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Serbia Today, 96-12-06
CONTENTS
[01] INTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF TRANS-YUGOSLAV MAIN ROADS IN SPRING
[02] MUSLIM STILL EXPELLED FROM MOSTAR
[03] CHEMISTRY AGAINST SERBS
[04] SERBIAN REFUGEES ARE NOT ALLOWED INTO THEIR HOMES
[05] MOSCOW: EVENTS IN BELGRADE FRY INTERIOR AFFAIRS
[06] CERTAIN PROGRESS IN TALKS ABOUT SUCCESSION
[07] STABILIZING THE PEACE PROCESS -- PRIORITY
[08] PEACE IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE ENDED
[01] INTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF TRANS-YUGOSLAV MAIN ROADS IN SPRING
Yesterday, during their talks on the industrial development, Serbian
President Slobodan Milosevic and Montenegrin President Momir Bulatovic, were
informed about the projects of the trans-Yugoslav main roads, connecting Europe
and Middle East, as well as Middle Europe with its South-Eastern part, the South
Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean. In spring, next year, the intensive
construction of the trans-Yugoslav main roads, as parts of modern European
traffic artery. By building modern highways through Serbia and Montenegro,
Yugoslavia will finally become the bridge of the entire European transport
system and establish itself as the country naturally connecting Europe and the
South East. The orientation to build capital objects of the modern traffic
infrastructure is the prime economic goal that should enable FR Yugoslavia to
enter the circle of developed countries. The building of modern highways,
modernization of railway, advancement of telecommunications and other capital
projects at the same time propel the evolving of almost all the industry,
effectively engaging the existing industrial potentials, upgrading the
technological level of the industry and the citizens' standard, was said during
the talks between Mr. Milosevic and Bulatovic.
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Politika, 1996-12-06
[02] MUSLIM STILL EXPELLED FROM MOSTAR
The Muslim Public Security Precinct in eastern Mostar stated that the Croat
authorities from the western Mostar have expelled from their flats and out of
the town two more Muslim families. According to the UNHCR data. in this year, 69
brutal expellings of Muslims from the western Croatian part of Moster have been
registered. UNHCR Speaker, Chris Yanovski said that Muslim are expelled from the
western part of the town almost every day, and expressed his worry that western
Mostar could in near future become ethnically purged. UN Speaker, Alexander
Ivankov said that IFOR has complained to the Croat police several times, but
without results.
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Ekspres, 1996-12-06
[03] CHEMISTRY AGAINST SERBS
The Muslim Army has manufactured and used chemical weapons during the
three-and-a-half year of war in Bosnia. Referring to the article of the London
Information Review, New York Times yesterday says that this was stopped by the
beginning of this year, after the war ceased. The article states that the 120 mm
grenades were filled with chlorine gas in Tuzla. This gas was first used by
Germans in World War I against the French, and after that, in 1925. The Geneve
Protocol has banned it. London publication " The Strategic Policy of Foreign
Affairs", being circulated among the higher Government officials in 160
countries, states the Muslims have used the chlorine gas against Serbs at least
three times, aiming grenades in August, 1993 at the village of Boskovici near
Zvornik. "Times" states that UNPROFOR has confirmed the use of chemical weapons
and that the samples of soil were collected for analysis.
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Vecernje novosti, 1996-12-06
[04] SERBIAN REFUGEES ARE NOT ALLOWED INTO THEIR HOMES
Secretary General of the Serbian Democratic Forum in Croatia, Mr. Veljko
Dzakula, stated at the press conference in Zagreb that the situation regarding
the resettlement of refugees is still very bad, even disastrous. " In the
vicinity of Knin, in Lika and Banija, the houses are still being burglarized,
the tiles, bricks and other material taken away. Recently, there are about fifty
examples of attacking and maltreating the people who stayed or returned, they
are being robbed of the little they still have, and they are being explicitly
told that this is being done in order to make them leave their homes and
Croatia", says Dzakula. There is an additional problem, that the ones who were
repatriated are not allowed to enter their own homes, since Croatian refugees
have already moved in. There is a new aspect - Croats are moved into the houses
of Serbian refugees or the houses are mined at the very time their owner should
return, since he has obtained the permission to resettle. The example of a Serb
from Knin is drastic. He spent the wartime in Plavno and stayed in Croatia after
the Croatian military operation, so he immediately settled his citizenship
documents. He is the owner of a house in Knin, but can not move in, since it was
allocated to a Croatian, who spent all the war time in Croatia, has Croatian
citizenship and is obviously not a refugee. To the Serbs refugees returning to
Croatia, the resuming of normal life is still being made difficult in every way.
this being proved by the example of several families who have returned to the
village of Brusnik near Pacrac, and ELECTRA is refusing to provide electricity
for their house. There are so many of these examples that the coincidence is
quite impossible.
