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Serbia Today 96-09-12

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

Serbia Today

12 September 1996


CONTENTS

  • [01] EXPANSION OF PRODUCTION FOR A RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY
  • [02] THE SERBIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVED CARL BILDT
  • [03] SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA WILL BE ABOLISHED
  • [04] BELGRADE ONLY INSISTS THAT THE ERDUT AGREEMENT BE COHERENTLY IMPLEMENTED
  • [05] CONTRACTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF YUGOSLAV GOODS HAVE BEN SIGNED
  • [06] THE CZECH CHAMBER OF ECONOMY IN BELGRADE
  • [07] ABDIC ACCUSED IZETBEGOVIC BEFORE THE HAGUE
  • [08] FIRST DIRECTS SERBIAN-CROATIAN TALKS IN VUKOVAR
  • [09] SPECIAL BULLETIN SUPPLEMENT:"FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION SET BY DAYTON" - THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIDS

  • [01] EXPANSION OF PRODUCTION FOR A RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY

    In view of the 130 anniversary of the Toza Markovic construction material company from Kikinda - Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic received yesterday a delegation of this successful company headed by the General Manager Dmitar Segrt. The delegation informed the President about the results achieved by the firm - one of the biggest European producers in this sector - and about the rather ambitious development plans that will be initiated with the opening of a new production plant. Congratulating his guests on the jubilee, President Milosevic said that our construction industry enjoys a major reputation in the world an particularly stressed the importance of the expansion of production for the renewal and development of our country, which will also promote the increase of living standard. (Politika, September 12, 1996)

    [02] THE SERBIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVED CARL BILDT

    Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic received yesterday the High representative of the international community - Mr. Carl Bildt, and his assistants. The talks were centered on the issues regarding the forthcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the future steps to be taken by political factors for the coherent and successful realization of the Dayton Agreement. Hope has been expressed that the articles of the Agreement will be fully respected in future, and that all sides involved will carried out as the best incentive for the strengthening of peace, stability and the general consolidation of political circumstances in the Balkan region. (Politika, September 12, 1996)

    [03] SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA WILL BE ABOLISHED

    US Deputy Secretary of State John Cornbloom - President Clinton's Peace Envoy for the Balkans - said yesterday that the economic sanctions against Yugoslavia will be abolished - in accordance with the Dayton Agreement - ten days after the elections in Bosnia. At a press conference he also remarked that this might be jeopardized only if the legitimacy of the elections is challenged, which is quite improbable. Mr. Cornbloom reminded that the abolition of sanctions against Yugoslavia is regulated by a special UN Security Council, adopted a day after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. This document specifies that the economic embargo will be definitively and formally lifted ten days after the elections in Bosnia.

    The postponement of local elections in B&H will not affect the abolition of sanctions against FR Yugoslavia ten days after the general elections - said yesterday the international community High Official for Bosnia - Mr. Carl Bildt. "UN Security Council Resolution No. 1022, talks about the first free elections, so that the fact that the local election have been postponed will in no way affect the lifting of the sanctions ten days after the elections", stressed Mr. Bildt at the press conference held in Belgrade. (Politika, September 12, 1996)

    [04] BELGRADE ONLY INSISTS THAT THE ERDUT AGREEMENT BE COHERENTLY IMPLEMENTED

    In view of the establishment of diplomatic relations between FR Yugoslavia and Croatia, an interview with the head of the Yugoslav Bureau in Zagreb - Mr. Veljko Knezevic has been published by the Osijek daily "Glas Slavonije". "The Yugoslav public judged positively the agreement on the normalization of relations. The people are eager for peace and security so that they might turn to the improvement of their life, work, economic development and the struggle for the increase of overall living standard." - said Mr. Knezevic. Asked to comment the position of official Belgrade concerning the course of the peaceful reintegration of Croatian territories in the Danube basin, Mr. Knezevic said: "The contribution given by the Yugoslav side is well known - from the concept to the final formulation of the Erdut Agreement. Belgrade expects nothing more than the realization of the contents and the spirit of this document. This means that all controversies are to be settled through dialogue, patiently and with tolerance." Responding to the question on the legal importance of the mutual recognition of continuity and statehood, Mr. Knezevic remarked: "Yugoslavia has enjoys the full right of state-legal continuity. There are no controversies. In the succession procedure, Yugoslavia will not ask for anything that might place the other parties in an inferior position." (Politika, September 12, 1996)

    [05] CONTRACTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF YUGOSLAV GOODS HAVE BEN SIGNED

    Contracts with various Yugoslav metal industry firms have been signed yesterday in Belgrade - defining the export of Yugoslav products to China. These contracts - worth some 75 million dollars - signed by "Sartid 1913", "Zmaj", "Viskoza" and "Ivo Lola Ribar", are part of the major exports arrangements for 330 million dollars. This arrangement based on the trade agreement between "Jugopetrol" and the Chinese oil corporation "Cinechem" from Beijing, envisages the import of two million tons of crude oil. Quite soon, contracts with a group of companies headed by IMT from Belgrade and with "Sever" from Subotica will be signed. "This export arrangement greatly strengthened our trade with China, and next year it will be increased further", said Mr. Dragan Tomic - Member of the Serbian cabinet. According to Mr. Needle Sipovac - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister - the importance of these arrangements lies in the fact that the Yugoslav market needs for crude oil will be ensured. The imported oil allowed the renewal of production of the Yugoslav refineries. Thanks to this important barter arrangement - our companies have gained access to this great and interesting market. (Borba, September 12, 1996)

    [06] THE CZECH CHAMBER OF ECONOMY IN BELGRADE

    The Chamber of Economy of the Czech Republic will soon open its office in Belgrade, in order to endorse the trade with FR Yugoslavia - the Czech daily "Pravo" announced. The office will be opened in accordance with the arrangement made with the Yugoslav Chamber of Trade and Industry, and has the prime objective to inform the Czech businessmen on the Yugoslav business environment and to be involved in the exchange of commercial and technical information. After the suspension of the sanctions numerous Czech companies re-opened their representative offices in Belgrade. Former Yugoslavia and former Czechoslovakia had an annual trade volume of 1,5 billion dollars, and were each others third and fourth foreign business partner, respectively. (Borba, September 12, 1996)

    [07] ABDIC ACCUSED IZETBEGOVIC BEFORE THE HAGUE

    Fikret Abdic - leader of the Moslems from the Cazin region - and presidential candidate at the elections in Bosnia - stated yesterday in Zagreb that he will bring charges against Alija Izebegovic for crimes of war. "I have firm evidence to corroborate the charges. I will prove that he provoked the inter-Moslem clashes in 1993-1994 in the zone of Bihac, and I have all material evidence to do it." " - said Abdic, without specifying the nature of the evidence against Izetbegovic in his possession. (Politika, September 12, 1996)

    [08] FIRST DIRECTS SERBIAN-CROATIAN TALKS IN VUKOVAR

    "I think that dialogue is the most important thing and we managed to promote it today, because the people on both sides deserve that their representatives do all they can to to enhance the process. Today, the Croatian side submitted the new draft law on amnesty, that will hopefully be wide enough and solve the concerns that trouble most of the people in the area", said yesterday in Vukovar the transitional UN Administrator - General Jacques Cline - after the meeting between the delegations of the Croatian Parliament and the Assembly of the Serbian Region of Eastern Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem. This was the first meeting of the representatives of the highest representative bodies of the Serbian Region and the Republic of Croatia. "The process of integration of our region should run during the transitional period and general Cline's administration" stressed the Chairman of the Regional Government - Dr. Vojislav Stanimirovic - and appealed to the population to understand that this process will take place in the months to come. By the end of the UNTAES we have to finish all the work, so that the survival of our people in this territory might be ensured - concluded Dr. Stanimirovic. (Vecernje Novosti, September 12, 1996)

    [09] SPECIAL BULLETIN SUPPLEMENT:"FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION SET BY DAYTON" - THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIDS

    The renewed contacts between Slovenia and FR Yugoslavia will most certainly rely on economic cooperation to clear the way for political cooperation. It is also evident that Slovenia will be the last of the former federation members that Yugoslavia will normalize relations with. One of the indicators of the Slovenian interests to normalize relations as soon as possible, are the frequent statements made by the leading Slovenian political figures endorsing the renewed contacts with FR Yugoslavia. These statements are marked by optimism ("normalization is just a question of time") and are accompanied by a visible media campaign on economic interests Slovenia has in the Yugoslav market. Public demands to the effect that Slovenia should leave behind its specific isolationism are being heard. Such demands and the statements made by Slovenian politicians are linked to the changes in the mood and political stands of the Slovenians. A recent survey revealed that most of the Slovenians believe that among the former Yugoslav states, FR Yugoslavia is the most favorable long-term ally for Slovenia. However, the survey results have also a social background. In fact, some 150.000 Slovenians are now without steady employment, and about 30% of the people of this former Yugoslav republic is socially jeopardized. After the Slovenian secession in 1991, and the subsequent termination of trade and political relations with FR Yugoslavia the industrial workers were the ones that suffered the most. The Slovenian industrial sector now employs about 230.000 workers, and before the secession they were 40% more. This prompts frequent demands of the Slovenian businessmen that the economic strategy of turning to western markets only be abandoned and that the former Yugoslav markets that were lost in the past several years (1991-1995) should be "attacked" again as well as the eastern Europe markets. This is supposed to incite not only the industrial production rate and the employment of Slovenian workers, but also promote general economic growth which is strongly affected by the lasting recession in the western countries - especially Austria and Germany, with which Slovenia made most o the trade since 1991. Obviously, pragmatic interests and probably external pressure, induced Slovenia to try to change its course and attempting to transform its role of isolated and passive observer - that often turned into the role of cynical critic of the bloody events in former Yugoslavia that it contributed to - with different more realistic stands.

    However, the sincerity of these changes can be doubted, since Slovenia continues to pursue its anti-Yugoslav stands in all international forums, especially regarding the distribution of property of former socialist Yugoslavia. Only the final settlement of this issue will help improve the relations and allow their true normalization.


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