian people and leaders, especially President Boris Yeltsin, for their assistance to the F.R.Y. at the time of the biggest difficulties, as well as for their readiness to have comprehensive economic cooperation now established.

Lilic fully agreed with Shoygu's remark that the condition for lasting peace in the territory of former Yugoslavia was the international community's equal relationship towards both entities in the BiH - the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska - regarding not only the extension of humanitarian aid and resources for economic recovery but also the support to electing legal and legitimate organs of authority.

Lilic said that the international community's equal treatment is the condition for the maintenance of peace today, just as the condition yesterday was the achievement of peace accords.

Shoygu told Lilic that it was Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin who had proposed the visit to the F.R.Y. of this many-membered and competent delegation of ministers and senior officials in a number of ministries, and high representatives of foreign-trade and manufacturing enterprises.

Russia and the F.R.Y. signed here Tuesday an agreement on cooperation in the field of averting industrial accidents and natural disasters and alleviating the after math. The two sides stressed at the talk they regarded this agreement very important, especially because it would provide for the customs-free extension of assistance.

Shoygu stressed that the delegation had arrived to carry out also a number of concrete arrangements of extending assistance and signing economic, trade and financial contracts with partners from the F.R.Y. and from the Republika Srpska, the Serb entity in BiH.

[02] KONTIC: STABLE AND PROSPEROUS F.R.Y. CAN CONSOLIDATE PEACE IN BALKANS

Kontic made the statement in a talk with a Russian government delegation currently on a several-day working visit to the F.R.Y. The delegation is headed by Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoygu, the Yugoslav Information Secretariat said.

Kontic gave Russia credit for its contribution to the peaceful resolution of the crisis in the former Yugoslavia and stressed its decisive influence in the equal treatment of all parties to the peace process.

Kontic thanked Russia for its humanitarian aid, for its urging that the sanctions against the F.R.Y. be fully lifted, and for the country's reintegration into international political, financial and trade organizations.

Kontic voiced satisfaction over inter-government relations having been extended by the signing of the agreement on the control of industrial accidents and natural disasters and the alleviation of the aftermath. Shoygu delivered to Kontic the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin to visit Russia. Kontic accepted the invitationand invited Chernomyrdin to visit the F.R.Y. soon.

[03] MILOSEVIC ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MUSLIM-CROAT FEDERATION

Milosevic was speaking during a meeting with a visiting business and political delegation of the Muslim-Croat Federation, headed by Federation Vice-President Ejup Ganic.

The delegation arrived in Belgade on Tuesday on a two-day visit and has already had a series of talks with senior Yugoslav and Serbian officials.

The end of war, brought about by the Dayton peace agreement, has enabled all potentials to focus now on economic and cultural recovery and development and secured a constructive settlement of all pending problems, it was said during the meeting.

The meeting said that agreements on the establishment of telephone, air, railway, road and PTT links would allow not only a speedy realization of expected business ageements, but also help create conditions for free circulation of people, goods, information and capital. This is in the interest of global economic recovery of these lands and it will allow a speedy return of refugees and normalization of everyday life.

Both sides agreed on the paramount importance of this first step which should pave the way for a continuous process of establishment of cooperation and its promotion.

[04] FOREIGN MINISTERS OF F.R.Y., MUSLIM-CROAT FEDERATION PREPARED FOR GRADUAL NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS

Having considered the measures that ought to be taken towards normalization of relations between the two sides, Milutinovic and Prlic agreed that the citizens of the two sides may freely travel carrying traveling documents issued by their competent organs, without any additional formalities.

The two Ministers assessed that the renewal of economic ties and cooperation was to the mutual interest.

Prlic is member of a delegation of businessmen and politicians of the Muslim-Croat Federation which arrived in Belgrade on Tuesday for a two-day visit.

Underscored at the talk was the significance of the further full and consistent implementation of the Dayton-Paris peace agreement and, especially, of the provision of conditions for holding free elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), followed by the constitutional organizing of the BiH and the two equal entities, and the establishment of democratic institutions on the basis of respecting the equality of the three constituent nations (Serbs, Muslims, Croats).

Milutinovic underlined that the competent Yugoslav organs had undertaken all the measures necessary for the refugees from the BiH, who are now in the territory of the F.R.Y., to turn out at the general elections in the BiH on September 14.

The indispensability of acknowledging the continuity of the F.R.Y. and the adequate conduct of the BiH in international forums was particularly pointed out at the talk.

[05] TALKS ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MUSLIM-CROAT FEDERATION

The meeting pointed to the need to persist in efforts to obtain a consistent implementation of the Dayton-Paris peace agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina so as to preserve positive results which have already been achieved and create conditions for lasting peace and stability in the region.

President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Vlajko Stojiljkovic also held a meeting with the delegation of the Muslim-Croat delegation on Tuesday.

There are economic interests for restoring economic ties, Stojiljkovic said, adding that 'we had lived together for a long time and developed business relations which can now be renewed and upgraded after the restoration of peace.'

