> Yugoslav Daily Survey > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > (Morning edition) > > BELGRADE, 17 March 2000 > > > YUGOSLAVIA - BELARUS > > a.. YUGOSLAV, BELARUS PARLIAMENT OFFICIALS DISCUSS COOPERATION > b.. YUGOSLAV VICE-PREMIER RECEIVES BELARUS PARLIAMENTARY >DELEGATION > c.. YUGOSLAV MINISTER JOVANOVIC RECEIVES BELARUS' SHIPUK > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > a.. YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL LISTS DEFENCE OF COUNTRY AS >TOP PRIORITY > b.. SAINOVIC SAYS UNMIK CHIEF KOUCHNER'S POLICY FACED WITH >COLLAPSE > YUGOSLAVIA - BRCKO > > a.. YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATEMENT ON STATUS OF BRCKO > KOSOVO-METOHIJA - UN > > a.. U.N. ENVOY SEEKS SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR ALL OF >KOSOVO-METOHIJA > RUSSIA - KOSOVO-METOHIJA > > a.. SELEZNYOV - NATO SHOULD NOT DEAL WITH SITUATION IN KOSOVO >AND METOHIJA > NATO - YUGOSLAVIA - TRIALS > > a.. NATO TO BE ON TRIAL IN BERLIN, NEW YORK FOR AGGRESSION ON >YUGOSLAVIA > FROM FOREIGN PRESS > > a.. ISRAEL AGAINST U.S. REQUEST FOR KOSOVO AND METOHIJA POLICE >REINFORCEMENTS > > > * * * > > > YUGOSLAVIA - BELARUS > > YUGOSLAV, BELARUS PARLIAMENT OFFICIALS DISCUSS COOPERATION > > BELGRADE, March 16 (Tanjug) - The Yugoslav Parliament's Chamber of >Republics (upper house) Speaker Srdja Bozovic met on Thursday with a >delegation of the Belarus Parliament, headed by Council of the Republic (upper >house) Speaker Pavel Shipuk. > > Bozovic welcomed the positive attitude of the Union of Russia and >Belarus to Yugoslavia's accession to the Union, stressing this was a serious >process necessitating a gradual approach. > > Bozovic and Shipuk agreed that the two countries' joint >parliamentary commission should be activated to deal with political issues, >and that a legal foundation should be laid for its continued work. > > Bozovic briefed the Belarus delegation on the situation in the >Yugoslav Republic of Serbia's U.N.-administered province of Kosovo-Metohija. >He stressed the situation was "worse than before the deployment of the >international force (in June 1999)", that the Serbian and other non-Albanian >communities were being driven out and that there was not even "elementary >security for the population". > > He emphasised that Yugoslavia advocates a consistent >implementation of the U.N. Security Council's Resolution 1244 which clearly >states that Kosovo-Metohija is an integral part of Yugoslavia. > > YUGOSLAV VICE-PREMIER RECEIVES BELARUS PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION > > BELGRADE, March 17 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister >Tomislav Nikolic received on Thursday a Belarus parliamentary delegation, >headed by President of the State Council Pavel Shipuk. > > Commenting on the political situation in Yugoslavia, Nikolic said >that the country was the target of a new phase of NATO's aggression reflected >primarily in blatant violations of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 on >Kosovo and Metohija. > > The delegation said that they admired results achieved to date in >Yugoslavia's reconstruction following NATO's aggression last spring, saying >that Belarus was interested in participating in Yugoslavia's development >projects. Shipuk said he was confident that processes in the forming of the >union of Russia, Belarus and Yugoslavia would take their course, saying that >boosting the three countries' economic ties would mostly contribute to the >goal. > > YUGOSLAV MINISTER JOVANOVIC RECEIVES BELARUS' SHIPUK > > BELGRADE, March 16 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin >Jovanovic received on Thursday a delegation of the Belarus Parliament, headed >by Council of the Republic (upper house) Speaker Pavel Shipuk. Jovanovic paid >tribute to Belarus for its principled and unequivocal support for Yugoslavia >in its defence against last spring's aggression by NATO and the United States, >in its post-aggression reconstruction and in the protection of the country's >sovereignty and territorial integrity. > > Both sides showed a willingness for intensifying overall >cooperation and political dialogue. > > The importance of expanding economic cooperation, in order that it >should reflect still more the close political relations and the wider >interests of the two countries, was especially stressed. > > Jovanovic briefed the delegation on the disturbing situation in >Serbian (Yugoslav) U.N.-administered Kosovo-Metohija province, where ethnic >cleansing and genocide are being perpetrated against local Serbs and other >non-Albanians with the complicity of international institutions under U.N. >auspices. > > The "accomplished fact" tactic by which the leaders of the >international Kosovo-Metohja missions support ethnic Albanian separatism and >terrorism, ignoring the U.N. Security Council and its Resolution 1244, was >sharply condemned. > > Pavel Shipuk, in turn, stressed that the Belarus Government and >people would continue to give firm and principled support to the protection of >the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia. > > The Belarus delegation expressed admiration for the bravery and >unity of the Yugoslav people in their resistance to the U.S.