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From: The Serbian Unity Congress Server at http://www.suc.org

MARCH 7 1998 DAY

NEWS REVIEW, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

SARAJEVO - The president of Government of RS Milorad Dodik and economists of Serbian Sarajevo reached today early morning in Lukavica agreement according to which the Government will provide necessary financial funds for economic recovery of seven enterprises from this region. In the statement for SRNA premier Dodik stressed that by revitalisation of these enterprises will be enabled employment of new 850 workers. The president of Government explained that with economists from Sarajevo he talked about issues significant not only for Serbian Sarajevo but also for RS, as economic aspects, development of production, revival of economy and solving housing problems.

NOVI GRAD - The vice-president of National Assembly of RS and president of Serbian Radical Party /SRS/ Nikola Poplasen assessed last night in Novi Grad that RS will survive and that it has good perspective., because the international community wants so. Poplasen assessed that "international relations and discords, fortunately, will not have mush impact on its further future". While talking about return of refugees, he stressed that this issue - which Croatian and Bosniak parties are obstructing - should solve reciprocally, without neglecting possibility of exchange and just reimbursement, which is anticipated by Dayton Agreement.

KOZARSKA DUBICA - The president of SRS RS Nikola Poplasen, commenting last bloody events in Kosovo, assessed that "Republic of Serbia have and must remain unique in current borders, but also much closer and firmly linked with all Serbs who live on Balkan regions. Participating in yesterday's work of the session of Municipal Board of SRS Kozarska Dubica, the vice- president of National Assembly of RS talked to the present members of the party about actual political and economic events in RS and FR Yugoslavia /FRY/. "Serbian people is again in difficult situation, and in Kosovo happened the bloodshed. The international community, in this or that way, is threatening and Serbs are in situation when they must in much larger extent show unity and decisiveness to defend Serbian national interest" - said Poplasen in the statement for SRNA.

VIENNA - The former minister of Foreign affairs of Austria Aloise Mock proposed urgent meeting between Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic and leader of Albanians from Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova, as the step towards easing tensions in that region and called the reputable persons from the international policy to mediate in these talks. In the statement for the daily news of Austrian state TV proposed as the solution for the crisis in Kosovo the formula "autonomy plus", by which is anticipated return of autonomy to Kosovo which was repealed in 1990, strengthened by additional agreements and for Albanians to abandon the idea of secession and further bringing into question the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia. The newest situation in Kosovo Mock assessed as very serious and added that extremists Albanians are bringing into question the authority of Rugova.

AMSTERDAM - Kosovo is one of rear issues about which all Serbs have identical stance, so it will be very difficult to SLobodan Milosevic to give full autonomy to Albanians, as required by the Western diplomacy - is the comment of Dutch news "Folkstrant". "The president of FRY is again in scissors, because from one side he is exposed to the unmerciful American pressure, while on the other side is pressed by the newly arisen spirit of Serbian wakening from which he hardly escaped on the December's elections, past in dominance of Serbian Radicals" - writes Dutch news and concludes that the situation is additionally complicated by the fact that Albanians from Kosovo already long time are not ready for compromise.

NEW YORK - The German Ambassador to UN Tono Eitel stated for SRNA in New York yesterday that Germany "fears from the new wave of refugees from Kosovo", reminding that in that country already live 100,000 persons from this Serbian province. Eitel confirmed that he conveyed the call of minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Klaus Kinkel to Secretary General Kofi Annan for UN to "undertake the measures for preventing further escalation of conflicts in Kosovo".

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