Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-08-27

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CONTENTS

[01] YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS THE VATICAN

[02] MILUTINOVIC VISITS ITALY

[03] SAINOVIC MEETS WITH IZETBEGOVIC

[04] YUGOSLAVIA AND BOSNIA AGREE FORMS OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION

[05] SAINOVIC: ECONOMIC PROGRESS WILL CEMENT DAYTON ACCORDS

[06] SAINOVIC: FLIGHTS TO BOSNIAN SERB CITY SHOULD START SOON

[07] YUGOSLAV AIRLINES READY TO RESUME BELGRADE-SARAJEVO SERVICE

[08] YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER MEETS UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR

[09] YUGOSLAVIA STEPS UP IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT ON MISSING PERSONS

[10] OSCE MONITORS VOTING OF BOSNIAN REFUGEES IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA

[11] REFUGEES RETURN FROM YUGOSLAVIA TO CROATIA

[12] EXPERTS ADJUST TEXTS OF TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MACEDONIA

[13] YUGOSLAV AND MACEDONIAN REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS ECONOMIC COOPERATION

[14] YUGOSLAVIA AND TURKEY WANT TO RENEW ECONOMIC COOPERATION

[15] EUROPEAN UNION PLEASED WITH YUGOSLAV-CROATIAN NORMALISATION

[16] CHINA HAILS NORMALIZATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND CROATIA

[17] BOSNIAN SERBS SEE NO REASON FOR DELAYING BOSNIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS

[18] OSCE DELETES CANDIDATES ON PARTY TICKETS

[19] MOSTAR'S BOSNIAN CROATS DRIVE SENIOR COUNCILMAN OUT OF WEST MOSTAR

[01] YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS THE VATICAN

Milutinovic briefed his host on developments in the former Yugoslavia, efforts made to stabilize the situation and find a solution to outstanding political issues.

The two officials discussed questions in regard to bilateral relations, and expressed the wish for their promotion in future to the interest of both sides.

[02] MILUTINOVIC VISITS ITALY

The two Ministers are expected to discuss the Peace Process and promotion of friendly relations and bilateral cooperation.

Milutinovic is due to visit the Vatican and meet with Deputy State Secretary Giovanni Batista Re, said the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry.

[03] SAINOVIC MEETS WITH IZETBEGOVIC

The unscheduled meeting took place at the end of a one-day visit to Sarajevo by a Delegation of State officials and businessmen of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Sainovic and Izetbegovic discussed activities for a consistent implementation of the Dayton Accords and the two sides 'readiness to make their full contribution to the Accords' implementation.

The two officials saw the establishment of contacts between the two sides as positive, noting that they should be continued in mutual interest.

Both sides noted that cooperation in rebuilding the infrastructure created conditions for expanding economic cooperation to the food industry and consumer goods.

The Sarajevo Muslim Government's Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic and the Yugoslav Delegation analyzed in detail the possibilities for economic cooperation, noting that efforts should focus on railway transport and the electric power industry.

They examined ways and means of marketing Yugoslav products in the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation, primarily foodstuffs, consumer goods and building materials. These questions, they agreed, should be discussed by the two sides' experts already next week.

Readiness was shown to regulate matters of tariffs and payment operations with Provisional Licences and by Ad Hoc methods.

The two sides discussed also common interest in accelerating the process of Succession to former Yugoslavia in a way that would be in the interest of both sides, and to continue dialogue in this area.

[04] YUGOSLAVIA AND BOSNIA AGREE FORMS OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Speaking after a day of talks with officials of the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation and the Government in Sarajevo, Sainovic said that future economic cooperation would 'consolidate the Peace Process'.

Sainovic, who headed a Delegation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the talks, said the two sides had agreed to negotiate specific Accords on Mutual Cooperation in their future economic contacts.

Sainovic's partner in talks, Vice President of the Muslim-Croat Federation Ejup Ganic, also described the talks as successful. Ganic said that the Monday talks would be followed in the coming weeks by a series of more concrete economic discussions.

The Yugoslav delegation, which comprised 15 prominent businessmen, arrived in Sarajevo on Monday, to resume dialogue begun during Ganic's visit to Belgrade a month ago.

The Yugoslav Delegation met also with Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Government Hasan Muratovic, Bosnian Parliament Speaker Milo Lazovic and officials of the Bosnian Chamber of Commerce.

[05] SAINOVIC: ECONOMIC PROGRESS WILL CEMENT DAYTON ACCORDS

Sainovic headed a Delegation of State officials and businessmen of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to a day of talks with officials of the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Sarajevo Government.

Speaking to reporters after the talks, Sainovic said that economic development should cement the Peace Accords, and that the creation of conditions for economic development was in the best interest of all in the lands of former Yugoslavia. He said that the Sarajevo talks were a successful resumption of last month's Belgrade talks on cooperation in rebuilding the infrastructure.

