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Serbia Today, 97-03-18

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From: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>

Serbia Today


CONTENTS

  • [01] CROATIA DOES NOT WISH TO BE IN THE BALKANS
  • [02] ARMAMENT GOES TO KOSOVO
  • [03] MIXED MARRIAGE - AN EVIL THING
  • [04] SILAJDZIC'S REASONING
  • [05] HONORS FOR CRIMINALS
  • [06] TUDJMAN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE FRONTIERS
  • [07] NEGOTIATIONS ON THE COUNCIL OF SERBIAN MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT TO BE COMPLETED
  • [08] DIALOGUE ON ALL ASPECTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND FRANCE
  • [09] IN APRIL A PUBLIC TENDER FOR ALLOCATION OF RADIO AND TV FREQUENCIES
  • [10] DECLARATION ADOPTED ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA
  • [11] THREE YEARS OF RULE OF NATIONAL UNITY
  • [12] REFORMS - A CONDITION FOR PROGRESS

  • [01] CROATIA DOES NOT WISH TO BE IN THE BALKANS

    Croat President Franjo Tudjman yesterday again rejected the possibility of participation of Croatia in the integration of the countries of the broader region. In his talks with the representatives of the Bavarian government Tudjman called such initiatives as absurd, because Croatia, as he said "historically, culturally and civilizationally does not belong to the Balkans". President of Croatia with this statement for the second time in only one month, officially opposed the initiatives of the United States and European Union for linking of the countries of the Southeastern Europe.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-03-18

    [02] ARMAMENT GOES TO KOSOVO

    Albanians from Kosovo are amply profiting from the anarchy in Albania to purchase large quantities of arms and ammunition from the plundered storages of the Albanian Army. British reporters from the region are reporting that it is a question of a large plundering of military material, which is threatening "to light new fires in the neighborhood of Albania". According to the report in yesterday's London "Times", in Drache in the south of Albania, Albanians from Kosovo were seen purchasing for three hundred US dollars over a dozen automatic riffles and a full truck of ammunition. "There is no doubt that the Liberation Army of Kosovo will be able to transport these armaments through the mountain routes into the valley of the Crni Drim (Black Drim) river valley, in order to arm its growing guerilla movement in Kosovo", writes the newspaper.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-03-18

    [03] MIXED MARRIAGE - AN EVIL THING

    The leader of the Islamic community in Bosnia-Herzegovina Rais al Ulema Mustafa Ceric stated yesterday that he has the obligation to promote Islamic values with all the members of this faith, and even with those who are the government employees. In his interview published by the "Feral Tribune", Ceric says that no faith in the world is promoting mixed marriages. According to him, Islam is allowing the right of a Muslim to marry a Christian or a Jewish woman provided the children are raised and educated according to Islam, but Muslim women are not allowed to marry non- Muslims. The leader of the Islamic community has once again confirmed what everyone can see - that in Bosnia-Herzegovina there is at work a general and exclusive islamization of all the segments of society and life.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-03-18

    [04] SILAJDZIC'S REASONING

    The co-chairman of the Government of the Bosnian Union, Haris Silajdzic stated at the Sarajevo Muslim Television while commenting on the Agreement between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Srpska about parallel relations, that the office of Carl Bildt has the duty to suspend this agreement. As the main argument for this he is stating the fact that between the FR of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina the inter-governmental and the diplomatic relations have not yet been established, and that therefore the Republic of Srpska has no right to any agreements. According to Silajdzic, Republic of Srpska probably only has the right to watch passively how the Muslim Sarajevo Government is establishing numerous relations with various states of the world, and especially with its Islamic 'brothers' from all over the globe. Muslim government in this has neglected the provisions of the Dayton Accords, even in the part of balance in the armament of the entities. Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina has long ago violated this balance by receiving, further to supplies through 'the regular'channels, also the military and combat shipments through the illicit channels from the Islamic world. Only half an hour before the Silajdzic's opposition to the agreement between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Srpska, Muslim Television of Bosnia- Herzegovina with elation spoke of the visit of Alija Izetbegovic to Saudi Arabia, without missing in a specific way of presenting this visit as a warning to Serbs at the time of ratification of the Agreement on Special Parallel Relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Izetbegovic clearly stated for his hosts in Saudi Arabia what his government needs. It is not hard to imagine what the Islamic world is expecting in return from Izetbegovic, which is in part testified by the fact that the mujjahedins, foreign mercenaries, are still plundering around the Federation. For Izetbegovic, Silajdzic and all of their followers, it would be desirable for Serbs to remain isolated from the rest of the entire world and even from their own motherland.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-03-18

