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Serbia Today 96-08-07

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

Serbia Today

7 August 1996


CONTENTS

  • [01] MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENTS MILOSEVIC AND TUDJMAN
  • [02] RECOGNITION OF THE FRY PEACE POLICY
  • [03] THE VOTERS FOR THE BOSNIAN ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN LISTED
  • [04] PART OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK
  • [05] FORCED AGREEMENT IN MOSTAR
  • [06] THE TIMES: TUDJMAN IS LYING
  • [07] "SECRET LISTS" FOR ASSASSINATION
  • [08] CROATIAN WRITERS BEFORE SHAKESPEARE AND MOLIERE

  • [01] MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENTS MILOSEVIC AND TUDJMAN

    Serbian President Milosevic and the President of the Republic of Croatia - Franjo Tudjman are meeting today in Athens. It is expected that they will discuss the enhancement of the Yugoslav -Croatian relations. Mr. Dmitris Repas - spokesman of the Greek Government said Milosevic and Tudjman have been invited to Athens by the Greek Prime Minister Kostas Simitis. The three leaders will also discuss the enactment of the Dayton peace document on Bosnia. Mr. Simitis will first have talks with his two guests, and then they will continue separate talks on the improvement of bilateral relations. (TANJUG, August 7, 1996)

    [02] RECOGNITION OF THE FRY PEACE POLICY

    Yugoslavia and Turkey have normalized the diplomatic relations that have been brought back to the ambassador level. In receiving the credentials from Mr. Darko Tanaskovic - the new Yugoslav Ambassador in Ankara, Turkish President Suleyman Demirel expressed satisfaction for the fact that he relations between the two countries have been brought back to embassy level. The approval of the Dayton Peace Agreement marked the decisive step in the creation of the conditions for peace in Bosnia, and this was particularly helped by Yugoslavia and President Slobodan Milosevic - said President Demirel. Thus, Yugoslavia has demonstrated that it endorses peace, stressed the Turkish President and suggested that regional cooperation should be pursued because this is the best option for the integration into Europe of the Balkan countries. Turkey started abandoning it biased policy regarding Yugoslavia only after the adoption of the peace agreement, and before that it continually accused Belgrade without any arguments. (Borba, August 7, 1996)

    [03] THE VOTERS FOR THE BOSNIAN ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN LISTED

    The Yugoslav Government Committee established to help the refugees exert their voting rights in the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, revealed at the session held yesterday that the first and most delicate task - the registration of the Bosnian voters in FR Yugoslavia - has been completed as planned. Enough time remains to verify the lists. Most of the registered voters stated that they would like to go to Bosnia to vote, and their transfer will be organized by the Committee in cooperation with the corresponding state institutions. The Committee addressed a letter to Ambassador Robert Frowick - Chairman of the OSCE Temporary Elections Mission for Bosnia, inviting him to visit Yugoslavia and verify directly the preparations for the elections. (Borba, August 7, 1996)

    [04] PART OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK

    Bulgarian Prime Minister Zhan Videnov and Yugoslav Federal Premier - Dr. Radoje Kontic will meet in mid-August on the border to inaugurate the new optical telecommunication cable linking Sofia and Belgrade - said Mr. Ljubomir Kolarov - Chairman of the Bulgarian Committee for postal and telecommunication services. The modernization of the telecommunications network will mark a new stage in the cooperation between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia which have greatly improved their relations in the past several years - for the benefit of both nations. This link is important not only for the economies and communications, but it will directly bring closer the two peoples - remarked Mr. Kolarov. This telecommunication backbone will be integrated into the powerful global telecommunications network linking the Far and Near East with Central and Western Europe through Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. (Vecernje Novosti, August 7, 1996)

    [05] FORCED AGREEMENT IN MOSTAR

    After several days of extenuating negotiations, the Mostar Croats and Moslems, reached yesterday an agreement on the creation of joint municipal administration in view of the results of the local elections held in June, stated the EU representative. For the time being, no details have been revealed about the agreement, and it is expected that they will be made public at a later date.

    London circles remark that the signing of the agreement does not mean that the crisis in the relations between the Croats and Moslems Mostar has been overcome. According to Radio BBC, this is particularly due to the fact that the agreement practically met all the Croatian demands and because Mostar will essentially remain a divided city. British commentators conclude that the latest crisis in Mostar, regardless of the current solutions, greatly altered the situation in the Moslem-Croatian Federation, and consequently in the overall peace project for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In a broader perspective, this marks another defeat of the EU foreign policy and of its political experiment in Bosnia - say analysts in London. (Borba, August 7, 1996)

    [06] THE TIMES: TUDJMAN IS LYING

    All along the crisis in Mostar, London used the leading media to exert a strong pressure on Croatian President Tudjman. After The Guardian, The Independent, yesterday's Times joined the campaign: "President Tudjman always managed to "outwit" European mediators and UN representatives. Due to his ambitions to create a greater Croatia, he never actually accepted the logic of the Dayton Agreement. He refused to collaborate with the investigators of the international Tribunal for war crimes. He did not accept the results of the free elections for the Mayor of Zagreb. He refuses to allow the return of the Krayina Serbs. His Croats in Mostar now refuse to acknowledge the results of the elections held in this divided city in Bosnia, thus undermining the general elections that are due in September." The same daily also remarks that Tudjman insists that he has no control over the Bosnian Croats and continues: "Still, President Clinton and Sir Martin Garrod - the EU Administrator in Mostar - know that this is a lie." (Politika, August 7, 1996)

    [07] "SECRET LISTS" FOR ASSASSINATION

    The United Nations Agency for refugees (UNHCR) revealed that the lack of cooperation by the Zagreb Government prevents the return of some 180,000 Serbs that fled from the territory of Krayina a year ago. According to the UNHCR press representative - Ron Redmond, the second fact blocking the repatriation of the refugees is that some ten thousand Serbs - mostly elderly and sickly- that have stayed in Krayina faced "harassment and intimidation" during the past year, and that Bosnian Croats are settling in Serbian homes. A particular problem lies in the existence of "secret lists" of persons wanted for questioning, having allegedly committed crimes, and used by Croatian Police and Border Patrols. "No one knows who is on these lists" - said Mr. Redmond. (Politika, August 7, 1996)

    [08] CROATIAN WRITERS BEFORE SHAKESPEARE AND MOLIERE

    Croatia has made "historical achievements" and "Knin has been returned into the bosom of mother Croatia - pure as it was at the time of King Zvonimir", said Franjo Tudjman at the celebration of the anniversary of the "Operation Storm". Reminding in a pathetic tone that Knin was supposed to become the capital of "a Serbian republic that would rule all Croatia" and that "such a Serbian republic enjoyed the support of Europe and the world", Tudjman stressed that "Croatia has shown that it is capable of freeing itself". According to the Croatian President, the international community abandoned the idea of involving Croatia in "some kind Balkan confederacy or union" because it was faced with "Croatian resoluteness and because it is aware that this stand is backed by the Croatian armed forces". He added that for the past 14 centuries Croatia has been part of Central Europe and corroborated this with revelations about Croatian culture, which is - he said - older than many other European cultures. Reacting to the fact that "European countries are trying to give us lessons", Mr. Tudjman remarked that "Croatia had writers whose works were translated into other languages long before Shakespeare and Moliere". Illustrating the Croatian greatness and wisdom, Mr. Tudjman affirmed: "Such a Croatia had the foresight to fight on both sides in World War II in order to secure its future." (Politika, August 7, 1996)
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