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Politika, 1996-12-06
[05] MOSCOW: EVENTS IN BELGRADE FRY INTERIOR AFFAIRS
The events in Belgrade are solely FR Yugoslavia interior affairs , said
yesterday the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Mr. Vladimir Andreyev. " We are with attentively watching the situation
in FRY, since it is most natural that we are interested that the stability is
maintained there, not only because this is a friendly country, but because
Belgrade was and remains the key factor in regulating the situation in Bosnia
and peacekeeping in the entire Balkan region", said the Russian Diplomat. By
almost the same words, the Moscow approach was defined by the unnamed
high-ranking representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in his
statement to INTERFAX. Commenting the issue of local elections, he said that "
the authorities have acted lawfully" and expressed his pleasure that the
conflicts between the authorities and the opposition are manifested quietly and
without riots. The official Moscow is obviously comprehensive in its attitude
that the events in Belgrade should be treated with great caution and that any
attempts to influence the situation from abroad is unacceptable. Russian Foreign
Minister, Mr. Yevgeny Primakov, heading the Russian delegation at the Peace
Implementation Conference in London, suggested that all the participants of the
Conference accept the same approach. He stressed that the attempts of some
countries to influence the momentary events in Belgrade are unacceptable, and
underlined that FR Yugoslavia is " a very important factor of peaceful solution
of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina".
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Tanjug, 1996-12-06
[06] CERTAIN PROGRESS IN TALKS ABOUT SUCCESSION
During the continuation of talks on the principles of identification of
State property of the Former Yugoslavia, although the four newly created,
independent Republics trying to stretch out the discussion and to draw it back
to the beginning, it could be said that, nevertheless, some [progress was made,
only promising the possible agreement, said Academician Kosta Mihailovic, Head
of the Yugoslav delegation for the Succession, after the meeting of the Group on
Succession, held on Tuesday and Wednesday in London. Mr. Mihailovic defined that
in considering the problem of State property out of the initial seven, four
principles have been accepted as identifying, among which the first being the
method of mutual financing, that Yugoslav delegation has been insisting upon.
Our Delegation opposed the attempt to enter the partial division of foreign
currency, gold, property abroad into agenda, being of opinion that the division
of property could not be performed since the property was not entirely defined
and so its value is unknown, and the means of its division not established.
Academician Mihailovic assessed that, regarding the partial division, there is a
strong international pressure, so that the Yugoslav delegation will be in a
mostly complex situation defending its approach.
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Politika, 1996-12-06
[07] STABILIZING THE PEACE PROCESS -- PRIORITY
Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic, yesterday, at the
conference for foreign press, pointed out that one of the priorities of the
Yugoslav Government is stabilizing the peace process not only in Bosnia, but in
the entire region. Regarding the interior strategy, said Jovanovic, the priority
is given to the advancement, renewal and modernization of industry. "Were those
capacities used in the right way, it will not only be ours, but the interest of
Europe, as well.", added Mr. Jovanovic. Answering the question about the results
of the Yugoslav foreign policy, Mr. Jovanovic reminded the press that FR
Yugoslavia has established diplomatic contacts and normalized relations with
three former Yugoslav Republics and signed the agreements on the questions of
bordering areas and infrastructure, removing the obstacles to gain in
cooperation in other important fields. " Yugoslavia has thus applied in practice
the regional concept in this part of Europe, not only with the former Yugoslav
republics, but also with other countries in this region", said Jovanovic.
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Borba, 1996-12-06
[08] PEACE IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE ENDED
At the Peace Implementation Conference in London, the authorities of both
the Bosnian entities were given equal status and recognition of full
responsibility for all their acts. That was not the case at the Conference held
a year ago, said The Head of the Yugoslav Delegation, Yugoslav Foreign Minister
Milan Milutinovic. The State Secretary stressed that the final document
formulates the authorities both of Republic of Srpska and the Federation as
absolutely equal, and their representatives acted in this way. " Of course, this
is also the result of the election held in Bosnia and Herzegovina in September",
said Milutinovic and pointed out that it is very significant that the peace
process in the next year was discussed at such a high level.
Serbia Today, 1996-12-06 ; Borba, 1996-12-06
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