Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-08-16

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CONTENTS

[01] YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT ON NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH IMF

[02] ALBANIAN TRANSPORTATION DELEGATION VISITS YUGOSLAVIA

[03] JAPANESE FIRM INTERESTED IN BUILDING A FACTORY IN YUGOSLAV PORT

[04] YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR TO SLOVAKIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO KOVAC

[05] CHRISTOPHER IN SARAJEVO

[06] EVIDENCE OF MOSLEM CRIMES ON SERB CIVILIANS IN BOSNIA

[07] MUSLIMS AND CROATS SIGN AGREEMENT TO ABOLISH HERCEG-BOSNA

[08] U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS CROATIA GRANT GENERAL AMNESTY FOR SERBS

[09] ALARMING LIVING CONDITIONS OF REMAINING SERBS IN KRAJINA

[01] YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT ON NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH IMF

The Government also reviewed a report on Yugoslavia's activities to date for the normalization of relations with International Financial Organizations, which it will submit to the Federal Parliament.

The adopted Act proceeds from the decision taken by the IMF Board of Executive Directors on December 14, 1992 and the fact that the normalization of relations with the IMF would imply the acknowledgement of Yugoslavia's membership since 1945.

The same would be the case with the other International Financial Organizations.

The Act asserts Yugoslavia's consent with membership in the IMF and participation in the IMF Department for Special Drawing Rights and with membership in the World Bank, the International Financial Corporation, the International Development Association and the International Agency for Investment Guarantees.

The Act has been adopted in keeping with the Statute and other General Acts of the IMF and other International Financial Organizations with a view to bringing the country's obligations and future rights in line with its real economic strength, a Government statement said.

The Yugoslav Government also defined Thursday the platforms for talks with the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Hungary on the conclusion of Agreements on economic and other forms of cooperation.

[02] ALBANIAN TRANSPORTATION DELEGATION VISITS YUGOSLAVIA

A Yugoslav Government statement said the two Delegations had considered in detail the imminent mutual interests in renewing and promoting cooperation in the areas of road, air, amd railway traffic.

Both sides expressed interest in the Podgorica-Bozaj-Skadar railway line being opened as soon as possible, and said both countries were interested in the speedy establishment of conditions for commercial air traffic links between their respective airlines.

The Albanian side expressed particular interest in renewing and regulating cooperation in the area of road traffic, including passenger transportation. In order to step up cooperation in that area, the two sides exchanged standard Draft Agreements and Memorandums on Inter-State Relations in all three branches of the transporation industry. They also agreed that experts of the two countries should meet in mid-September to work out the bases and rules for future Yugoslav-Albanian cooperation in this area.

[03] JAPANESE FIRM INTERESTED IN BUILDING A FACTORY IN YUGOSLAV PORT

Talks between Port officials and the Japanese businessmen also covered possibilities for the shipping and transhandling of the necessary equipment, production material, and raw materials through this Port, the statement said.

This visit, the second by AIWA representatives to the Port of Bar, was organized by the Agency for Restructuring and Foreign Investments of the Montenegrin Government.

The AIWA representatives on Wednesday also visited the Primorka factory of fruit juices in Bar.

YUGOSLAVIA - SLOVAKIA

[04] YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR TO SLOVAKIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO KOVAC

In a cordial and friendly talk, the exceptionally close spiritual and fateful bonds and traditional friendship between the Nations of the two Countries were pointed out, said an announcement communicated to Tanjug by the Yugoslav Embassy.

The President of Slovakia expressed great satisfaction at the arrival of the first Ambassador of the F.R.Y. to the Slovak Republic, assessing that it would accelerate the development of the two countries' relations primarily on the economic plane.

President Kovac stressed the full support of the Slovak Republic to the F.R.Y. in its inclusion into the International Community so as to remove also the last obstacles in the development of cooperation between the F.R.Y. and the Slovak Republic.

BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA

[05] CHRISTOPHER IN SARAJEVO

Visiting Sarajevo after a successfule meeting in Geneva with Balkan Leaders, Christopher won guarantees for the holding of National Elections on September 14.