He also said that Yugoslav companies were ready to take part in the reconstruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Stojiljkovic urged a reconstruction of infrastructure systems, primarily in the field of transport and telecommunications which, as he said, would pave the way for a speedier signing of concrete business arrangements.

The meeting, which was also attended by executives of major companies and banks in Yugoslavia and the Muslim-Croat Federation, also said that direct telephone links between Sarajevo and Belgade may be restored in the near future.

Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Muslim-Croat Federation, Anto Domazet, said that the political part of the delegation should prepare institutional basis for a restoration of economic cooperation. He said that Yugoslav companies, especially in the field of civil engineering, were fit to and could take part in the reconstruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina and that firms had already established contacts.

[06] DIRECTORS OF TANJUG, BH PRESS NEWS AGENCIES FOR PROMOTING COOPERATION

In a talk, the two directors especially underscored the importance of unbiased information ahead of elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Muftic urged an all-round exchange of news information and underscored that the normalization of mutual communications, ahead of elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, would considerably facilitate the normalizing of the situation and reduce existing tensions.

The talk covered the promotion of activities within the association of Balkan News Agencies (ABNA) in which the BH Press has the status of observer and Tanjug holds the chairmanship.

[07] KONTIC, BASCONE ON RELATIONS BETWEEN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLICS

Kontic stated the readiness of the F.R. Yugoslavia to cooperate on equal footing with all states, including former Yugoslav republics. He said that results in a normalization of relations and cooperation with former Yugoslav republics were growingly manifest, the Yugoslav Ministry of Information said.

The major obstacle to cooperation is the outer wall of sanctions against Yugoslavia, Kontic said, adding that if stable Balkans was in the interest of Europe and if Yugoslavia was one of the major factors of peace and stability in the region, then it should be economically stable and prosperous.

Yugoslavia cannot achieve that while being isolated and denied access to world capital and unless it is an equal and full member of all international political and trade institutitions and organizations, Kontic said.

Italy will work within the European Union and other internatinal forums to obtain Yugoslavia's soonest possible reintegration into the international community, Bascone said. He also said that his country would urge a speedy normalization of economic and other relations between Yugoslavia and the European Union.

Both sides agreed on the need to enhance political and economic contacts between Yugoslavia and Italy and to normalize financial relations so as to settle mutual outstanding debts and unfreeze Yugoslav assets from 1994 and 1995 since these assets are not disputable.

[08] BASCONE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AGAINST KOSMET'S SECESSION

Bascone said that it was encouraging that Yugoslav authorities and ethnic Albanian parties in Kosmet were ready to start a dialogue. He added, however, that F.R. Yugoslavia should clearly demonstrate its willingness to a dialogue to the world because that would facilitate its international reintegration.

Both sides pointed to traditionally good relations between the two countries and a need for their further promotion, particularly in the field of economy.

Bozovic invited Italian Members of Parliament and their Speaker to visit Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav Parliament.

[09] YUGOSLAVIA DROPPED FROM E.U. LIST OF AGRICULTURAL PREFERENTIALS

The E.U. move is contrary to earlier pledges by the E.U. Council of Ministers to put all states emerging from the former Yugoslavia on the next year's list of agricultural preferentials.

Asked why Yugoslavia was not on the list, a E.U. Commission official said the list was not complete and that some changes were still possible. The official said it all depended on further developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in particular on the outcome of September elections, recalling obligations assumed by Yugoslavia under the Dayton Peace Accords and conditions set by the Rome Declaration.

[10] MOSCOW ON DANGERS INHERENT IN POSSIBLE AREST OF KARADZIC, MLADIC

Moscow assumes that the mandate of the Peace Force has not been changed to date, said Andreyev, who is a Foreign Ministry Department Head. Ideas on the need to arrest them may undermine a normal organization of elections in Bosnia, Andreyev said.

Andreyev said that Russia maintained that all obstacles to the elections, scheduled for Sept. 14, had been removed after Karadzic's withdrawal from political and public life. The preparation and holding of elections is the international community's major strategical task which should not be jeopardized by hasty actions.

[11] PERSECUTION OF SERBS IN CROATIA CONTINUES

This demonstrates that Croatian authorities are unable to ensure the safety of people living in these territories, the statement says.

The Croatian branch of the Helsinki Committee has made public several reports on violence over about 3,000 Serbs who have remained in Croatia following the aggressions.

[12] KARADZIC, MLADIC ARE NOT ONLY CULPRITS IN BOSNIAN WAR

The newspaper said in a commentary that 'the killing of Muslims from Srebrenica is being mentioned, but not the killing committed by Croatian units during the destruction of Mostar.

'There were no visible consequences of the unveiling of the U.N. report on the massacre of civilians at a Sarajevo market and the fact that the shell, which was said to have been fired by the Serbs, had actually been fired by the Muslims, according to military experts,'the newspaper said.

'If we accept the thesis that Karadzic and Mladic are responsible for the crimes of Serb troops, one cannot help but ask who is responsible for the other two sides' crimes,' Pravo said.

The newspaper said that the credibility of the United Nations would be jeopardized if U.N. War Crimes Tribunal Prosecutor Richard Goldstone and his colleagues continued to look for war criminals only on one side.

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