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Yugoslav Daily Survey, 97-11-03Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>Yugoslav Daily SurveyCONTENTS
[01] YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVED AMBASSADOR ROBERTSTanjug, 1997-10-31Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic received on Friday British Ambassador Ivor Roberts who has completed his tour of duty in this country. Milosevic wished Roberts success in his new duties. [02] MINISTER MILUTINOVIC RECEIVED STATE MINISTER LLOYDTanjug, 1997-10-31Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic received on Friday British State Minister at the Foreign Office, Tony Lloyd. The two ministers exchanged views on the developments in the region and confirmed joint interest for the further comprehensive promotion of Yugoslav-British relations. [03] MONTENEGRIN PREMIER DJUKANOVIC RECEIVED STATE MINISTER LLOYDTanjug, 1997-10-31State Minister at the British Foreign Office Tony Lloyd met Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic on Friday evening and discussed with him the current political situation in the Republic. Lloyd and Djukanovic made brief statements to the press after the meeting. Lloyd said that the most important thing now was to reduce to minimum current political tensions in Montenegro. [04] YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC AND PRIME MINISTER SIMITIS SEE THE BALKAN SUMMIT AS HELPING STABILITY AND PEACETanjug, 1997-11-02Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis gave positive marks late on Sunday to the development of bilateral relations and hoped for success of the Balkan summit. They said they hoped that the two-day summit would be a step in the direction of strengthening peace, cooperation and stability in the Balkan region. After the one-hour meeting, which was attended also by the Yugoslav and Greek Foreign Ministers, Milan Milutinovic and Theodoros Pangalos, respectively, Milosevic and Simitis addressed the press. Milosevic expressed satisfaction with the meeting and talks with Simitis, saying they had discussed bilateral relations and matters that would be on the Summit agenda. "As for our bilateral relations, I believe that our traditional friendship is well known - traditional friendship between our states and between our nations," Milosevic stressed. He went on to say that "we are endeavouring to build and intensify all our relations on this very solid basis, primarily our economic relations which are in the ascendant. We had an opportunity tonight to mention specifically many areas in which our economic cooperation is already developing with success and to note together that this cooperation should be further stimulated. It should be stimulated in the area of metallurgy, in the area of production, in agriculture, in the food industry, in the area of infrastructure, which is extremely important for two countries occupying a central position in the Balkan region. It is well known that we already have some joint projects in these areas, which are already being implemented, for instance in the area of telecommunications. There is also a huge contract signed some months ago between Greek partners and the (Yugoslav) Trepca (mining and industrial) complex, and many others are being negotiated. So, in many areas - communications, infrastructure, agriculture, the food industry, metallurgy, tourism and others - we expect our bilateral cooperation to develop further, in the best interests of the economies of both nations. As for the question of transport, in which we are interested, we touched on the matter of using the Salonika port, in which our economy is also very much interested. This, in short, is what we talked about where our bilateral relations are concerned, especially as concerns our extremely good political relations and the friendly relations existing between Yugoslavia and Greece," Milosevic stressed. He spoke particularly about the importance of the Summit of Balkan nations that opens on Monday: "As for the conference which opens tomorrow, we are in full agreement about the importance of intensifying cooperation among the countries of the region. The process of integration that characterises the entire modern world, and especially the continent of Europe, should certainly be promoted in this region, too. Tomorrow, we shall try to start a practice and institutionalise, so to speak, cooperation among the countries of the region, in the interests of all nations that make up this region. I hope therefore that the conference will be successful and I take this opportunity to thank especially Prime Minister Simitis for his warm hospitality. A great step is being taken. Its importance may not lie in its size, but it will certainly lie in the direction in which it is taken, which is the direction of better understanding and cooperation among the countries of the region, of stability and peace in the region. This is doubtless our common aim," President Milosevic said, after meeting with Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis in Crete late on Sunday. Prime