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Serbia Today, 96-10-04
Serbia Today
4 October 1996
CONTENTS
[01] BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ACCEPTS STATE CONTINUITY OF THE FR OF YUGOSLAVIA
[02] MILOSEVIC: A DECISIVE STEP FOR STABILIZATION OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION
[03] YUGOSLAVIA AND FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MUTUAL COOPERATION
[04] ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF SERBIA AFTER LIFTING OF SANCTIONS
[05] AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY
[06] AGREEMENTS AND NEW DEALS
[01] BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ACCEPTS STATE CONTINUITY OF THE FR OF YUGOSLAVIA
In the joint statement given yesterday, after the meeting in
Paris, and signed by the President of the Republic of Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic and the President of the three-member Presidency
of Bosnia-Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic, it is stated that
Bosnia-Herzegovina is accepting the state continuity of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will respect
the integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina in accordance with the Dayton
Accords, affirming continuity of the various forms of statehood in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, which the peoples had in Bosnia-Herzegovina
throughout their history. In the statement by the two presidents
the determination is underlined in the strives for the times of
confrontation and conflicts to be replaced by the times of
cooperation and progress. In the bilateral and international
relations Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
will refrain from political and judicial acts not conductive to the
development of friendly relations and cooperation.
By securing prerequisites for the resolution of all the mutual
pending questions in the spirit of peace and cooperation, Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are establishing
mutual diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. It is to
be provided for all citizens, on both sides, to be able to travel
without visas and other special formalities. All the limitations
will be abolished for a free trade and business operations on both
sides, reads among others, the joint statement.
(Politika, October 4, 1996)
[02] MILOSEVIC: A DECISIVE STEP FOR STABILIZATION OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION
President of the Republic Slobodan Milosevic qualified the joint
statement which he signed with Alija Izetbegovic as "a decisive
step towards full stabilization of the political situation in the
region". "I am certain that we shall succeed in doing just what we
have decided and which is in the best interest of all the citizens
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina - to
leave behind us the times of confrontation and to replace it with
the times of cooperation and progress", said President Milosevic.
At the same time, Milosevic expressed gratitude and acknowledgment
to President Chirac for the great contribution which France and
himself personally have given to the stability and reaching of
peace in our region.
(Politika, October 4, 1996)
[03] YUGOSLAVIA AND FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MUTUAL COOPERATION
President of the Republic Slobodan Milosevic had a meeting
yesterday in Paris with the President of France Jacques Chirac. In
a cordial and open talk, greatest attention was devoted to the
further development of the French-Yugoslav bilateral relations and
to the most significant questions of the actual international
situation, with a special emphasis on the steps undertaken in the
direction of strengthening of peace and stability in the region of
the Balkans. The strives and a constructive approach of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and France have offered a great contribution
to the realization of this aim. Mutual interest was underlined for
intensifying links and cooperation in the various fields in which
the Yugoslav and French partners have so far achieved notable and
mutually beneficial results.
(Politika, October 4, 1996)
[04] ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF SERBIA AFTER LIFTING OF SANCTIONS
Lifting of economic sanctions on Yugoslavia has a great
significance for our economy and for all citizens of our country.
It is a question of a first-rate political, economic, cultural and
I would say, civilizational act which is globally returning our
country to the international community - stated the Prime Minister
of the Republic of Serbia Mirko Marjanovic. "Now, when we are free
of great pressures, limitations and difficulties, in an environment
of durable peace and political stability, we must turn towards an
accelerated economic and social development of our Republic. We
have available great production and development potentials which
will make possible over the forthcoming years a fast economic
recovery and a significant growth of the standard of living of the
population", said Prime Minister Marjanovic. He also especially
emphasized that we have succeeded in the period of worst sanctions
of turning the negative trends in the economy into positive ones,
that the confidence has been returned into the local national
currency. Lifting of sanctions is the result of the consistent
policy of peace conducted by our country and of the strives for the
solution of political crisis in former Yugoslavia, said Marjanovic.
(Politika, October 4, 1996)
[05] AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY
Lifting of sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is
an adequate response of the international community to the
contribution and strives of Belgrade in the peace process in
Bosnia, stated yesterday in Vienna Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Austria Wolfgang Chiesel. After the talks with the chief of the
German diplomacy Klaus Kinkel, he stated that "Austria and Germany
in spite of certain skeptical overtones, have greatly strived for
the lifting of sanctions, because all the conditions from the
Dayton Accords have been fulfilled". There is a great interest
among Austrian companies for considerable engagement in the area
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, said Chiesel.
(Borba, October 4, 1996)
[06] AGREEMENTS AND NEW DEALS
Plenary talks between governmental delegations of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and the Slovak Republic were adjourned
yesterday by signing of several agreements on the promotion of
bilateral relations and cooperation in the fields of agriculture,
transport and culture. Prime Ministers of the two countries,
Vladimir Mechiar and Radoje Kontic, have signed the agreement on
the cultural cooperation. Minister of Agriculture Tihomir Vrebalov
and Peter Baco have signed the agreement on quarantine and
protection of plants, on veterinarian cooperation and cooperation
of the two ministries. Yugoslav Minister of Transport and
Communications Zoran Vujovic and the Slovak Minister of Economy
Karol Chesiek have signed the inter-governmental arrangement on
cooperation in the field of aviation. Yugoslav and Slovak Prime
Ministers have stated that these documents will significantly
contribute towards further promotion of the traditionally friendly
relations between the two countries.
(Borba, October 4, 1996)
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