He said positive steps had been made in the implementation of the Dayton Accord, especially in regard to the elections.

In a televised message from the U.S. Embassy, Christopher said Accord had been reached in Geneva to increase freedom of movement throughout the country and enable citizens to to vote without fear or intimidation.

If you choose peace, you will have the support of the United States, said Christopher, adding he hoped the people of Bosnia would elect a better future from their bitter past.

During his visit in Sarajevo, the second this year, Christopher attended a ceremony opening Sarajevo Airport for commercial traffic.

[06] EVIDENCE OF MOSLEM CRIMES ON SERB CIVILIANS IN BOSNIA

Evidence of crimes, broken bones and skulls are visible on the bodies of Serb civilians exhumed on Tuesday. Fifty Serbs are still missing after the cruel Moslem intrusion into this area four years ago.

The terrain around the villages of Podravanje, Jadar, Viovor and Brezani, on the territory of Srebrenica, which were under Moslem control till last Summer, is still being investigated.

[07] MUSLIMS AND CROATS SIGN AGREEMENT TO ABOLISH HERCEG-BOSNA

'Agreed measures' were signed behind closed doors by Muslim Sarajevo Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic, Muslim-Croat Federation President Kresimir Zubak and Vice President Ejup Ganic.

The signing ratified Agreements reached after strong U.S. pressure at a Balkan Summit in Geneva on Wednesday, between Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman.

The measures envisage for all staff, equipment and functions of Herceg-Bosna to merge with the Federation one day after Bosnia's September 14 elections. A Federal Judiciary is to be formed by September 1, to set up a Group for resolving disputes arising during the transfer of authority.

Counsellors will be assigned from the United States and the Bureau of International High Representative in Charge of Civilian Affairs in Bosnia Carl Bildt.

CROATIA - SERBS

[08] U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS CROATIA GRANT GENERAL AMNESTY FOR SERBS

The Council reminded Croatia of its obligation to cooperate with the U.N. Transitional Authority, create conditions for maintaining stability in the Region and establish a multi-ethnic character of the entire Region, so as to enable the return of refugees and displaced persons.

General Amnesty was also underscored as an essential condition for the return of refugees in a recent Agreement between Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman at a meeting in Athens. The Council expects to see appropriate steps to that end.

Despite repeated demands by the International Community that the expelled Serbs be enabled to return to their homes, Zagreb not only has done nothing to aid their return, but its police continues to harass Serbs in Croatia.

[09] ALARMING LIVING CONDITIONS OF REMAINING SERBS IN KRAJINA

Francis Ourtoobis, a Canadian, said she feared for their lives because of the coming Winter. About 10,000 mostly elderly and frail persons live in remote villages throughout Krajina and their only hope and help is the ICRC, she said.

Ourtoobis was speaking about the few Serbs who remained in Krajina last Summer when the Croatian Army overran the Region and banished more than 300,000 Serbs from their ancestral lands.

There is much reason for concern, Ourtoobis said. These are all old and sick people who have no means of transportation or communication on their remote farms. She said these people had survived since last August only thanks to the mobility of ICRC staff. Those were their only contacts with the outside world, she said. We learn directly from these people about the robberies, torchings and torture to which they are subjected, but, unfortunately, we are unable to protect them, Ourtoobis said.

Their situation is indeed hopeless under these conditions, the ICRC spokesperson said. The Croatian authorities have not done anything to help them, although ICRC officials constantly keep sending demands to that effect to Zagreb. The Croatian authorities should send many policemen to this area to maintain law and order and prevent the abuse of the helpless Serb population in Krajina, Ourtoobis said.

She said 92 imprisoned Serbs were registered in Croatian prisons which the ICRC visits, but that there had to be more whom the ICRC could not reach. Ourtoobis said relatives of imprisoned or missing Krajina Serbs should cooperate more actively with the ICRC because when this Organization registered the existence of a prisoner, it was a guarantee that he was alive and would stay alive.

In closing, Ourtoobis told the Novi Sad daily that the Croatian authorities should change many things for these people to be able to remain living in Krajina.

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