    [05] HONORS FOR CRIMINALS

    Citizens of the Srem and Baranja Region are acquainted with the list of members of the Croat armed formations, but also civilians, for whom there is evidence that in the year 1991 they have committed war crimes against Serbs in Vukovar, Borovo Naselje, Sarvas and the nearby villages. The International Tribunal in The Hague however is turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to these evidence. Instead of being brought to justice and the bench of the accused, these criminals are today as heroes strolling around the Republic of Croatia and are enjoying all the privileges, benefits and many medals with which they were decorated by President Tudjman for "services and merits" rendered during the war. The list of Croat war criminals was compiled on the basis of proof and evidence material gathered by the Information Center of the All Serbian Alliance in Belgrade, headed by Prof.Dr. Vojin Dabic. Not a single court of law in Croatia has so far either tried or convicted any Croat criminal of war. And neither has the Tribunal in The Hague filed indictments against the criminals who were slaughtering and killing Serbs in Croatia, although it is well known to the international community that against Serbs, and not only in Vukovar and its vicinity, many terrible crimes have been committed.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-03-18

    [06] TUDJMAN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE FRONTIERS

    Visit of the President of Croatia to western Mostar several days ago has shown once again that Tudjman is regarding the frontiers between Croatia and Western Herzegovina as non-existent, writes Sarajevo daily "Oslobodjenje". In the commentary entitled "Tudjman's Herzegovina" the newspaper writes that "it is without a precedent in the world the ease with which the President of one state is behaving in another, which is being repeated with every Tudjman's visit to Western Herzegovina". He also stated this time again that Herzegovina is one of the pillars of the entire Croat identity and mentioned great merits of Herzegovian people for the creation of the Croat state, but also in the fight against radicals, which is an obvious allusion to the Muslims, comments the newspaper. According to the "Oslobodjenje" newspaper commentator, there is also an indicative qualification by Tudjman of the forthcoming Pope's visit to Sarajevo, which he designated as "the visit to the Croat Catholic people".
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-03-18

    [07] NEGOTIATIONS ON THE COUNCIL OF SERBIAN MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT TO BE COMPLETED

    The UN transitional administrator of Eastern Slavonia Jacques Klein stated that the agreement is about to be reached on the integration of the future joint council of Serbian municipalities in this Region, which were not specified in the Erdut Agreement. Klein underlined that there are different views about the competencies of the future council, but he stated his opinion that the council should be established by law, having its committees for finance, for recruiting and for other matters, and with the possibilities in Zagreb and in the Croat Parliament (Sabor) to 'lobby' for the interests of Serbs in the Region. "In the draft agreement we have stated that their representatives will have regular access to the President of the Republic of Croatia at least four times per year", said Klein. Regarding the other basic reason for Serbs to take part at the forthcoming elections, i.e. the request for the international observer mission to continue in the Region even after the departure of the UNTAES on January 15th next year, Klein said that intensive work is being done to that effect. It is not a question any more whether O.S.C.E. will establish an observer mission after the departure of the UNTAES, but only of how to do it, said Klein and recalled that he had already requested from the O.S.C.E. to send to the Region at least 200 observers and that he had provided the budget for the entire next year.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Borba, 1997-03-18

    [08] DIALOGUE ON ALL ASPECTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND FRANCE

    French Foreign Minister Herve de Charrette and the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Milutinovic conducted yesterday in Paris official talks about all the aspects of cooperation between the two states in traditionally good relations, on the possibilities for their further promotion through various forms of cooperation, especially in the sphere of economy and the relations between Yugoslavia and the European union. "I can state with pleasure that we have agreed to continue and intensify the dialogue between government representatives, between parliaments, businessmen, their associations, representatives of culture, education and science, in which fields we have even until now achieved certain results", said Minister Milutinovic after the official talks were adjourned. "It is our clear stand after the present talks that France is respecting Yugoslavia as an important political and economic partner in bilateral relations and a factor which is having a central role in the realization of all the plans of regional linking and cooperation", underlined Milutinovic.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Borba, 1997-03-18

