Yugoslav Daily Survey, 97-02-03

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Yugoslav Daily Survey

CONTENTS

[01] YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER IN SALONIKA

[02] ETHNIC-ALBANIAN TERRORISTS STAGE ARMED ATTACK ON POLICE

[03] JOINT WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES RETURN OF ETHNIC ALBANIANS TO SCHOOLS

[04] BOARDING HOUSE FOR SLOVAKIAN MINORITY SCHOOL CHILDREN

[05] SUCCESSFUL WORK OF SUBREGIONAL ARMS CONTROL COMMISSION

[06] YUGOSLAVIA LIKELY TO RENEW COOPERATION WITH ARABIC COUNTRIES

[07] RUSSIA WILL ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO DIALOGUE BETWEEN SERBIAN

[08] RUSSIA RESOLUTE AGAINST FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN SERBIA'S AFFAIRS

[09] RUSSIA DOES NOT MEAN TO MEDIATE IN YUGOSLAVIA

[01] YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER IN SALONIKA

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-02

[02] ETHNIC-ALBANIAN TERRORISTS STAGE ARMED ATTACK ON POLICE

In the return fire, ethnic Albanian Zahir Djerima Pajaziti, 35, of the village of Orlano near Podujevo, ethnic Albanian Hakif Sabita Zejnulaku, 35, of the village of Ladovac near Podujevo, and another unidentified person were killed in the return fire, a Ministry statement said.

The policemen were fired at while trying to arrest Pajaziti, a leader of the 'Liberation Army of Kosovo' terrorist organization which has so far claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks in the Province.

Pajaziti was a member of the terrorist organization's headquarters and was suspected of directly participating in organizing and staging several terrorist attacks in the areas of Podujevo, Pristina, Kosovska Mitrovica and other towns in the Province.

The three killed persons were found to carry the weapons from which fire was opened on the policemen, and they had forged identification documents and papers.

The police recently arrested several members of terrorist organizations (Liberation Army of Kosovo (OVK), National Movement for Liberation of Kosovo (NPOK), and National Movement of Kosovo (NPK)).

The direct participants in terrorist attacks in Pec, Kosovska Mitrovica and Podujevo were discovered and arrested, and a larger amount of automatic weapons, explosive devices, plans and drawings of military, police and other similar facilities were uncovered, which indicates that further terrorist activities are planned, the statement said.

Twenty-five Interior Ministry employees and civilians of Serb nationality and four ethnic-Albanians loyal to authorities in Serbia were killed in terrorist attacks staged by ethnic-Albanian ultra-separatists in Kosovo and Metohija in the past few months.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-01

[03] JOINT WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES RETURN OF ETHNIC ALBANIANS TO SCHOOLS

Goran Percevic, member of the Serbian Government Working Group, told Tanjug that the meeting, chaired by Minister Ratomir Vico, dealt with the implementation of the Agreement that provides also for the return of ethnic Albanian pupils and teachers to schools.

Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and leader of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova signed an Agreement on the normalisation of schooling in the province on September 1, 1996.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-01-31

[04] BOARDING HOUSE FOR SLOVAKIAN MINORITY SCHOOL CHILDREN

The Boarding house for 75-90 children was built jointly by the Governments of Serbia and Slovakia, for the Secondary school Jan Kolar in Backi Petrovac, city in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina.

Marjanovic said that the building of the Boarding school was the result of cooperation between the two countries and announced their intention to do many other things for the well-being of all people living here.

Slovakian Minister Slavkovska said that the Boarding school gave a possibility to Slovakians in Vojvodina to acquire a better education in their mother tongue and pointed out that Slovakians from Yugoslavia were successful in continuing their education in Slovakia.

The ceremony was attended by a ranking delegation of the Government of the Slovakian Republic.

The Serbian Prime Minister recalled that the rights of national minorities in the FRY were in line with the highest standards contained in the European convention and UN documents.

Dismissing critical remarks from the world about the position of national minorities in the FRY, Marjanovic pointed out that the reasons for the criticism have nothing to do with the real position of the minorities and that they are a means for exerting pressure for realizing other objectives.

