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Serbia Today, 96-10-17
Serbia Today
17 October 1996
CONTENTS
[01] TALKS MUGABE - LILIC
[02] PRIME MINISTER MARJANOVIC RECEIVED SWEDISH AMBASSADOR
[03] ALL INCLUSIVE COOPERATION IN THE BALKANS
[04] YUGOSLAVIA PARTICIPATING AT THE CONFERENCE OF DANUBE BASIN COUNTRIES
[05] SERBIA ADVANCING
[06] RELEASING THE SOLDIERS OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV PEOPLE'S ARMY
[07] KINKEL WARNING CROATIA
[01] TALKS MUGABE - LILIC
Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic arrived yesterday from Tanzania
to his four-day official state visit to the friendly Republic of
Zimbabwe. The Yugoslav President's visit is a special occasion to
immediately after the withdrawal of UN sanctions against FR
Yugoslavia strengthen our uninterrupted friendship dating from the
time of the Zimbabwean fight for freedom and advance mutual
economic relation, said Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe was one of a few countries which understood the essence
of the problem in our region and had the courage to defend firmly
and unambiguously the principles of truth and justice in UN,
Non-aligned Movement and other international bodies, giving in this way
an invaluable support to FR Yugoslavia, said President Lilac. He
announced that our country is vitally interested in the further
development of friendly relations with Zimbabwe and reminded that
our relation with most of the countries in Africa, Asia and South
America remained stable during the whole period of crisis. FR
Yugoslavia has normalized the relationships with all of its
neighbouring countries and Europe, thus affirming itself as the key
factor of peace, stability and cooperation in the region of Balkans
and in Europe, said President Lilic.
(Politika, Oct. 17, 1996)
[02] PRIME MINISTER MARJANOVIC RECEIVED SWEDISH AMBASSADOR
During their talks yesterday, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko
Marjanovic and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden in our
country Mats Staphanson, the mutual interest was underscored in the
versatile development in all fields of cooperation, specially the
business and industrial connections between the two countries.
Prime Minister Marjanovic underlined that the positive experiences
and results in the economic exchange in the former period a firm
basis for the development of the mutual economic cooperation.
Yugoslavia, together with Sweden, is especially interested for the
transfer of high technology and joint ventures in third markets.
Ambassador Stephanson announced that the Swedish firms have
ambitions plans for cooperating with Yugoslav firms, including the
joint investments.
(Politika, Oct. 17, 1996)
[03] ALL INCLUSIVE COOPERATION IN THE BALKANS
Greece Foreign Minister, Mr. Teodoros Pangalos, invited by the
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic, is paying an official
visit to the FR Yugoslavia and in his statement to "Politika" said
that the basic goal of Greek policy in the Balkans is the making
of maximally developed all inclusive cooperation. We believe that
the historic and civilization reality of the united Europe,
including of course the Balkans, will soon be realized on the
institutional level, said Mr. Pangalos. Asked about the relations
between Greece and FR Yugoslavia, Greece Foreign Secretary answered
that " WE are bonded by traditional ties of friendship and
cooperation, ties that were on trial in hard times. Our relations
are very good and can also be advanced in the field of economic
cooperation." With the signing of Dayton Agreement the foundations
were set for the peace in the region and the whole territory of
Former Yugoslavia, underlined Mr. Pangalos,
(Politika, Oct. 17,1996)
[04] YUGOSLAVIA PARTICIPATING AT THE CONFERENCE OF DANUBE BASIN COUNTRIES
Serbian Government Deputy President, Mr. Slobodan Babic and the
Serbian Minister of Industry Mr. Oscar Fodor left yesterday for
Austria to take part, upon the official invitation of the Host, in
the session of the Seventh Meeting of Danube basin Prime Ministers.
By participating in this session, organized this year by the region
of Lower Austria, Serbia, being one of the founders of the Danube
basin countries Working Community , after the withdrawal of
sanctions, continues to participate in the operations of this
Organization as an active member. During its two-day stay in
Austria. it is planned for the Serbian delegation to meet the high
officials of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce.
(Borba, Oct. 17,1996)
[05] SERBIA ADVANCING
Serbian Socialists Party's (SPS) spokesman, Ivica Dacic,
estimated that the winning of the united election lists
SPS-Yugoslovenska levica/Nova Demokratija will be even more convincing
that that in the previous elections. His belief, as he said, is
based on the results of SPS policy in the past period " which,
perhaps, was the most difficult in the recent history of our
people, marked by war in our surroundings and unprecedented
international sanctions against our country". Serbian Socialist
Party managed, by its policy, to protect the peace in our country,
to defend our freedom and independence and in, particularly
difficult situations create possibilities for intensifying economic
development, underscored Dacic. The forthcoming elections, he
added, will not only show the way that Serbia wants to follow, but
also tell us how to achieve that, our reaching a modern, free,
democratic, economically and spiritually rich and socially just
society.
(Ekspress, Oct. 17, 1996)
[06] RELEASING THE SOLDIERS OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV PEOPLE'S ARMY
The Secretary of the Yugoslav State Committee for the
Humanitarian Issues and Missing asked the Moslem side to urgently
release from its prisons nine soldiers and
officers of the Former Yugoslav Army (JNA), for there are proofs
that they are alive and imprisoned. Through the Republic of Srpska
Committee for the Exchange of Prisoners in the Croatian- Moslem
Federation 11 Yugoslavs were released and on the basis of their
testifying we have learned that nine persons, listed as missing
soldiers and officers of the former JNA are alive and imprisoned
by the Moslems, said Korac.
Members of the Yugoslav Committee submitted to the Chairman of
the Moslem Committee, Amor Maskovic the list containing data on 130
missing persons, mostly soldiers and officers of the former JNA.
We also have requested urgent inquiry on the destiny of 58 JNA
soldiers , attacked on May 3, 1992 in the Dobrovoljacka street in
Sarajevo and 14 persons who had perished in Tuzla in the same year,
added Korac.
(Borba, Oct. 17, 1996).
[07] KINKEL WARNING CROATIA
Germany Foreign Secretary Claus Kinkel yesterday remained
Croatia of its obligation to further democratize and strengthen the
juridical system, assessing that Zagreb must do more for the
genuine respect of human and minority rights. By his appeal, Kinkel
has, in fact, warned the authorities in Zagreb that the discussion
of Croatia's membership in the European Council, announced for the
6th of November, will comprise these sharp standards. The official
statement quoted Kinkel reminding that "European standards are very
high" and that Croatia must meet them if it wants to join the
European society.
(Vecernje novosti, Oct. 17, 1996)
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