Minister Simitis, for his part, stressed that his talks with President Milosevic had been very useful. He said that the talks had touched on ways and means of developing bilateral relations, as well as relations among all Balkan states. According to Simitis, the two sides noted that relations between the FR of Yugoslavia and Greece were developing well, both economic and political. He added that the two countries were cooperating in agriculture, telecommunications, banking and tourism, and that all these sectors were developing well and were in the ascendant, adding that intensive cooperation should continue. He further stressed that cooperation between Yugoslavia and Greece should serve as a model for all countries in the region, and that it would be a good thing to lay down certain firm rules for their cooperation. He said that efforts were being made, and would be made at the Summit, to define methods and standards for stabilising and enhancing peace and security in the region. He added that the two sides had agreed about a need to promote peace, stability and security in the region. Simitis said he was happy that President Milosevic was in Crete and looked forward to his great contribution to the conference. [05] AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITYTanjug, 1997-11-02Yugoslav Assistant Minister of Labour, Health and Social Security Maksim Korac has stated that the Agreement on social security between Yugoslavia and Croatia is expected to go into effect by the end of the year. The agreement was signed in Belgrade on September 15 and is yet to be ratified by the two countries' Parliaments. Korac told Tanjug that the Yugoslav Government had already drafted a Law on the ratification of the agreement. He said the agreement was to be ratified at the next Yugoslav Parliament session, saying Yugoslavia expected Croatia to do the same by that time. According to figures released by the Yugoslav Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Security, Croatia will have to pay pensions to about 7,000 persons living in Yugoslavia at this point. "In addition to this, there are about 25,000 refugees and displaced persons sheltering in Yugoslavia that are yet to be granted these rights. Yugoslav funds are to pay pensions to about 4,000 persons in Croatia," Korac said. [06] R.S. PREMIER SAYS R.S. GOVERNMENT HAS REGULAR CONTACTS WITH WESTENDORPTanjug, 1997-11-02Republika Srpska Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic said in Petrovo, Mt Ozren, on Sunday that the R.S. Government had regular contacts with High Representative for Bosnia Carlos Westendorp. He said this was vital for the full implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords. Commenting on Westendorp's letter to the R.S. Government in reference to crime in the Republika Srpska, Klickovic said the Government had reviewed the letter and would take adequate measures, especially in the case of the Ministry of Finance. He said the R.S. leaders understood why the international community wanted to know all about the matter, saying they had nothing against it. He said the international community could see for itself that there was nothing to steal because it had not given anything to the Republika Srpska. [07] KRAJISNIK AND KLEIN FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT ON SRPSKA TVTanjug, 1997-10-31The Republika Srpska member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Momcilo Krajisnik and Deputy High Representative of the international community for Bosnia Jacques Klein failed on Friday evening in Sarajevo to reach agreement on the connecting of the Pale studio with the Srpska Radio - Television network. Krajisnik said after meeting Klein that they had discussed the possibilities of resuming broadcasts from Pale. They finally resolved to discuss a proposal made by the High Representative to find an acceptable solution, Krajisnik said without explaining whether he was referring to an earlier proposal or a new one made by Carlos Westendorp. [08] YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVED STATE MINISTER LLOYDTanjug, 1997-10-31Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic received on Friday the State Minister at the British Foreign Office, Tony Lloyd, who arrived for a visit to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The talks focused on current questions important for peace and stability in the Balkan region, as well as other issues of joint interest. Mutual interest was also expressed for the successful development of bilateral relations and cooperation between FRY and Great Britain on the basis of equality and mutual understanding. FRY is resolutely oriented towards the extension of cooperation with European countries, especially in the economic sphere, and expects Britain's support in lifting the obstacles and conditions made to this country. The talks were also attended by Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic and British Ambassador to FRY Ivor Roberts. [09] YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC EXPECTS THE BALKAN SUMMIT TO BE SUCCESSFULTanjug, 