The Muslim Sarajevo Government's Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic told reporters that the two sides had discussed the possibility of establishing intensive economic cooperation. Muratovic urged the setting up of a Standing Commission on Economic Cooperation which would deal with problems as they arise.

U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina John Menzies welcomed the progress in the two sides' dialogue, saying he was happy that a Yugoslav Delegation had paid a return visit to Sarajevo, and adding that the United States was ready to offer every assistance.

[06] SAINOVIC: FLIGHTS TO BOSNIAN SERB CITY SHOULD START SOON

Sainovic was speaking after JAT's DC-9, carrying a Yugoslav Delegation of State officials and businessmen he was heading, landed at this biggest city in Republika Srpska.

At Banja Luka airport, Sainovic met with Republika Srpska's businessmen and Socialist Party officials and discussed the resumption of civilian air traffic in the Bosnian Serb Entity. He stressed that JAT's Monday flight was a pilot civilian flight and a big step that showed that 'this is no longer just army-monitored air space, but that there is peace here and that civilian planes are flying'.

Sainovic said he hoped that the people in Republika Srpska would find the right solution in the coming elections, vote for developing cooperation with Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and chose those who would not quarrel and provoke conflicts.

He urged the strengthening of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's cooperation with the Banja Luka region and Republika Srpska as a whole, stressing that this should ensure economic recovery and the stabilisation of the Peace Process. Sainovic said there was economic cooperation potential in direct contacts between producers and in joint ventures.

Vice President of the Republika Srpska Chamber of Commerce Svetislav Mudrenovic said he wished for intensive economic cooperation between Republika Srpska and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Mudrenovic said that the Serb Entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina had to open up to Yugoslavia and the world in order to develop its economic potential.

[07] YUGOSLAV AIRLINES READY TO RESUME BELGRADE-SARAJEVO SERVICE

Vujovic was on the Yugoslav State and Economic Delegation that held a day of talks with officials of the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation and the Muslim Government in Sarajevo on Monday. He told reporters after the talks that the two sides needed to settle the question of plane maintenance and, with the cooperation of the Peace Implementation Force (IFOR), provide a flight corridor for JAT's planes so as to avoid long detours.

Vujovic said that air traffic and postal and telephone services should have priority, in order to create conditions for economic cooperation and trade. He added that talks were under way about the joint purchase of equipment for automatic telephone exchanges.

Vujovic said that another important thing was to open the Sarajevo-Tuzla-Zvornik railway line, though that would not be easy and would take time.

[08] YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER MEETS UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR

They underlined that Ukraine was one of Yugoslavia's principal economic partners, Yugoslav Information Secretariat said in a statement.

Bilateral trade exchange could shortly reach over two billion dollars. Intensive cooperation development is possible in the fields of transports, machine-building, electronics, chemical industry, agriculture, manufacture of commercial vehicles and shipbuilding. In addition to traditional forms of cooperation, both countries have expressed interest in new forms of cooperation in production, joint investments and joint ventures at third markets.

Yugoslavia has accepted Ukraine's proposal to conclude a General Political Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation, Kontic said. To this end, the drawing up of Agreements on scientific and technical cooperation, avoidance of double taxation, guarantees of investments in transports and health care cooperation should be accelerated. All these Agreements are expected to be signed by the end of this year when Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma will visit Belgrade, the statement says.

[09] YUGOSLAVIA STEPS UP IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT ON MISSING PERSONS

Chairman of the Yugoslav Commission for Humanitarian Affairs and Missing Persons Pavle Todorovic and Head of the Belgrade International Committee of the Red Cross Office Jean-Francois Golay discussed the further implementation of the Agreement which was reached in Zagreb between representatives of the Yugoslav and Croatian Commissions for POWS and Missing Persons. Todorovic said he hoped that the Croatian side would also step up the implementation of the Agreement, a Government statement said.

Todorovic called on the Belgrade ICRC Office promptly to react to attempts at spreading false allegations of the existence of Labour Camps for Bosnian Muslim POWS in Yugoslavia. The ICRC would in this way protect the Yugoslav side against provocations and would prevent the artificial prolongation of mistrust in the Region, the statement said.

[10] OSCE MONITORS VOTING OF BOSNIAN REFUGEES IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA

Todorov said this during a Mayor's reception with another OSCE supervisor Gruzina Friedrich, said a statement released by the City Council.

Mayor Novica Sojevic welcomed the OCSE supervisors and said he was convinced the elections in Republika Srpska would proceed as planned.

