Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-07-10

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CONTENTS

[01] YUGOSLAVIA WILL NOT ALLOW INTERNATIONALIZATION OF KOSMET ISSUE

[02] SERBIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES OSCE MISSION HEAD FOR BOSNIA

[03] MUTUAL TRUST IN EASTERN SLAVONIJA DEPENDS ON CROATIA

[04] NO GROUNDS FOR BARRING BOSNIAN SERB DEMOCRATS FROM ELECTIONS

[05] R.S. IS IMPLEMENTING DAYTON AGREEMENT

[06] SENATE - NEW ADVISORY BODY

[01] YUGOSLAVIA WILL NOT ALLOW INTERNATIONALIZATION OF KOSMET ISSUE

Speaking at the presentation of Yugoslavia's economic potentials in Salzburg, where the three-day economic summit of Eastern and Central European states ended Tuesday afternoon, Kontic said Kosmet was an internal issue and that F.R.Y. was ready for dialogue with the representatives of Albanian minority in the province, but would not accept separatism or any international mediation.

F.R.Y. is the state of its citizens and respects minority rights in accordance with its constitution which is in line with the Helsinki documents and European standards, Kontic said.

Answering numerous questions on the alleged plight of the Albanian minority in Kosmet, Kontic said F.R.Y. constitution guarantees to minorities rights greater even than those set out in the Helsinki documents.

Kontic informed the participants of the fundamental aims of Yugoslavia's economic policy - stability of prices and exchange rate, growth of production and exports, restructuring of the economy and privatization.

[02] SERBIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES OSCE MISSION HEAD FOR BOSNIA

Milosevic said it is necessary to enable equal participation in the elections to all political parties, the Serbian President's cabinet said.

Milosevic and Frowick focused on efforts to secure the full freedom of movement to citizens, equal media opportunities for all political parties and other conditions important for the success of the elections.

The talks were also attended by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic.

[03] MUTUAL TRUST IN EASTERN SLAVONIJA DEPENDS ON CROATIA

Aksenyonok, who arrived in Erdut instead of the earlier announced Russian Ambassador to Zagreb Leonid Kerestedziyanc, said that confidence-building had been specially negatively affected by Croatia's amnesty law.

'This law failed to help create an atmosphere for the implementation of the Erdut agreement and the Croatian Government has been informed about the remarks of my country and of other countries so that we expect fundamental changes in this law,' Aksenyonok said.

He said that the reasons why the Erdut agreement has not been implemented should be sought in the unequal rate of realization of two extremely important processes: the reintegration of the region into Croatia and the securing of internationally-recognized human rights and personal and material security for the Serb people living there.

Speaking about the region's autonomy within Croatia, Aksenyonok said that this should be discussed between Belgrade, Zagreb and the local Serb authorities.

The president of the Serb region, Goran Hadzic, said he was 'specially encouraged by the Russian diplomat's position on the need for both processes to be carried out at the same speed.'

Hadzic said that the Serb side had fulfilled all obligations stemming from the Erdut agreement, which placed the region under international administration early in the year. These obligations included demilitarization and the opening of the highway and railinks, but 'this had little effect,' Hadzic said.

'We are entitled to voice our own political stands clearly and to try to realize them by using all means with the exception of military ones for which, after demilitarization, we are no longer capable,' Hadzic said.

[04] NO GROUNDS FOR BARRING BOSNIAN SERB DEMOCRATS FROM ELECTIONS

Spokesman Grigory Karasin told a regular news briefing that Russia was seriously concerned over developments evolving around the so-called Karadzic issue.

Karasin said that, in compliance with the Dayton accords, Karadzic had transferred his powers to Republika Srpska Vice President Biljana Plavsic and would not be running in the elections called for Sept. 14.

He said that Karadzic's decision not to contest the elections was conducive to the implementation of the accords and that to make further demands on the Bosnian Serbs alone could hardly be productive.

[05] R.S. IS IMPLEMENTING DAYTON AGREEMENT

Speaking to a group of European observers, Ninkovic said that Republika Srpska demands the same from the other entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina - the Muslim-Croat Federation.

Explaining the refusal of the Serb population of the city of Doboj, Northern Republika Srpska, to allow the return of Muslims there, Ninkovic said that the Serbs had 'for four years been killed by the same people who now want to return to Doboj.'

[06] SENATE - NEW ADVISORY BODY

The Senate will be made up of 55 members, prominent public figures, as well as scientists and cultural workers - by appointment of Republika Srpska President. The President will also call and chair senate sessions and its members will have immunity equal to that of parliamentary deputies.

The deputies also adopted a draft law on foreign investments and amendments to the citizenship law under which all persons who registered in Republika Srpska by Dec. 22, 1995 will be granted citizenship.

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