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Cyprus Mail: Press Review in English, 99-04-29

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From: The Cyprus Mail at <http://www.cynews.com/>


Thursday, April 29, 1999

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/Whispers of peace in Yugoslavia?/ THE WAR in Yugoslavia continued to take up most of the space in yesterday's papers as efforts to broker a peace deal were stepped up.

Simerini reported that the warring sides in the Yugoslavia dispute were both involved in efforts to secure a peace deal that was to their advantage. Nato hoped that the relentless bombing would crush morale and force the Yugoslav government to agree to the conditions set by the western alliance. The bombing would continue, parallel to diplomatic efforts for a peace deal. The Yugoslav government had pinned its hopes on Moscow, in the belief that Russia could get the UN Security Council involved in the dispute. Belgrade wanted a solution based on "the strategic logic of the Chinese who speak about two winners or two undefeated".

Machi claimed that the "whispers of peace" were being heard in Kosovo as "the paralysed diplomacy" was being set in motion, giving rise to hopes of a peaceful settlement. The first indication had been a two-hour telephone conversation between presidents Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin. The Americans saw Yeltsin as a possible peace mediator. The second indication was UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's visit to Moscow on Thursday and the third was the failure of the weekend Nato summit to reach any decision about its next moves. The fourth indication was the public criticism levelled against President Milosevic by deputy prime minister Vuk Draskovic.

Alithia asked whether Draskovic's criticism, questioning Milosevic' decisions, had been approved by the Yugoslav president. It speculated that the objective may have been to create public support for a change in the policy being followed by Milosevic. Draskovic had also made a suggestion that would meet with Nato approval. He said that while he would not like to see the countries that were bombing Yugoslavia participating in a peacekeeping force, he was willing to accept a decision of the UN Security Council, with regard to the composition of the peacekeeping troops.

Haravghi led with an attack on the Clerides government for adopting the oil embargo imposed by the EU on Yugoslavia. It quoted Akel deputy Nicos Katsourides as saying that Clerides was misleading the public when he said that Cyprus imposed the embargo because it did not produce oil, because by adopting it he was stopping ships under the Cyprus flag from supplying Yugoslavia. The deputy said that the struggle of the Cypriot people was based on one principle - that of international legality. International legality was being violated by Nato and the Cyprus government should not have imposed the "illegal" oil ban.

Phileleftheros reported that Washington had made it clear it would not follow its Kosovo approach in the case of Cyprus, thus "confirming its double standards". The view was expressed by State Department envoy Thomas Miller, who said that "Cyprus is not Kosovo and we cannot use troops here". He added: "We are against the use of force." Miller said that the US had asked for Russia's co-operation regarding the Cyprus peace efforts, a move which had the support of Britain as well. Foreign Minister Ioannis Cassoulides agreed that the US was guilty of double standards but said this did not justify Cyprus doing the same.

Politis said that Britain had demanded yet another concession from the Cyprus government in the hope that this would give any new peace initiative the impetus it required. Britain had asked Cyprus to start trade relations with the occupied north.

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