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Yugoslav Daily Survey, 98-06-03Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Yugoslavia <http://www.yugoslavia.com>Yugoslav Daily SurveyCONTENTS
[01] TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SERBIAN POLICE CONTINUE IN KOSOVO-METOHIJATanjug, 1998-06-02A group of armed ethnic Albanian terrorists again opened fire from autom atic guns and mortars on Serbian police trying to restore traffic on the Decane-Djakovica road in Kosovo-Metohija Tuesday, said the Pristina-based Media Centre. Police officer Zeljko Sijan was killed in these clashes near the village of Crnobreg, the same source said. It added that the police had eliminat ed a large group of terrorists in Crnobreg proper. According to the same source, terrorists were shooting at the police fro m houses and fortifications built in villages on both sides of the Decane - Djakovica road. Ethnic Albanian sources did not say on Tuesday if there were any casualt ies in the clash. They confirmed that armed clashes continued and reporte d clashes underway in the villages of Balaboc and Glodjane. According to unofficial reports released earlier, the village of Glodjan e hosts one of the strongholds of the ethnic Albanians terrorist organiza tion, the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army. [02] BOSNIAN SERB, MUSLIM-CROAT FEDERATION OFFICIALS DISCUSS BRCKO ARBITRATIONTanjug, 1998-06-02Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik conferred on Tuesday evening with President of the (Muslim-Croat, 1998) Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina E jup Ganic on the implementation of the additional arbitration decision on Brcko. In a statement to reporters after a meeting held at international high r epresentative's Brcko Office, Dodik thanked the office for giving the Rep ublika Srpska Government a chance to again confirm its determination to c onsistently implement the arbitration decision on Brcko. He said the implementation of the arbitration ruling had been delayed on ly due to lack of funds for the town's economic revival and for construct ion and repairing of damaged houses. Dodik urged, if international donors wanted to invest in Bosnia-Herzegov ina, that they should do so in Brcko. [03] ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONTENEGRIN ELECTIONSTanjug, 1998-06-02Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini said he was satisfied because the Sunday parliamentary and local elections in Montenegro had been regular and held in a peaceful climate, which he said was confirmed in an OSCE re port. According to the statement, submitted to Tanjug by the Italian Embassy i n Belgrade, Dini invited all political parties to observe the election re sults and establish an atmosphere of an open political dialogue in Monten egro. Dini said that Italy wanted the rapprochement of all of Yugoslavia to Eu rope. In this context he said that Italy attached special attention to co operation in fighting illicit trade in order to make the Adriatic the sea of friendship and prosperity for the entire region. [04] RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON MONTENEGRIN ELECTIONSTanjug, 1998-06-02The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed hope that the May 31 e arly parliamentary elections in Montenegro would help consolidate the sit uation in the republic and welcomed the fact that the vote had been peace ful. Russia hopes that the Montenegrin elections will help consolidate the Mo ntenegrin society, activate the process of democratic changes in the Repu blic and stabilise the Yugoslav Federation as a whole, Russian Foreign Mi nistry Spokesman Valery Niesterushkin said. Quoting the OSCE monitors' assessment, he told reporters that regardless of a tough competition the Montenegrin elections had passed in an organi sed manner and without any serious violations of the electoral rules. [05] PRIMAKOV: RUSSIA'S THREE "NOS" REGARDING KOSOVO-METOHIJATanjug, 1998-06-02Russia's stance on resolving the situation in Serbia's southern Province of Kosovo-Metohija consists of three "Nos", Russian Foreign Minister Yev geny Primakov said on Tuesday in Bern. The first "No" regards the maintaining of a status quo in the Province a s Russia believes this to be impossible, Primakov said. The second "No" regards any separation of Kosovo-Metohija from Serbia an d Yugoslavia as this would lead to war and bloodshed. Russia consequently advocates autonomy of the Province within Serbia, of which some elements can be taken up to the federal level, Primakov said. The third "No" regards international use of force unless requested by Yu goslavia, as Kosovo-Metohija is Yugoslavia's internal issue, Primakov sai d. This stance does not, however, mean that Russia will stand aside and sim ply observe developments, he added. Russia has done, is doing and will do everything in its power to ensure a successful holding of negotiations between Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova, and believes that th e problem can be resolved only through negotiations, Primakov said. Primakov made this statement at a press conference following his meetin g with Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti. [06] DJAKOVICA AUTHORITIES INVITE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO THEIR VILLAGESTanjug, 1998-06-02Local authorities in Djakovica on Tuesday invited the inhabitants of the border villages of Ponosevac, Smonica, Brovina and Stubla, who left thei r houses because of armed conflicts, to return home, the Pristina Media C entre has said. In an invitation broadcast on Djakovica's local radio station, authoriti es guarantee safety to all who do not take terrorist actions. The same call was made to the citizens of Decani and border villages in this municipality, the statement said. [07] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER URGES TOGETHERNESS, DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATIONTanjug, 1998-06-02Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, has sent a message to his Balkan co unterparts ahead of the regional ministerial meeting to be held in Istanb ul on June 8-9, urging togetherness, dialogue and reconciliation. In an interview to the Wednesday issue of the Belgrade daily Politika, C em said that Turkey was making serious preparations for the Istanbul meet ing to be attended by Foreign Ministers of Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Albania and Turkey and observed by Croatia and Bosnia - Herzegovina. Cem said that at the previous summit of Balkan heads of st ate or government held at the Greek island of Crete last November the cou ntries of the region had sent a clear message to the world saying they we re capable of taking care of themselves and that others had a false image of them. We have proved that we can do something together, perhaps not t o create institutions, but to forge initial forms of cooperation. This wa s an important thing to show to both the world and to ourselves, Cem said He said that major powers had always had their interests in the Balkans and this was why they had interfered, adding that the states of the Balka n region had of late shown that they could also cooperate among themselv es. We can show the world that their incessant attempts to interfere are sup erfluous, said Cem. Referring to relations between Turkey and Yugoslavia, he said that there had been some difficulties in that respect for some time, but that the t wo countries had started developing even better relations. Cem said that the former Yugoslavia had been one of Turkey's major partn ers and that Ankara had had good relations with all former Yugoslav repub lics. He added that he was convinced that in the foreseeable future, Turk ey would have excellent relations with Yugoslavia, just as it had always had. He also voiced hope that the issue of Kosovo-Metohija would be resolved through talks. Cem said that Yugoslavia was among the Balkans' most experienced countri es in terms of politics, economy, industry and science and that boasting such a tradition, Yugoslavia was in the position to give a much greater c ontribution to the development of the region. Yugoslav Daily Survey Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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