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Yugoslav Daily Survey, 97-03-13Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>Yugoslav Daily SurveyCONTENTS
[01] YUGOSLAV MINISTER VUJOVIC RECEIVES HUNGARIAN AMBASSADORYugoslav Minister of Transport and Communications Dr. Zoran Vujovic met with Hungarian Ambassador to Yugoslavia Janos Toth in Belgrade on Wednesday. They discussed the improvement of cooperation between Yugoslavia and Hungary in the spheres of telecommunications and traffic and assessed that many bilateral issues pertaining to transport had been resolved.Vujovic and Toth agreed that Yugoslavia and Hungary, being parts of the European traffic network, have a common interest in the development of highway, railway and river traffic, especially in the establishment of traffic corridors in their territories. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[02] MINISTER MILUTINOVIC RECEIVES AMBASSADORS OF E.U. MEMBER-STATESYugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic has received the Ambassadors and Charge d'Affaires of all the E.U. member-states, and the Head of the E.U. Mission in Belgrade. A lengthy working talk was devoted to cooperation and the promotion of relations between Yugoslavia and the E.U., primarily in the economic and trade domains on the basis of the principles of a mutually useful and unimpeded movement of goods, services and capital.Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[03] BOSNIAN SERBS PLEDGE TO TOTAL RESPECT FOR DAYTON ACCORDThe Republika Srpska's representative to the Arbitration Commission on the disputed town of Brcko said late on Wednesday that the Serb side would respect the Dayton Accord to the maximum. Speaking in the Republika Srpska's biggest city of Banja Luka, Vitomir Popovic said the Serb side's constant cooperation with the international community would settle the question of Brcko favourably.Popovic was briefing the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) Board for Banja Luka about the February decision of Arbitrator Roberts Owen for Brcko. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[04] BOSNIAN SERB KRAJISNIK RECEIVES U.S. DELEGATIONThe Republika Srpska's member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina three-man Presidency received a U.S. Envoy for the Implementation of the Dayton Peace Accord in Pale late on Wednesday. After the meeting, Presidency Member Momcilo Krajisnik said that the talk with U.S. Ambassador William Montgomery had been useful.A special topic of discussion, according to Krajisnik, was the question of resettling refugees and displaced persons in both entities in Bosnia- Herzegovina - the Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation. He added that Montgomery had been informed that a large number of refugees in the Republika Srpska were inadequately sheltered and that the programme for resettling the displaced persons should get equal treatment as the refugee repatriation programme. Krajisnik said the two sides had exchanged information about the disputed town of Brcko and agreed to cooperate in order that problems should be dealt with realistically. The Bosnian Serb delegation pointed out that there must be greater understanding in dealing with certain problems in the common bodies of power, especially in matters to which the Republika Srpska is entitled under the Dayton Accord, Krajisnik said. He added they had discussed also special ties, the Republika Srpska's rights in sports competitions and its property blocked by the former Bosnia-Herzegovina. The meeting was attended by the Republika Srpska's Parliament Speaker Dragan Kalinic and by Spasoje Albijanic, Minister for Civilian Affairs and Communication in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Council of Ministers. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[05] RS GOVERNMENT ADOPTS PROPOSALS FOR COOPERATION WITH FRY GOVERNMENTThe Government of Republika Srpska adopted on Wednesday evening in Banja Luka a proposal for the creation of inter-ministerial groups for cooperation with the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in agriculture, industry, trade, customs, payments operations and social activities.At a session chaired by Republika Srpska President Biljana Plavsic, the Government also discussed the issues of the search for missing persons - RS army members and civilians - and the exchange of prisoners of war. The Government adopted a general plan for negotiations with the Muslim- Croat Federation Commission for missing persons and exchange of prisoners of war. Noting that the state Commission for missing persons must be provided with funds and assistance for its endeavors, the Government approved the Commission's proposal for building an ossuary for the remains of 200 to 250 unidentified combatants. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[06] ITALY SETS ASIDE 2.5 BILLION LIRE FOR REFUGEES IN YUGOSLAVIASerbian Commissioner for refugees and family care Minister Bratislava Morina on Thursday received Head of the Italian Humanitarian Office in Yugoslavia Rosario Miccicche on the occasion of the Italian Government's decision to buy food worth 2.5 billion lire for refugees in Yugoslavia.Saying that the delivery of 335 tonnes of tinned meat and 1,500 tonnes of pasta would end in a few days, Miccicche said that this only marked the beginning of deliveries of aid to Yugoslavia. He said that a few months ago, the Italian Government had given two billion lire to the UNHCR for the assistance to refugees in Yugoslavia. Morina thanked for the Italian Government's understanding for Yugoslavia's problems in assisting more than 650,000 refugees and called for help in finding a lasting solution for a large number of refugees who will remain in the region. Morina said that, in her capacity as the Family Care Minister, she would try to make close contacts with the competent Italian institutions in order to establish bilateral cooperation in this field as well. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[07] YUGOSLAV DIPLOMATS' FAMILIES WITHDRAW FROM TIRANAThe families of Yugoslav diplomats withdrew from Tirana on Wednesday because of the latest developments in Albania. The Italian, French and British Embassies on Wednesday decided to withdraw the staff who are not absolutely needed in Tirana. The United States also decided to withdraw the families of U.S. diplomats from Albania, because of growing fear that armed conflicts may spread from southern to northern Albania, news agencies reported.Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[08] MONTENEGRO, RUSSIA INTERESTED IN OPENING OF GENERAL CONSULATEMayor of Montenegro's capital of Podgorica Mihailo Buric and visiting Russian Ambassador to Yugoslavia Yuri Kotov stressed on Wednesday the need for more intensive cooperation in all domains, especially trade, culture and sports. Mutual interest was expressed in the opening of a Russian General Consulate in Podgorica.The meeting was attended also by Montenegrin Assistant Foreign Minister Veselin Sukovic and Podgorica Deputy Mayor Vuksan Simonovic. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[09] INFORMATION MINISTER MILENTIJEVIC PLEASED WITH INITIAL REACTIONSSerbian Information Minister Radmila Milentijevic has expressed great satisfaction with forceful reactions to the first working draft of a new Information Law she has submitted to the Serbian Government and presented to the domestic and world public. 'With the opened discussion, all of Serbia is entering a dialogue. We will in this way, through collective wisdom, find the best solutions in the extremely important information area, ' Minister Milentijevic said on Wednesday.'Proceeding from the democratic provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, the first working draft of the Law takes for its basic principle the protection of the freedom of information, in keeping with the Republic's obligation to secure the right of citizens to information and equal conditions for the performance of activities in the information area, ' Minister Milentijevic said. 'We want to confirm with this first working draft of the Information Law that we are part of Europe, which implies the application of the existing European standards in the domain,' Milentijevic said. She noted that principles applied in keeping with the existing European and world standards, protection against monopoly in the information area, and deregulation regarding the responsibilities of journalists which are not regulated by Law but are left to journalists, themselves, to define in the code of the profession's rules meant both freedom and responsibility. 'The initial reactions assure me of how great is the need for a public discussion which will, through criticisms, proposals and suggestions, produce a draft law which will be submitted to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia for discussion and adoption,' Minister Milentijevic said. 'I wish to inform the public that the Government of the Republic of Serbia has accepted an invitation from the National Assembly to join the panel discussion on the first working draft of the Law. I hope that representatives of all parliamentary parties will participate in the panel and actively contribute to a further improvement of the proposed text,' the serbian information minister said. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12[10] MINISTER RADULOVIC RECEIVES ROMANIAN AMBASSADORYugoslav Minister of Development, Science and Human Environment received on Wednesday Romanian Ambassador in Belgrade Panait Lefter. Cooperation in science, development and the human environment, and projects based on the signed agreement on scientific-technical cooperation were discussed. It was agreed to step up the signing of an agreement on the protection of the human environment. Attention was devoted also to the work of a Mixed Commission which will meet in mid-April to discuss a series of scientific- cooperation projects, including in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and the protection of water resources.Romanian Ambassador Panait Lefter was also received on Wednesday by Director of the Federal Customs Agency Mihalj Kertes. The continuity of good-neighbourly and traditionally friendly relations, as a guarantee of the development of the overall cooperation, was singled out in the talk. It was set out that a customs agreement, which is to be signed soon, would be an incentive for a further development of relations between the two countries. Yugoslav Daily Survey, 1997-03-13 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-12Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |