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Serbia Today, 97-02-18

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

Serbia Today


CONTENTS

  • [01] KEY FACTOR OF PEACE
  • [02] MAKEUP EXAM FOR SERBS
  • [03] WITHOUT DETAILS ABOUT PROPOSAL OF SERBS
  • [04] NATIONALISM CLASHES WITH NATIONALISM
  • [05] MUSLIMS NEAR BRCKO ARMING THEMSELVES IN A HURRY
  • [06] ACTIVITY OF ALBANIANS IN KOSOVO ESCALATES INTO VIOLENCE
  • [07] STANDARDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS HARMONIZED WITH THE WORLD ONES
  • [08] GRANIC TO VISIT BELGRADE

  • [01] KEY FACTOR OF PEACE

    The Main Board of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) discussed yesterday the present foreign political situation and the international position of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In the introductory address presented by the chairman of the committee for international cooperation of the SPS and member of the Main Board of the Socialist Party of Serbia, Zivadin Jovanovic, as well as during the discussion, the importance was underlined of the fact that the Socialist Party of Serbia, the leadership of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and of Serbia, are consistently conducting the policy of peace, stability and full protection of national and state interests along the principles of independence, equality and territorial integrity of the country. Under the conditions of profound changes in Europe and in the international relations in general, de-stabilization and conflicts in our most immediate neighborhood, pressures and attempts at interference in our interior affairs - the peaceful policy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has gained its full affirmation and contributed to the strengthening of the position of our country as an indispensable and key factor of peace, stability and cooperation in the region. The Main Board of the Socialist Party of Serbia gave its full support to the development of a comprehensive cooperation with all the countries which are accepting the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an equitable partner and are respecting its national and state interests. Support was also given to the main lines of foreign political engagement, which are leading to the full reintegration of our country into the international community, into all the governmental and non-governmental international organizations.
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Politika, 1997-02-18

    [02] MAKEUP EXAM FOR SERBS

    Ministry of Education of Croatia has submitted to all the primary and secondary schools a conclusion that the school certificates acquired "in the newly liberated areas of the Republic of Croatia, during the occupation, and the school diplomas acquired in the area of Croat Danube river basin during the occupation or in the transitional period, do not have the legal validity as documents in support of proving the degrees of school or professional qualification, i.e. of the graduation from grades and schools". As the reason for such a stand, the fact is stated that the said certificates of Serbian schools in Krajina "are based on inadequate curriculum and teaching plans and programs and that they were issued by the unauthorized institutions". This means that Serbian children who are in possession of the school certificates will be able only conditionally to enrol and continue schooling, but until the end of the year 1997 will have to pass additional exams in order to obtain "valid certificates". Such a stand of the Croat Ministry is yet another reason for the Serbian families with children to be preparing immediately after the end of the school year to leave the region of Slavonia, Srem and Baranja.
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-02-18

    [03] WITHOUT DETAILS ABOUT PROPOSAL OF SERBS

    Meeting was held yesterday in Zagreb between the President of the Executive Council of the Serbian Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem, Dr. Vojislav Stanimirovic and the Croat President Franjo Tudjman. In the communique there are no details about the contents of these talks. It is only specified that Stanimirovic informed Tudjman of the Serbian proposal for the territorial organization of the Region, and that the talks were attended by the UN administrator Jacques Klein. Immediately after the talks Stanimirovic-Tudjman, the discussions started between the Serbian delegation in which are the presidents of all the five present-day Serbian municipalities of which the Region is composed, with the Croat delegation headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic. According to the statement by the Vice President of the Regional Executive Council Milos Vojinovic, the Serbian side has proposed for these talks four topics: formation of the electoral units, i.e. determination of the municipal frontiers in the Region, clarification of the functioning and authority of the Council of Serbian Municipalities, defining of the office of "podzupan" (county vice president) which is being offered to Serbs in Vukovar and Srem and Osijek-Baranja county and explanation of the formulation "high posts in various ministries of Croatia", which was also offered to the Serbian side in the Croat Letter of Intent.
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-02-18

    [04] NATIONALISM CLASHES WITH NATIONALISM

    The ruling party of the Bosnian Muslims gave warning that the political and security situation in the central Bosnian canton is becoming more and more complex, reports the Muslim Radio Sarajevo. This canton, according to the Vienna Agreement, together with the Neretva and Herzegovina one, is proclaimed as a mixed one. While the Muslim side is accusing the Croat side of jeopardizing the process of bringing into life of the Federation, the Croat representatives are saying the same thing about their federal partners. President of the Muslim-Croat Federation Kresimir Zubak, last week stated that in these two mixed cantons the government must be established according to the parity basis, which is being opposed by the Muslim side. "Croats in Bugojno and Travnik are in the same position in which the Muslims are in the western part of Mostar and Stolac", observe the commentaries in the independent media and add that "nationalism has clashed with another nationalism, so the situation is very inflammable".
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-02-18

