>From: "Jon Corlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA >FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS > >YUGOSLAV DAILY SURVEY > >(Morning edition) > >BELGRADE, 27 January 2000 No. 2859 > >C O N T E N T S : > >FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA >- YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER GIVES INTERVIEWS TO RUSSIAN PAPERS >- YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER SENDS NOTE TO HIS GHANAIAN COLLEAGUE >- 900 MILLION DINARS FOR DISPLACED FROM KOSOVO AND METOHIJA - YUGOSLAV >MINISTER >- USE OF GERMAN MARK IN MONTENEGRO NOT IN KEEPING WITH FEDERAL CONSTITUTION >- AIR TRAFFIC OVER YUGOSLAVIA NORMALISING >- YUGOSLAV GENERAL SAYS PRISTINA CORPS WILL RETURN TO KOSOVO AND METOHIJA > >YUGOSLAVIA - HONDURAS >- HONDURAN STATE SECRETARY RECEIVES YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR > >YUGOSLAVIA - NAMIBIA >- YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO NAMIBIAN PRESIDENT > >KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM >- KOSOVO-METOHIJA ALBANIAN TERRORISTS ATTACK SERBS IN GNJILANE > >BULGARIA - RUSSIA - YUGOSLAVIA >- BULGARIA DENIES RUSSIA'S CRITICISM OVER BALKAN MEETING > >BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA >- REPUBLIKA SRPSKA VICE PRESIDENT SAROVIC ASSUMES PRESIDENTIAL DUTIES > > >FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > >YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER GIVES INTERVIEWS TO RUSSIAN PAPERS >MOSCOW, January 26 (Tanjug) - Russia's two leading papers published on >Wednesday interviews with Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic in >which he spoke in detail of Yugoslavia's stand on a large number of foreign >policy and bilateral issues. >Nezavisimaya Gazeta published the interview with Jovanovic on its front >page under the headline Conditions Exist for Belgrade's Joining Union of >Moscow and Minsk, highlighting his statement to the effect that plans which >the West and terrorists are making are totally illusory. >The high-circulation Moscow daily Vremya MN announced Jovanovic's >interview on its front page, quoting in the headline his statement to the >effect that sanctions are the West's old tune. >Jovanovic said that, over the past five months, he had met with more than >a hundred of his colleagues and other ranking foreign officials, saying >that the few Foreign Ministers of countries that were under isolation could >boast of such activity and contacts. >Responding to a remark by Nezavisimaya Gazeta's editor that Russia and >Yugoslavia were faced with the problem of media war waged against them by >Western countries and commenting on ways of how to fight against it, >Jovanovic said that Yugoslavia had one way only of fighting against the >aggression carried out through media and that was the truth. >"Yugoslavia and Russia and the Yugoslav and Russian peoples are united by >their Slav nationality, common history and culture, and joint goals aimed >at peace and stability in Europe and the world. We are united also by >strategically important political, security, economic, cultural and many >other interests. It is therefore no coincidence that Yugoslavia and Russia >- the Serbian, Montenegrin and Russian peoples - were always at the same >side of the principle of the protection of values and humanism at crucial >periods in history," he said referring to Yugoslav-Russian relations and >prospects for their further promotion. >Today, we are faced with common challenges and have common goals of >promoting our economic, cultural, scientific, technical and all other forms >of cooperation by strengthening our friendship, he said. We are faced with >positive challenges and want to contribute to all that is positive in >Europe and the world through that cooperation and close ties, he said. >We, however, have also a specific challenge in common, he said. This is >the fight against separatism and terrorism. This fight can only be >successful if it is linked and if there is an awareness that, today, >terrorism and separatism are primarily directed against Slav peoples and >that, on top of that, they represent a universal threat in the world, he >said. > >YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER SENDS NOTE TO HIS GHANAIAN COLLEAGUE >BELGRADE, January 26 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin >Jovanovic has sent a note to his Ghanaian counterpart James Victor Gbeho >regarding cooperation between the two countries on the bilateral as well as >the international level. >Yugoslav Foreign Ministry Ambassador Danilo Milic handed over the note to >Anan Cato, Director General of the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry in Accra. >Milic was received also by Chairman of Ghana's State Council Mumuni >Bawumi. In the ensuing talks, attended also by Yugoslav Ambassador to Ghana >Milena Jovanovic-Lukovic, Bawumi voiced satisfaction with the successful >development of bilateral relations between the two friendly countries. He >stressed that his Government would continue to offer full support to the >preservation of Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. >He also said that it was vital for Yugoslavia to re-activate its >membership in the non-aligned movement and for the movement to make a >greater effort to help grant again Yugoslavia its full membership rights in >the United Nations. >Chief of the Ghanaian Army General Staff Gen. F.C. Acafia, who attended a >reception at the Yugoslav Embassy, stressed the importance of all-round >cooperation between Ghana and Yugoslavia as friendly and non-aligned >countries in a joint struggle for the affirmation of the equality of states >and nations in international relations. > >900 MILLION DINARS FOR DISPLACED FROM KOSOVO AND METOHIJA - YUGOSLAV >MINISTER >KRUSEVAC, SERBIA, January 26 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Minister for Refugees, >Displaced and Exiled Persons Bratislava Morina said on Wednesday in the >city of Krusevac, central Serbia, that the Yugoslav and Serbian Governments >have earmarked 900 million dinars as aid for refugees and temporarily >displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija. >Morina, who is also Serbian Minister for Refugees, presented the >corresponding organs in Krusevac with ten tonnes of relief aid for the >internally displaced persons who found refuge in this region. >She pointed out that the corresponding state organs are currently >registering all displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija and that this >data will be verified by the representatives of neutral Switzerland. "This >will be yet another in the series of proof about the activities of the >ethnic Albanian terrorists who are being helped by a part of the >international community and who forced the Serbs and other non-Albanians to >leave their homes," Morina said. >Underscoring that under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 Kosovo and >Metohija is an integral and unalienable part of the Republic of Serbia and >the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Morina stated that she expects the >annulment of all decisions by UNMIK head Bernard Kouchner which are not in >keeping with this resolution. > >USE OF GERMAN MARK IN MONTENEGRO NOT IN KEEPING WITH FEDERAL CONSTITUTION >BELGRADE, January 26 (Tanjug) - The Yugoslav Constitutional Court ruled on >Wednesday that the decision on the use of the German mark in Montenegro >parallel with the national currency dinar, is not in keeping with the >Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Law on the National >Bank of Yugoslavia and the Law on Foreign Currency Transactions. >The Court said that the decision of the Montenegrin Government on taking >over certain competencies of the National Bank of Yugoslavia "with the aim >of protecting the economic interests of Montenegro" is also not in keeping >with the Federal Constitution and the Law on the National Bank of >Yugoslavia. >In November 1999, the Court set a deadline for the Montenegrin Government >to come up with explanations regarding the initiative of the National Bank >of Yugoslavia to begin proceedings for the assassement of the >constitutionality and legality of the controversial Montenegrin decisions. >Montenegro, however, failed to respond. >Quoting constitutional and legal provisions, the Court set out that under >the constitution the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is a >single economic and market area and that only the National Bank of >Yugoslavia, as an independent institution and the only bank of issue within >the Yugoslav monetary system, is responsible for monetary policy, the >stability of the currency and for financial discipline. >The Court also instigated proceedings to investigate the constitutionality >of the Montenegrin Law on Amnesty which released from responsibility all >military conscripts who failed to respond to the mobilization during the >NATO aggression from March 24 - June 10, 1999. >The Court has set a two-week deadline to the Montenegrin Parliament to >take a position on this law. >According to the Court, no republican organ is authorized to release >anyone from the responsibility for the offence of draft dodging since this >is regulated only by federal laws. >The Court said it was stopping the realization of all individual acts >adopted on the basis of the disputed law. > >AIR TRAFFIC OVER YUGOSLAVIA NORMALISING >BELGRADE, January 27 (Tanjug) - Air traffic over Yugoslavia has begun >returning to normal as of dawn on Thursday, according to the National >Flight Control chief. >Flight Control Administration Director Branko Bilbija told TANJUG that, as >of 1 minute past midnight last night, the Yugoslav Flight Control was >guiding 55 percent of all flights over Bosnia- Herzegovina at altitudes >between 9,000 metres and 13,000 m. >Also, radars were guiding planes over Yugoslavia flying from central >Europe to Greece and the Middle East, and there were plans to open >corridors to Croatia and Italy. >"For the past four or five months, talks have been going on in Paris, >Brussels and Rome about normalising air traffic in Yugoslav air space, and >the accords reached have only just begun to be implemented today," said >Bilbija. >He added that flights in Yugoslav air space had been banned since the >start of NATO's aggression on Yugoslavia on March 24, 1999. >When the air strikes ended on June 10, Yugoslav flight controllers took >over about 20 percent of flights, viz. those to Macedonia. As of today, >they were slowly resuming the guiding of planes for all foreign air >carriers. > >YUGOSLAV GENERAL SAYS PRISTINA CORPS WILL RETURN TO KOSOVO AND METOHIJA >LESKOVAC, January 26 (Tanjug) - An annual analysis of the readiness for >action of the Yugoslav Army Pristina Corps was made at the Corps' command >on Wednesday. A statement issued by the Corps press section quoted Corps >Commander Maj. Gen. Radojko Stefanovic, who supervised the proceedings, as >saying that the Corps had been the backbone of the Yugoslav Army's and the >Third Army's defence in Kosovo and Metohija. >Maj. Gen. Stefanovic said that Corps troops had put up a brilliant >resistance to the far superior enemy, saying that, by uniting all defence >forces in the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia's southern province, the Corps >had managed to preserve its potential, troops and materiel sustaining >minimum losses. >The statement also said that, thanks to the state and economic structures' >maximum engagement and assistance offered, the Corps had managed to provide >new facilities made of brick for its entire personnel following NATO's >March 24-June 10 1999 aggression and to create favourable conditions for >the life and work of Corps commands and units. >Third Army commander Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic voiced confidence that the >Corps would soon return to Kosovo and Metohija "where it will raise the >flag of freedom under which all citizens - Serbs, Montenegrins and members >of other ethnic groups - will coexist in peace with ethnic Albanians as >before." > >YUGOSLAVIA - HONDURAS > >HONDURAN STATE SECRETARY RECEIVES YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR >BELGRADE, January 26 (Tanjug) - Honduran State Secretary Tomas Arita >Valle, who is acting Foreign Minister of this central American country, on >Wednesday received the extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador of the >Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dusan Vasic who presented him with copies of >his credentials for President Carlos Roberto Flores. >Vasic conveyed the regards of Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic >and informed Arita Valle about the reasons for the NATO aggression on >Yugoslavia and its consequences, as well as with the successful >reconstruction of Yugoslavia and the difficult situation in Kosovo and >Metohija created because the international community is not implementing >and is violating U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244. >Arita Valle sent regards to Foreign Minister Jovanovic adding his wish for >the resumption of cooperation between the two traditionally friendly >countries. He said he hoped that Yugoslavia would successfully emerge out >of its difficulties and resume its prominent role in international >relations. >The ceremony was attended by honourary Yugoslav Ambassador to Honduras >Jose Jorge Villeda Toledo. > >YUGOSLAVIA - NAMIBIA > >YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO NAMIBIAN PRESIDENT >PRETORIA, January 26 (Tanjug) - Yugoslavia's newly-appointed Ambassador to >Namibia Zoran Bingulac presented in Windhoek on Wednesday his credentials >to Namibian President Sam Nujoma. >Bingulac conveyed Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's best regards at >a reception held at the Presidential Palace, voicing expectation that >Nujoma would soon visit Yugoslavia at Milosevic's invitation. >Bingulac told reporters that the two countries had had friendly relations >for years and that they wanted to promote all forms of cooperation and in >particular that in the sphere of economy. >The reception was attended also by the newly-appointed Ambassadors of >Israel, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Iran, Malawi, Singapore and Iceland. >The Pretoria-based Yugoslav Embassy represents the country in South >Africa, Africa's most developed country, Namibia, which currently chairs >over the non-aligned movement and is a U.N. Security Council member, as >well as Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho. > >KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM > >KOSOVO-METOHIJA ALBANIAN TERRORISTS ATTACK SERBS IN GNJILANE >GNJILANE, January 27 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanian terrorists in >U.N.-administered Kosovo-Metohija's town of Gnjilane have intensified >assaults on local Serbs and other non-Albanians, according to the Serbian >National Council. >For two nights past, ethnic Albanian terrorists threw hand grenades on the >store of Dragan Jovicic, Serb, and the home of Cemal Sacinj, Turk, >plundered the home of Serb Slobodan Mladenovic and damaged other Serb >property, the Council said on Wednesday. >This showed that ethnic Albanian violence against Serbs and other >non-Albanians in Gnjilane, in the Serbian (Yugoslav) Province whose >administration the Government has turned over to the United Nations, was >intensifying, it said, as reported by amateur radio operators. >At the time the attack, there were ten Serbs and one ethnic Albanian in >Jovicic's store, but nobody was killed, as the grenade bounced off the >stairs and into an abandoned international KFor force station, where it >exploded. >The house of Slobodan Mladenovic in Gnjilane's Kamnik district was >plundered by a gang of no less than 18 ethnic Albanians. >For more than a month, the house had been targeted by ethnic Albanian >punks, who kept stoning it in order to scare the Mladenovic family away. >Terrorists have long torched the home of Mladenovic's brother Bogdan and >evicted his other brother, Miodrag, and seized his home, the Council said. > >BULGARIA - RUSSIA - YUGOSLAVIA > >BULGARIA DENIES RUSSIA'S CRITICISM OVER BALKAN MEETING >SOFIA, January 27 (Tanjug) - The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry negatived on >Wednesday Moscow's criticism over hosting last Saturday an informal meeting >of seven Balkan prime ministers to debate the Yugoslav internal situation >in Yugoslavia's absence. >The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday sharply criticised the >isolationist policy and unethical character of the meeting, held in >Hisariya, near Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Although the meeting was informal, its >isolationist attitude towards Yugoslavia could hardly be constructive from >the point of view of normal international practice, not to mention ethics, >the Russian Ministry said. >The Bulgarian Ministry dismissed the criticism, saying this was not >isolationism, but a highly successful new form of regional cooperation. >The Bulgarian press, however, increasingly often points out that regional >problems cannot be solved if Yugoslavia is ignored. > >BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA > >REPUBLIKA SRPSKA VICE PRESIDENT SAROVIC ASSUMES PRESIDENTIAL DUTIES >BANJA LUKA, January 26 (Tanjug) - Republika Srpska (RS) Vice-President >Mirko Sarovic, acting in keeping with the Constitution, assumed on >Wednesday evening presidential duties at a Parliament session in Banja Luka. >Sarovic informed the deputies that he is ready, on the basis of Article 80 >of the RS constitution, to assume presidential duties - to represent RS, to >propose a mandator for the RS Government, to propose the president and >judges of the Constitutional Court, to declare laws and carry out duties in >the sphere of security. >Following Sarovic's address, Parliament Speaker Petar Djokic concluded >that the RS National Assembly has "duly noted" Sarovic's readiness to >contribute to the resolution of the political crisis in RS. >Djokic scheduled the continuation of the ninth session of the RS >Parliament for February 8 when the issue of the election of the new RS >Government is expected to be resolved. > > > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ > > >REVOLUTION, COMMUNIST & CONTINUOUS ! ! ! > > http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/8805/ > >LENIN & RUSSIAN REVOLUTION PAGES: http://members.xoom.com/joncorlett/ > >RCP SITE: http://www.geocities.com/jcorlett8/ > >CHINA COMREV SITE: http://www.geocities.com/jcorlett3/ > >E Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Subscribe or Unsubscribe; Click Reply in E Mail Program, > >enter 'