Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-05-14

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

CONTENTS

[01] YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT: PRESERVATION OF YUGOSLAVIA IS MOST IMPORTANT TASK

Speaking to members of the security and intelligence organs and military police of the Yugoslav Army, whom he received on the occasion of Security Day, Lilic said that the worst times were over. He said he was satisfied because the organs had fulfilled their obligations successfully under very complex security conditions.

[02] ECONOMIC REVIVAL CONTRIBUTES TO NORMALIZATION OF SITUATION IN YUGOSLAVIA

[03] MILOSEVIC, KLEIN DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF ERDUT AGREEMENT

To this effect, it is necessary to achieve successful and continuous cooperation between the Administrator and his team and the region's leadership and local authorities, as well as mutual trust, dialogue and efficient realization of all commitments taken by both sides, it was underlined during the meeting. Positive results were achieved so far in stabilizing the situation in the region, it was also noted.

The meeting was attended by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic.

[04] KONTIC, KLEIN ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF EAST SLAVONIA

Klein told Kontic that a number of international organizations were interested in opening offices in the region, which is another factor in securing the implementation of the basic agreement. Kontic stressed the importance of efficient functioning of international factors in restoring confidence, security and cooperation of the region's entire population.

Klein informed Kontic about activities in the implementation of the basic agreement in the region and thanked Yugoslav authorities for their cooperation and assistance. Both sides agreed that regional autonomy was specially important.

Kontic and Klein agreed that the reopening of the Belgrade-Zagreb highway and oil pipeline was an important step in the normalization of the Serb-Croatian relations.

[05] PROGRESS IN GRADUAL NORMALIZATION OF YUGOSLAV-CROATIAN RELATIONS

This is evident in the recent opening of an oil pipeline and the Belgrade-Zagreb highway, Jovanovic and Simonovic said. They were heading expert teams which considered the realization of the agremeents signed in Zagreb on March 11.

The sides expressed mutual interest and readiness to promote, by continuing political dialogue and respective efforts, the resolving of other outstanding issues which will set the pace of the realization of the full normalization of relations, the statement said. Special attention was devoted to the manner of resolving the controversial issue of the adriatic premontory of Prevlaka on the Yugoslav-Croatian border. The sides favored talks and the spirit of establishing good-neighbor relations.

The Yugoslav side on this occasion reiterated it was necessary and imperative to create conditions for the free and unhindered return of all refugee and expelled Serbs from Croatia.

It was agreed at the meeting to continue expert talks on the operative implementation of the reached agreement in the areas of traffic and communications, the articles of the protocol on cooperation between commissions for humanitarian issues and missing persons, and in the area of consulary affairs.

In connection with the recent opening of the Belgrade-Zagreb highway, experts of the two countries separately considered questions of simplifying the regime of border crossings for citizens of the two countries, in order to secure equal treatment and free passage of people and goods.

Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic received Simonovic.

[06] YUGOSLAVIA-BULGARIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACCORD

They said the Agreement and Programme should be accompanied by concrete projects on cooperation between scientific, research and education institutions of the two countries.

'We have with these agreements created the legal foundations for cooperation in the sicentific and technical sphere, as well as in education and culture, and created better conditions for joint projects of universities and institutes,' Radulovic said.

[07] GOOD PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF YUGOSLAV-HUNGARIAN COOPERATION

The forthcoming exchange of Ambassadors will certainly contribute to the development of bilateral contacts in all fields, it was underlined during the meeting.

[08] SADAKO OGATA: YUGOSLAVIA HAS CARRIED THE BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN LOAD

Ogata said she was encouraged with Yugoslavia's refugees register and added it would be of help to both the Yugoslav authorities and the UNHCR in estimating and planning relief operations.

[09] YUGOSLAVIA URGES EQUAL TREATMENT OF ALL REFUGEES

'It is necessary that all former warring sides in Bosnia-Herzegovina show maximum tolerance and good will and avoid any form of provocation, so that the civilian part of the Bosnian agreement could be fully implemented,' Raicevic said.

Yugoslavia sees as important a joint declaration signed by representatives of the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Republika Srpska before the opening of the meeting in Geneva, he said.

Raicevic said that the UNHCR had played a highly important role during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia but that, unfortunately, the humanitarian crisis was still not over. Stressing Yugoslavia's great contribution in reaching and implementing the Bosnian peace agreement, the head of he said that the initiated process of reconstruction was a necessary precondition for the return of refugees and a decent life of all citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Yugoslavia fully agrees with the estimates of the international community about the importance of holding elections in Bosnia by the end of next September, as planned, he said.

As there are difficulties in organizing the return of of refugees, conditions should be provided that they may vote wherever they happen to live at present, Raicevic said. He said that the humanitarian situation and the position of nearly 700,000 refugees currently living in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was very grave.

The Yugoslav economy is unable to provide conditions for their adequate integration and care in general because of the disastrous effects of international sanctions, Raicevic said. He said that international humanitarian activities should by no means be halted and that international development institutions should actively participate in programmes for the integration of refugees who wished to stay in Yugoslavia.