1997-11-02Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic said on arrival in the Greek island of Crete late on Sunday that he expected the meeting of Balkans leaders that opens on Monday to be a success. Milosevic told a large crowd of reporters gathered outside the Capsis Hotel in Agia Pelagia, Crete, that he was very happy to be in Crete, and that he expected relations among the countries in the region to evolve in a positive direction. He added that he therefore hoped that the summit would be a success. Milosevic arrived in Crete late on Sunday afternoon and was cordially welcomed at Iraklion Airport by Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos. The President of the FR of Yugoslavia arrived in Crete accompanied by Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic. [10] LLOYD: WE WANT FR OF YUGOSLAVIA TO REJOIN EUROPEAN FAMILYTanjug, 1997-10-31State Minister at the British Foreign Office, Tony Lloyd, told a press conference on Friday that Great Britain and the European Union want the FR of Yugoslavia to become an equal member of the European family as soon as possible. "We want its economy to flourish and the Serb people to rediscover prosperity," Lloyd told the press following talks with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic. Lloyd set out that he had had a sincere exchange of views with Milosevic, Milutinovic, party leaders and the representatives of minorities. According to him, the talks with Milosevic focused on adherence to the Dayton Agreement, the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, the freedom of the media and cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. Speaking about the situation in Republika Srpska (RS), Lloyd said he had called on Milosevic to aid the unimpeded conducting of parliamentary elections, to be held on November 22-23, to enable a free choice for the people of RS. "We expect the full respect of the Dayton Agreement irrespective of who is in power in RS," said Lloyd who met with RS leaders before arriving in Belgrade. "We do not blame the Serb people for what happened in Bosnia more than we blame the Muslims and Croats," Lloyd said. He set out that the United Kingdom and Serbia had traditional ties throughout history, but that the Government in London tried to take a balanced approach to this region demanding from Serbia the same as from its neighbours. [11] MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT BULATOVIC RECEIVED STATE MINISTER LLOYDTanjug, 1997-10-31Montenegrin President Momir Bulatovic received in Podgorica on Friday State Minister at the British Foreign Office Tony Lloyd, who visited this Republic within a tour of Yugoslavia and the region with his associates. The talks focused on the current political situation in Montenegro, said a statement released by Bulatovic's Office. Bulatovic said the essence of the crisis in Montenegro was in the non- realization of the constitutional and legal role of part of the state organs, which was especially evident at the Presidential elections. The non-realization of the principles of constitutionality and legality has been the key problem in Montenegro for a long time, and therefore the normalization of the situation in that area is a priority political and state task and the interest of this Republic, Bulatovic said. Bulatovic also pointed out that a disbalance had occurred objectively in Montenegro between the expressed will of the electorate and the constellation of the ratio of political forces, which came about through the subsequent association and coalition of part of the ruling party and opposition parliamentary parties. That is why the organizing of early parliamentary elections is the only democratic way for the true stabilization of the political and overall situation in Montenegro, he said. It is also necessary to annul the results of the presidential run*off, which he said was irregular, and to call new presidential elections simultaneously with the early Parliamentary elections. Thus, with the full participation and cooperation of the authorized international institutions, the actual political will of citizens will be verified and the reasons for the deep crisis and instability - which have seriously been shaking Montenegro for a long time - removed, Bulatovic said. Lloyd conveyed the wish and urging of Great Britain that the existing problems in Montenegro be settled as soon as possible, using exclusively democratic methods and means. He suggested that the existing tensions are eased and that lasting democratic solutions are sought, said the statement on today's talks. [12] SERBIAN PREMIER MARJANOVIC: SERBIA WANTS PEACE AND REGIONAL COOPERATIONTanjug, 1997-11-01Serbia's Premier attended in Belgrade on Saturday a graduation ceremony at which the first generation of 77 Serbian Police Academy cadets were made second lieutenants of police. "It is an incontrovertible fact that we see no country and no nation as our enemy a priori, without just cause, nor do we accuse anybody of aggression without a reason. Peace, stable development, neighbourliness and all-round cooperation in the region are our country's strategic commitments", said Marjanovic. "Our hopes for a safer and better future will become a reality in the measure in which peace reigns in the Balkans, and in which its nations are linked with economic and cultural ties." "It is therefore one of the chief objectives of our policy to normalise relations with our neighbours, as the best guarantee of our peace and progress and the best contribution to regional and European integration," he said. He went on to say that, owing to its consistently peaceful policy in securing and maintaining peace in the lands of former Yugoslavia, the country had restored and intensified relations with a large number of countries and had been reintegrated in many world bodies. "We have proved to a large number of countries that we are a reliable business partner, able to employ its considerable potential and to apply modern international political and economic standards," he added. "We value very highly the efforts and determination of the international community to use its influence to support the peace accords that have been signed, but our attitude to our own development and political space depends on us alone." "Our country has accepted accords on sub-regional arms control, showing readiness to confirm its policy of neighbourliness and cooperation and help reduce tension and distrust among nations and states in the Balkans," he said. [13] YUGOSLAV DELEGATION TO ATTEND EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SETTLEMENTSTanjug, 1997-11-02A delegation of the Yugoslav Parliament, headed by Serbian Construction Minister Branislav Ivkovic, left for Bonn on Sunday to attend the first Regional Conference of European Parliaments on Human Settlements. The three-day Conference, which is to deal with national parliaments' role in the implementation of conclusions of the 2nd U.N. Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held in Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1996, begins on Monday. The Yugoslav delegation's participation in the Bonn Conference reflects the continuation of successful cooperation with UNCHS over the past three years. The delegation, invited to the Conference by the German Parliament, is scheduled to meet with German Parliament Speaker Rita Suessmuth and Parliament officials from other European countries. [14] YUGOSLAVIA, SLOVAKIA SIGN PROTOCOL ON ECONOMIC COOPERATIONTanjug, 1997-10-30A protocol was signed on Thursday between Yugoslavia and Slovakia after a two day second session of the mixed commission on trade and economic cooperation, the Yugoslav Information Secretariat said in a statement. The protocol was signed by Yugoslav Foreign Trade Minister Borislav Vukovic, who headed the Yugoslav delegation, and Slovak Minister of Economy Karol Cesnek, who lead the Slovak delegation. The protocol includes measures and activities towards a speedier upgrading of cooperation in the area of trade and economic relations. After signing the protocol, Vukovic and Cesnek expressed optimism and wishes for the Yugoslav-Slovak trade to reach the previous level as soon as possible. [15] PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVES BULGARIAN AMBASSADORTanjug, 1997-10-30Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic received Thursday the newly appointed Bulgarian Ambassador in Belgrade Ivayl Trifonov, who presented his credentials. Ambassador Trifonov transmitted to President Milosevic greetings from Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov. He expressed readiness to contribute to the development of intensive ties and cooperation between the two countries, whose relations are founded on equality, good- neighbourhood and mutual confidence. President Milosevic underscored Yugoslavia's wish further to develop successful bilateral relations with neighbouring Bulgaria, and wished the Bulgarian Ambassador success in the performance of his duties. After the ceremony of the presentation of credentials, President Milosevic had a brief talk with Ambassador Trifonov. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic also attended. [16] LAW ON PRIVATIZATION COMES INTO FORCETanjug, 1997-10-30The republican Law on ownership transformation, which takes effect today, was presented at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, and it was heard that it was a result of the widest possible political and social- economic consensus. Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Danko Djunic said the law was of general national and state interest for our present and future, even though it was a republican law. He said the Federal Government had taken part in making this law and given it its unreserved support, and that its acts would contribute that the solutions offered in this law be built into other regulations as well. "With the implementation of the Law on ownership transformation, we continue the serious process of privatization, which will last one to two years, and which should secure and add to the structure of a transparent economy, which is a reform step into the future, " Djunic said. He underscored the law was confirmation that our state was "creating conditions for relations for which we have clearly opted, with respect to a transparent ownership structure, further liberalization, and ownership transformation." Republican Minister for Economic and Ownership Transformation Milan Beko said the law was a "real solution, which it is possible to realize and which will involve, during the first two years, about 80 percent of all state or socially-owned companies and more than four million citizens of Serbia, as future share-holders." Underscoring that the republican Government had seriously begun the privatization process, Beko said the law contained the basic principles - comprehensiveness, time limits, independence in decision-making, legal protection, and openness to the public. Beko pointed out that the transformation of the domestic telecommunications had proved the readiness for privatization of all, even state companies. This transformation not only brought 1.5 billion D-marks, it also enabled the strengthening of domestic hard currency reserves, closing of public expenditure deficits, and a possible significant stimulus to production and exports, he said. [17] INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ON JASENOVACTanjug, 1997-10-30The first international conference on Jasenovac (World War II concentration camp in Croatia) started Thursday at the Kingsborough College in New York, attended by experts, historians and surviving inmates from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, United States and Canada. The two-day conference will provide an opportunity to the participants to unveil the truth about one of the most atrocious death camps where several hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Romanies were slaughtered by Croatian Ustashas (Nazi allies). The Jasenovac file must be opened at last, history Professor Bernard Klein said opening the conference. The truth about the Jasenovac death camp and the genocide committed by Ustashas in Croatia during World War II must be unveiled for the sake of truth, history and the future, Klein said. If the truth is being told about Auschwitz and other death camps of the Third Reich, then it must also be told about Jasenovac, Klein said. Unfortunately, however, after WWI ended, the facts about Jasenovac were kept secret and it was never precisely determined how many people had been put to death there. The conspiracy of silence had later helped attempts to rewrite history, as Croatian President Franjo Tudjman has done by claiming hypocritically that only 20,000 people had died in the Jasenovac "labour camp". Such attempts at rewriting history were also underlined by Vladimir Zerjavec of the Croatian History Institute. Former director of the Yugoslav military archives Antun Miletic spoke of the results of research carried out so far and of the endeavors to determine the exact number of victims. Persistent research has so far come up with the names of 80,000 men, women and children put to death in Jasenovac. To pursue the research, help should be sought from the international community, he said. The participants proposed the creation of a special international commission to carry out in-depth research and publish its findings. An exhibition on Jasenovac and the Holocaust in Yugoslavia between 1941 and 1945 was opened Wednesday in New York. Most of the exhibits come from Belgrade's Museum of World War II Genocide Victims, but many documents are owned by private collectors from the United States and Canada. The exhibition was opened by head of the Yugoslav mission to the United Nations Vladislav Jovanovic, who said that Jasenovac was the biggest death camp outside the Third Reich and that it was run by the then Croatian authorities and not Germans. The truth about the camp was concealed after the war, Jovanovic said and added that Jasenovac had not even been registered at the United Nations archives as the site of war crimes. Everybody must work on revealing the truth about Jasenovac, because this can help partly explain the tragedy which occurred in the former Yugoslavia in the past few years, Jovanovic said. [18] PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVES KLEINTanjug, 1997-10-30Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on Thursday received Deputy High Representative of the international community for Bosnia-Herzegovina Jacques Klein and his associates. At the meeting, the sides exchanged views and information regarding the implementation of the Dayton peace accords. The talks focused on activities in Republika Srpska aimed at overcoming the political crisis. Both sides expressed expectations that the process of political consolidation of the situation and relations in these lands would continue successfully, which requires the joining of efforts by all factors engaged in the peace process, as well as their responsibility and cooperation in carrying out the obligations undertaken from the peace accords. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic also took part in the talks. [19] PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVES AUSTRIAN AMBASSADORTanjug, 1997-10-30Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on Thursday received newly-appointed, extraordinary and plenipotentiary Austrian Ambassador to Yugoslavia Wolfgang Petrich, who presented credentials from Austrian President Thomas Kleostil. On his arrival at the presidential palace, Ambassador Petrich toured the honourary unit of the Yugoslav Army Guard. Presenting his credentials, the Austrian Ambassador pointed out Austria's wish for promoting bilateral relations with Yugoslavia, and an intensification of economic cooperation, which can be based on the mutually expressed interests and positive experiences of economic partners of both countries. Accepting the credentials, President Milosevic said Yugoslavia was interested in developing relations with Austria on the basis of equality, mutual understanding, and mutual benefit. President Milosevic had a brief talk with the Austrian Ambassador. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic also took part in the talks. [20] YUGOSLAVIA AWAITS AGENDA OFFER TO RESUME LONDON CLUB TALKSTanjug, 1997-10-29Yugoslavia's negotiator at recent talks with the London Club of creditors said on Wednesday that this country was willing to resume the talks as soon as it received a concrete agenda proposal from the Club's board of coordinators. The negotiator, Vice Premier Danko Djunic, headed the Yugoslav negotiating team at last week's talks with the London Club in New York. Commenting on the New York talks, Djunic said that they had been discontinued precisely because there had been no concrete agenda proposal despite one having been promised. He said that he had been contacted from the London Club over the weekend with an inquiry if there was an interest in resuming the talks. He described as highly positive the latest message from the London Club, as reported by the Financial Times, that the door to talks with Yugoslavia was still open. In connection with the Club's readiness, according to the Financial Times, to negotiate on all Yugoslav demands except a write-off of 80 percent of its debt, Djunic said: "Yugoslavia does not insist on this percentage, because the acceptability or otherwise of an arrangement would depend on the combination of factors such as the size of the write-off and others." He said it was not in Yugoslavia's interest to accept an agreement with the London Club at all costs, because an agreement that could not be honoured would defeat its purpose. [21] REVIVAL OF YUGOSLAV-CUBAN ECONOMIC COOPERATIONTanjug, 1997-10-29Federal Economy Minister Rade Filipovic, who returned Wednesday from Cuba where he was heading a Yugoslav state-economic delegation at the 42nd session of the international association Interelectro, praised the results of the meeting and expressed satisfaction with his talks with Cuban ministers. "Interelectro is one of the rare international associations where our country's continuity was not halted and where we were present during the sanctions. At the 42nd session, where we once again rised the global problems of energy, the electric power and machine-building industries, present were the representatives of 22 countries and five major holding corporations," Filipovic told the press at Belgrade Airport. According to him, the session in Cuba closed with the signing of a number of documents, and presented was the development of economies and new technologies, achievements in the sphere of the power industry, electronics and machine- building, elected was a new president of Interelectro from the Russian Federation and agreed was that next year's session would be held in the Crimea, Ukraine. "In Cuba we conducted bilateral talks with Cuban government representatives and I was received by five ministers: for investments and development, foreign affairs, economy and foreign trade. I also met with senior representatives of the Ministry for civil engineering and the directors of major Cuban construction firms," Filipovic said. He said that in all these talks possibilities for further investments and cooperation and the resolution of the problem of Cuban state debts towards Yugoslav firms who carried out work in Cuba before the sanctions were discussed. [22] KALINIC CONFERS WITH ELECKMAN, KUZNYETSOVTanjug, 1997-10-29Republika Srpska Parliament Speaker Dragan Kalinic, Deputy Premier Velibor Ostojic, and Interim Elections Commission member from Srpska Slobodan Kovac conferred in Pale on Wednesday with OSCE political directors Robert Eleckman and Vladimir Kuznyetsov. The Srpska representatives warned against the insupportable situation in media in Srpska ahead of the upcoming elections and asked that this problem be resolved immediately so that all sides in the political conflict in Srpska could be secured adequate coverage, said a statement released by Kalinic's office. It was also pointed out that it was necessary to define in the election rules that the holders of deputy seats were the political parties which nominated the candidates and not the respective individuals. During the talks, it was underscored that displaced persons in Srpska, who have fled from the (Muslim-Croat) Federation, should be allowed to vote at the upcoming parliamentary elections. The problem, however, of the large number of voters in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, who had not been allowed to vote at the last local elections, was still unsolved, said the statement. It was agreed that the centre for counting ballots from abroad would be in Srpska. The officials warned that the former practice of voting by mail and bring ballots to Srpska in bags had been very bad and that it was unacceptable for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The Srpska and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe representatives are expected to meet again late this week, the statement said. [23] YUGOSLAVIA TO BE FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER OF DANUBE TOURIST COMMISSIONTanjug, 1997-10-29As of next year, Yugoslavia will again become a full-fledged member of the Danube Tourist Commission, Serbian Tourist Organisation director Jovan Popesku said on Wednesday. The Commission reached this decision at the recent assembly in Bratislava, he said. Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Ukraine participated in the assembly and a Serbian Tourist Organisation delegation had the observer status. In official contacts with the Danube tourist organisation it was suggested that Yugoslavia should put up its candidacy for holding the next assembly in the country, Popesku said and added that this would most likely be done. Popesku said that the next assembly would be dedicated to the capitals on the Danube. [24] YUGOSLAV DELEGATION FOR SUCCESSION ISSUES PRESENTS REPORTTanjug, 1997-10-29The Federal Government Commission for Yugoslavia's relations with the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) and international financial and trade organizations held a session in Belgrade on Wednesday, chaired by Radoje Kontic, a government statement said. The Commission considered and adopted a report by the Yugoslav delegation for issues of succession from a meeting it had held with Sir Arthur Watts in Brussels on Oct 16. It was assessed that the Yugoslav delegation at these talks in all things acted in keeping with the government platform for the participation of Yugoslav negotiators at the Conference on Yugoslavia and that the realized results present positive steps toward a greater respect of the Yugoslav options and proposals. It was concluded that the delegation report should also be considered by the Federal Government, and that it should also take stands on the resumption of these talks. Yugoslav Deputy Premier and head of the delegation for talks with the London Club Darko Djunic informed the Commission about the course of these talks in New York. It was assessed that the Yugoslav delegation had followed the government platform and that it was necessary to continue talks with representatives of commercial banks as soon as conditions were set, the statement said in closing. [25] PRIME MINISTER KONTIC RECEIVES SLOVAK ECONOMICS MINISTER CESNEKTanjug, 1997-10-29Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic received Wednesday Slovak Economics Minister Karol Cesnek, who heads his country's delegation to the second session of the Yugoslav-Slovak Commission for Trade and Economic Relations and Cooperation. In a cordial meeting, the two sides expressed interest in the renewal and all-round promotion of relations and cooperation between the two friendly countries, a government statement said. Prime Minister Kontic underscored the important role played in the development of Yugoslav- Slovak relations by Slovakia's constructive and principled stance on the crisis in the former Yugoslavia and its calls for Yugoslavia to be treated as an equal and for its return to international organizations and institutions. Kontic singled out the complementary nature of the two economies and open possibilities for joint ventures on third markets. The Yugoslav Prime Minister said that the liberalization of foreign-trade relations between Slovakia and Yugoslavia was of key importance for the development of economic cooperation. The two sides said they expected that an agreement between Kontic and his Slovak counterpart, Vladimir Meciar, on a Slovak credit to Yugoslavia would soon be translated into practice and that Slovak companies would soon start working on a regional water-supply system on the Montenegro coast. Minister Cesnek informed Kontic about Slovakia's economic development and said it expected that trade with Yugoslavia would reach in two years' time the previous level of 500 million dollars a year. The talk covered cooperation in the power, iron and steel industries, tourism and banking. The meeting was attended also by Yugoslav Foreign Trade Minister and Co-Chairman of the Yugoslav-Slovak Commission Borislav Vukovic. Slovak Prime Minister Meciar is to visit Yugoslavia in the first quarter of next year. Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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