-led NATO >aggression, stressing that their courage and success were an encouragement to >all nations fighting for freedom and independence. > > The meeting was attended by Belarus Ambassador to Yugoslavia >Valery Brylev. > > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL LISTS DEFENCE OF COUNTRY AS TOP >PRIORITY > > VALJEVO, March 17 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Lower House Speaker Milomir >Minic has stated that the defence of the Yugoslav people's freedom and >independence and Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial integrity remained >the country's top priorities. > > Addressing a meeting of Serbia's Socialist Party (SPS) in Valjevo, >in the west of the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia, on Thursday, Minic said that, >"We have succeeded in defending our freedom and independence, we shall >persevere in this struggle and are determined to do so both as a people and as >a leadership." > > "We are doing all we can to ensure the consistent implementation >of the U.N. Security Council's resolution on Kosovo and Metohija and to put an >end to violence and terrorising in the Province, and we shall continue to do >so," he said. > > "We firmly insist that the (U.N. peacekeeping) mission KFOR that >has compromised itself in the Province under the U.N. flag must no longer be >allowed to act the way it has acted so far," he said. > > SAINOVIC SAYS UNMIK CHIEF KOUCHNER'S POLICY FACED WITH COLLAPSE > > BELGRADE, March 17 (Tanjug) - Nikola Sainovic Federal Government >Vice-President and member of Serbia's Socialist Party (SPS) Main Board's >Executive Board has said that the policy pursued by head of the U.N. civilian >mission to Kosovo and Metohija (UNMIK) Bernard Kouchner is faced with a >collapse. > > Addressing a news conference in Belgrade on Thursday, Sainovic >said that, consequently, it was vital to put an end to this policy immediately >and to ensure that activities by international security and civilian presences >in the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia's southern province be strictly in line >with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 defining their mandate. > > He also said that speedy activities were being carried out in >Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja, localities in the south of Serbia, aimed at >the area's dynamic economic development, stressing that this was a major issue >in the area. > > Sainovic said that the latest developments had confirmed Yugoslav >President Slobodan Milosevic's statement to the effect that the Yugoslav Army >and state security forces alone can secure peace and life in safety in Kosovo >and Metohija. > > "However, in order to ensure this, the resolution must be first >implemented," he said. > > YUGOSLAVIA - BRCKO > > YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATEMENT ON STATUS OF BRCKO > > BELGRADE, March 16 (Tanjug) - The Yugoslav Government on Thursday >expressed deep concern over U.N. High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch's >giving the status of district to the town of Brcko in Bosnia-Herzegovina. > > This is another in a series of unlawful acts and shows the High >Representative continues to violate the Dayton/Paris Accord, exceed his >mandate and usurp power, which deepens district and political instability in >Bosnia-Herzegovina. > > The Government described the action of the High Representative as >another attempt to impose foreign political and strategic objectives on >Bosnia-Herzegovina, contrary to the legitimate interests of the (Bosnian Serb) >Republika Srpska and the Serb people. Until the High Representative's ruling, >Brcko was part of the Republika Srpska. Bosnia-Herzegovina comprises another >entity, the Muslim-Croat Federation. > > The setting up of a third entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina is in >violation of the Dayton/Paris Accord and of the constitution of >Bosnia-Herzegovina to the detriment of the territorial integrity and >sovereignty of the Republika Srpska. > > The percentage of the Republika Srpska's territory in Bosnia- >Herzegovina as defined under the Dayton/Paris Accord has been diminished and >new boundaries drawn with a view to further splitting up the Serbs. > > The Government invited the Peace Implementation Council and the >international community to rescind the unlawful decisions of the President of >the Court of Arbitration and the High Representative as being unlawful, >unconstitutional and as such not binding. > > KOSOVO-METOHIJA - UN > > U.N. ENVOY SEEKS SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR ALL OF KOSOVO-METOHIJA > > KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, March 16 (Tanjug) - The situation in divided >Kosovska Mitrovica is constantly deteriorating, according to U.N. human rights >envoy Jiri Dienstbier on Thursday. > > Visiting the strife-torn city in the north of the U.N.-ruled >Serbian (Yugoslav) province of Kosovo-Metohija, Dienstbier said it would take >long for the situation in the city to be stabilised. > > He insisted that, if prospects were to be opened, safety must be >guaranteed to the people in Kosovska Mitrovica and in all of Kosovo- Metohija, >otherwise the international community would have suffered a defeat. > > RUSSIA - KOSOVO-METOHIJA > > SELEZNYOV - NATO SHOULD NOT DEAL WITH SITUATION IN KOSOVO AND >METOHIJA > > MOSCOW, March 17 (Tanjug) - Speaker of Russia's State Duma (lower >house of parliament) Gennady Seleznyov has said that NATO should not deal with >the situation in Kosovo and Metohija but civilian organisations like the >European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe >(OSCE). > > Speaking in a meeting with Bulgaria's Ambassador in Moscow Ilyan >Vasilyev on Thursday, Seleznyov said that U.N. Security Council Resolution >1244 providing for a peaceful resolution of the crisis in the Yugoslav >Republic of Serbia's province was not implemented. He said that Duma would >issue a special statement on the matter. > > Seleznyov and Vasilyev discussed the developments in Kosovo and >Metohija and the importance of the presence of Russia's military contingent in >the former Yugoslavia, said a statement issued by the Duma press section. > > The meeting focused on bilateral issues. > > NATO - YUGOSLAVIA - TRIALS > > NATO TO BE ON TRIAL IN BERLIN, NEW YORK FOR AGGRESSION ON >YUGOSLAVIA > > BELGRADE, March 17 (Tanjug) - International tribunals that are to >try NATO for its aggression on Yugoslavia last spring will stage trials in >Berlin on June 2-3 and New York on June 10, the European and U.S. committees >for the organisation of the trials said on Thursday. > > An initiative to try the Alliance for its 11-week aggression on >Yugoslavia and to form international tribunals for the purpose has been >launched by Ramsey Clark, the world's leading human rights champion and former >U.S. attorney-general. > > The committees said in a statement issued on Thursday that NATO's >aggressive war and war crimes committed in Yugoslavia must not go unpunished >because war adventures of this kind must be prevented in future. > > The committees said they wanted to help spread the truth about >this war and bring to book civilian and military officials of the United >States, Germany, Britain and other NATO member states responsible for the >aggression. > > They said the first anniversary of NATO's brutal and perfidious >attack on Yugoslavia, spearheaded by the United States and carried out by 18 >alliance member states, would be commemorated on March 24, saying that the >aggression had been launched in violation of the U.N. Charter and fundamental >norms of international law. > > Under a pretext of human rights protection, the NATO aggressors >jeopardised the lives of millions of people ignoring their basic human rights, >they said. > > NATO's powerful armada bombed round the clock towns and villages >in Yugoslavia for 78 days, maiming and killing thousands of women, men and >children, destroying most of the country's infrastructure and key industrial >facilities, polluting the environment and pushing this developing country >years back, they said. > > The goal of this war was to wage war, to strip the U.N. Security >Council of its power, to replace the respect for human rights by the right of >the might and to test and implement NATO's strategy that poses a threat to >peace in the world, they said. > > The committees warned that new conflicts were being fanned in >Yugoslavia, while the country's territorial integrity was threatened. > > FROM FOREIGN PRESS > > ISRAEL AGAINST U.S. REQUEST FOR KOSOVO AND METOHIJA POLICE >REINFORCEMENTS > > TEL AVIV, March 17 (Tanjug) - Israel will oppose a U.S. request to >send reinforcements in officers to international police forces in the Yugoslav >Republic of Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province, the Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz >reported on Friday. > > The paper said that U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright had >asked Israeli Foreign Minister David Levi that Israel helps send >reinforcements, because the country refused to meet the request when it was >put forth by a lower-ranking U.S. official. > > The paper said that Israeli police and interior ministry chiefs >had opposed the sending of police officers to Kosovo and Metohija explaining >that the police had no right to perform their duties outside the country. > > Following the U.S. invasion of Haiti, Israel sent a small police >unit to this island at President Bill Clinton's intervention, but refused to >send its troops there. > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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