Todorov, Gruzina, and Serbian Refugee Commissary Cedomir Prlincevic, make up a team charged with organizing the vote for Bosnian refugees. They will be monitoring elections in the Provincial capital of Pristina, and in the towns of Prizren and Novi Pazar.

[11] REFUGEES RETURN FROM YUGOSLAVIA TO CROATIA

Head of the UNHCR Office Repatriation Program Tina Andersen told Tanjug that the last group of 37 refugees left for Croatia last Thursday. She noted that all repatriates must have either a Croatian Citizenship Certificate or a Certificate on Family Reunification issued by the Croatian Government Office in Belgrade.

Andersen pointed to serious tension in Knin between Croats being settled in Serb homes and Serb repatriates, adding that UNHCR was monitoring the situation. Knin resembles a ghost town, she said. There is no power, and destruction is widespread in suburban areas. About 4,000 people live in the town and its area, out of the total of 12,000 living in Krajina.

[12] EXPERTS ADJUST TEXTS OF TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MACEDONIA

The Agreement is to ensure the deepening of economic cooperation and an increase in the mutual trade, a released statement said.

The Agreement is expected to lead to a gradual liberalization of the mutual trade on the basis of the 1994 GATT rules.

The ultimate goal is to create conditions for the setting up of a Free Trade Zone.

[13] YUGOSLAV AND MACEDONIAN REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS ECONOMIC COOPERATION

The visit to Macedonia of the "Zastava" Grouping President is a form of support to the talks on the promotion of economic relations between the two countries at the level of experts, now in their final stage, a Yugoslav Embassy statement said.

Vasovic said after the meeting with President Gligorov that his overall impression was positive. He said both sides had shown a sincere wish and readiness to promote the overall mutual economic relations, especially production cooperation.

Gligorov expressed readiness to back Zastava's business deals with numerous production-cooperation partners in Macedonia.

Possibilities for the unimpeded sale of Zastava products on the Macedonian market were also discussed.

[14] YUGOSLAVIA AND TURKEY WANT TO RENEW ECONOMIC COOPERATION

The Yugoslav Delegation, headed by Minister Siradovic, is in Izmir at the invitation of Minister Eraz for the 65th International Fair which opened Monday. Yugoslavia is represented by several companies at the Izmir Fair this year, for the first time in five years.

The talks between the two Ministers, the first contact between the two countries at such a high level since the outbreak of the war in Bosnia in 1992, could mark a turning point.

[15] EUROPEAN UNION PLEASED WITH YUGOSLAV-CROATIAN NORMALISATION

Ireland, in its capacity as current E.U. Chairman, released a statement in Brussels describing the Agreement as a constructive contribution to peace and stability in the Region. It especially welcomed the two sides' declared intention to deal with questions outstanding through talks, in the spirit of the U.N. Charter and on the basis of International Law.

The European Union invited the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Croatia to implement their Normalisation Accord in full as soon as possible.

[16] CHINA HAILS NORMALIZATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND CROATIA

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Shen Guofang said that the Normalization Agreement signed last week in Belgrade would have a positive influence also on the normalization of relations among all states of the former Yugoslavia.

The Chinese Government has always believed that independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states of the former Yugoslavia must be respected and that all states in the Region must recognize each other, he said. Since conflict broke out in the former Yugoslavia, China has been advocating a peaceful political solution which would take into account the just interests of all involved parties.

Out of this conviction, China has opposed any solution imposed by third parties, as well as the use of force and sanctions as means of resolving disputes, Shen Guaofang said.

[17] BOSNIAN SERBS SEE NO REASON FOR DELAYING BOSNIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS

The Government's position will be conveyed on Tuesday to Chief of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina Robert Frowick and the International Community's High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina Carl Bildt.

On Tuesday, the OSCE will rule whether or not to postpone local elections in Bosnia, OSCE spokesman Agota Kuperman said in Sarajevo. OSCE officials are considering postponing the Municipal elections because of alleged serious irregularities in the registration of Bosnian Serb refugees.

[18] OSCE DELETES CANDIDATES ON PARTY TICKETS

[19] MOSTAR'S BOSNIAN CROATS DRIVE SENIOR COUNCILMAN OUT OF WEST MOSTAR

West Mostar's Croat extremists are annoyed with Jovicic, unified Mostar's most senior Councilman by virtue of his age, for calling the Council's Inaugural Session last month which, unattended by the Croat Councilmen, elected Muslim Hamdija Jahic Mayor of Mostar.

Jovicic was elected Councilman in June 30 local elections on the list of the Citizens for Unified Mostar Party, which won 21 seats in the City Council.

Both Muslim and Croat Forces in Mostar have raised the level of combat alert along the line of separation on Monday following a number of serious incidents over the past few days in both parts of this Southern Bosnian city, divided between its Muslims and Croats.

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