    [09] IN APRIL A PUBLIC TENDER FOR ALLOCATION OF RADIO AND TV FREQUENCIES

    "We will propose for the beginning of April this year to have a public tender for the allocation of radio and TV frequencies and after that, on the basis of the submitted applications, we shall give the opinion which radio and TV stations are complying with the conditions prescribed by the federal law on frequencies", stated yesterday Minister of Information Prof.Dr. Radmila Milentijevic at the press conference held in the Government of the Republic of Serbia. Minister Milentijevic underlined that the Government of Serbia will undertake measures which will introduce more order in the utilization of frequencies. "At the moment in Serbia there are over 180 radio stations and even as much as 70 television channels broadcasting their programs without work permits", said Minister Milentijevic and added that each particular application will be examined in detail and that three basic conditions will have to be fulfilled for obtaining the permit - technical, financial and program ones. According to the Republican Minister for Transport and Communications, Dr. Svetolik Kostandinovic, in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia there is a single system of communications but permits for construction of links in their territories are issued by the republican authorities, even at the local level of municipalities. In order to obtain a work permit, it is necessary to fulfil all the requirements specified in the Law on Frequencies.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Politika, 1997-03-18

    [10] DECLARATION ADOPTED ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

    Deputies of the Assembly of Serbia at their yesterday's session passed the Declaration on the Agreement between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Srpska, as a kind of a general act underlining the importance and supporting the Agreement, and which expresses the hope that the Federal Assembly will ratify it through its law. Declaration is formally guarantying the framework for broadening and enriching Serbian- Serbian relations and intensifying of the links between all the citizens of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the two equitable entities of Bosnia-Herzegovina - the Republic of Srpska, and is securing the political stability in the Balkans and in Europe. This was stated on behalf of the those proposing the Declaration, by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Ratko Markovic. The Agreement means establishing of direct links between the two parts of the same people and thus elimination of the administrative barriers and deletion of obstacles to the natural process of linkage between one and the same people. It is a great impetus to the spiritual unification of the Serbian people and to erasing from its mind river Drina as a symbol and a metaphor of divisions. This will eliminate also the remnants of separation walls which the outside world, as a form of sanction, had imposed on us and made them a condition for survival of our state . The Agreement can not be a matter of concern of anyone, it is not at a detriment of neither one of the contractual parties nor of the third ones, but is for the general well-being of all, underlined Deputy Prime Minister Markovic.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Politika, 1997-03-18

    [11] THREE YEARS OF RULE OF NATIONAL UNITY

    Yesterday three years have elapsed since the Government of national unity of the Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic took over its duties. Among the important results which the Government has achieved most of all to be mentioned are termination of hyper-inflation, recovery of the monetary system and regained confidence in the local currency the dinar. In a strong fight for an economic recovery of the country, the main tasks of Marjanovic's Government were the realization of the program of social protection of the most vulnerable parts of population, preservation of production capacities, creation of the rule of law and of a democratic state. For purpose of calming down of growth of prices and abuses of the monopoly position, Government has passed a number of intervention measures. Marjanovic's Government succeeded, as the first government of Serbia after World War Two, in completing its three years without a budgetary deficit. In this three-year period the social product has grown, for the first time after a decade of stagnation and a dramatic fall, the fall of industrial production from the period 1993-1993 was also stopped, in order to grow last year for eight percent. It is necessary especially to emphasize that all these results the Government has achieved without any support from abroad.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-03-18

    [12] REFORMS - A CONDITION FOR PROGRESS

    Government of Serbia will abide with the consistent implementation of the commenced reforms, which are a key condition for an accelerated economic recovery and economic development of the country over the forthcoming period. This was underlined in yesterday's talks between President of the Republic Slobodan Milosevic and the Government of the Republic of Serbia, headed by the Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic, at the end of a three-year successful period since the Government has taken the mandate. President Milosevic pointed out especially at the expectations that the Government in this year will offer with its measures and activities a decisive impetus to the implementation of the commenced reforms in which undoubtedly the most outstanding are the ownership and structural transformations. "Today conditions are more favorable for a successful implementation of the initiated reforms", said President Milosevic, "because they are taking place in the conditions of growth both of industrial and agricultural production, and the real financing of the public expenditures". While pointing out also at the great importance of the campaign which the Government is conducting for purpose of fighting crime, terminating smuggling and eliminating shadow economy, as well as all the other unlawful phenomena, President Milosevic expressed his expectations that the results of these actions will eliminate the cases of illegal business operations from the times of sanctions and an environment of war, the times which are now behind us.
    Serbia Today, 1997-03-18 ; Politika, 1997-03-18

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