Slovakian Minister of Culture Ivan Hudec said that the Slovakian minority in Yugoslavia was in a far better position and more developed than in other countries. He added that it was no coincidence that the Slovakian Government extended substantial aid to the FRY, especially during the time of international sanctions.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-01-31

[05] SUCCESSFUL WORK OF SUBREGIONAL ARMS CONTROL COMMISSION

The meeting was held this week in Vienna, in the Headquarters of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Diplomats with OSCE assess the FRY report on the implementation of the Agreement as one of the best and most complete, and that there were practically no remarks.

The meeting is all the more significant as it removed all obstacles because of which one of the parties signatories or different interpretations of the Agreement threatened to block its implementation, so that fewer problems are expected in its implementation in the future.

Representatives of the FRY, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation conducted talks from January 4 to June 12 about the Agreement on subregional arms control in the Balkans, signed on June 14, 1996 in Florence.

The Agreement is intended to create a permanent balance in arming the signatories of the document on the basis of a fixed key and the stabilization of the situation in the region.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-01-31

[06] YUGOSLAVIA LIKELY TO RENEW COOPERATION WITH ARABIC COUNTRIES

In an interview with the Jordan weekly Shehan, which has the largest circulation in the country, Jovanovic said the biased presentation of Yugoslavia's stands had jeopardised its traditionally friendly relations with Arabic countries.

Stressing that all international factors had recognised that Yugoslavia had mostly contributed to the peace process for the former Yugoslavia, Jovanovic said the country was making great efforts to renew friendly ties with Arabic countries and restore full confidence and cooperation.

Shehan published on Friday an article on a Yugoslav business delegation's recent visit to Amman.

The paper quoted Yugoslav Assistant Trade Minister Boris Vukovic, the head of the delegation, as saying that both countries were ready to promote economic cooperation and would soon sign agreements to this end.

In this context, Vukovic said he hoped that flights from Belgrade to Amman and back would soon be introduced and that a shipping line between the two countries would be reopened.

The paper said Yugoslavia had recently reopened its Embassy in Amman, quoting newly-appointed Yugoslav Charge d'Affaires Oliver Potezica as saying that it was realistic to expect that trade between the two countries would go up considerably by the end of the year.

Potezica said Jordan's Chamber of Commerce had recently invited Yugoslav businessmen to visit the country, saying the businessmen were expected to arrive shortly.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-01-31

[07] RUSSIA WILL ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO DIALOGUE BETWEEN SERBIAN

Yeltsin informed Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov about Ivanov's mission, said Russian Head of State Press Secretary Sergei Yastremzhensky.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-01-31

[08] RUSSIA RESOLUTE AGAINST FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN SERBIA'S AFFAIRS

Demurin said that the international community had to help Yugoslavia overcome the current difficulties. He also said it was necessary immediately to remove the so-called outer wall of sanctions and offer economic support to the country.

Demurin said Russia was ready to continue its active contribution to the stability and democratic development of friendly Yugoslavia.

Demurin said that Ivanov, in his talks with representatives of authorities and opposition had expressed sincere interest in the political dialogue of all democratic forces in the country.

This will be in the interest of Yugoslavia,Russia, stability in the Balkans and the entire Europe.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-01-31

[09] RUSSIA DOES NOT MEAN TO MEDIATE IN YUGOSLAVIA

Russia does not and cannot intend to mediate in the resolution of the political crisis in Yugoslavia, Ivanov told the Russian news agency Interfax.

'There can be no foreign mediators,' since such a mediation would mean 'interference in internal affairs,' according to Ivanov.

'However, what is present is no doubt an attempt to strain the situation round Yugoslavia and put pressure on it, specifically, by threatening it with the imposition of new sanctions, etc.,' Ivanov told Interfax.

He said Russia 'does not think this to be a method and form of work which should be applied towards a sovereign state.'

The Russian diplomat underscored that it was necessary most directly to support Yugoslavia, and specified that this should be done through the development of trade with it and through Yugoslavia's admission to the OSCE and the Council of Europe.

Ivanov said that now that the war in its neighbourhood was over, Yugoslavia needed to take a dignified place in the international community, which he noted would facilitate domestic political reforms and democratization.

According to the Russian official, who visited Belgrade January 27-28 as Special Envoy of the Russian leadership, real chances and possibilities exist for the resolution of the crisis in Yugoslavia.

Ivanov said both the authorities and the opposition were willing to find a solution, and set out that Russia hoped the 'important step in the country's life will be taken and the crisis overcome through a dialogue between the authorities and the opposition.'

The Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister specified that such a solution would enable Yugoslavia to continue on a road of democratic transformation.

Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-02-03 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-01

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