    [05] MUSLIMS NEAR BRCKO ARMING THEMSELVES IN A HURRY

    Muslim forces near Brcko are arming themselves in a hurry. The foremost in this is the Second Corps of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Army, but also a large number of mujjahedins. The target is their penetration towards the Drina river, according to the system "foot by foot", and the forcible entry into Brcko. This was stated yesterday, during his meeting with the Carl Bildt's adviser for military matters, General Keel, by Major-General Pero Colic, chief of the Main Headquarters of the Republic of Srpska Army. "I pointed out at the war flash points which have been activated in the Muslim-Croat Federation, having as the target Drina and Brcko. The leader of this policy and military strategy is Ejup Ganic, with his fundamentalist followers. General Keel told us that he knows some details in this respect and that the international community will make efforts to prevent them in doing this", stated Pero Colic.
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-02-18

    [06] ACTIVITY OF ALBANIANS IN KOSOVO ESCALATES INTO VIOLENCE

    "The guerilla movement in Kosovo, headed by the so-called liberation army of Kosovo, although in its nucleus, represents a growing danger for stability in Kosovo and safety of the local Serbian minority", comments yesterday's "New York Times" in an article entitled "Resistance of Albanians in Kosovo Grows Into Violence". In the commentary on the situation in Kosovo, having as the immediate cause the recent death of Zahir Pajazit, it is said that he "belonged to the guerilla" and that the Kosovo liberation army confirmed that he and another two of his fiends, who were killed during the attack on the militia forces, were members of this organization. The newspaper further writes that this "organization is fighting for the creation of an independent and ethnically pure Albanian state in Kosovo and that it has claimed responsibility for over ten killings of Serbs and the so-called Albanian collaborators". Recalling that Albanians for six years now are boycotting institutions in Kosmet, "The New York Times" underlined that over the past few weeks their activities in Kosovo have grown into violence. "Kosovo liberation army" and other Albanian organizations are receiving financial aid from abroad, they are training their members in Albania, Iran and Pakistan and are in possession of the large quantities of arms, explosives and communication equipment. The article in "The New York Time" is confirming that in Kosmet there is an escalation of the activities of the illegal organizations of Albanians, which through violence and terrorism wish to achieve their secessionist targets.
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Tanjug, 1997-02-18

    [07] STANDARDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS HARMONIZED WITH THE WORLD ONES

    In the protection of human rights and rights of national minorities, Serbia is applying the highest world standards. This was stated by the republican Minister of Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Ivan Sedlak. "These standards were brought into life in the immediate practice and to the highest extent, and the best support of this claim is the overall situation in Vojvodina", said Minister Sedlak. At the same time he warned that these results can not be the reason for self-contentment, because "our society is now in the process of transition, and this has the influence on this field, in view of the fact that from the poor material basis various problems appear". At the question of the Tanjug reporter from Subotica, what is the Minister's opinion of the state of inter-ethnic relations in this city, in view of, until now, a predominant single-national local government, Sedlak answered that Subotica was always the city of tolerance and mutual understanding of over twenty different nations living in it. Therefore, it is necessary for the political stands of the local government to be adequate to the spirit of democracy. It is inadmissible for the rights of those who have a different opinion, to be obstructed, emphasized Minister Sedlak.
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Borba, 1997-02-18

    [08] GRANIC TO VISIT BELGRADE

    Deputy Prime Minister of the Croat Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, Mate Granic, according to the official announcement, is to visit Belgrade today, at the invitation of the Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Milutinovic. According to the announcement in Zagreb, the purpose of this visit is "to accelerate development of the relations between the two countries". Between Croatia and Yugoslavia there is a number of unresolved issues. The Croat side, among other things, has not yet passed the decision on the return of exiled and expelled Serbs, it did not publish the lists of those Serbs which it considers to be the war criminals, and has not submitted the data on some one thousand Serbs whose fate is yet unknown. Last autumn, when the visit of Minister Granic to Belgrade was planned and then postponed, the agreements on the economic cooperation, transport, insurance and retirement pensions were to be signed. It is believed that these agreements will be signed now, which will be a great contribution to the peaceful reintegration of the Danube river basin and the overall promotion of the relations between the two countries.
    Serbia Today, 1997-02-18 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-02-18

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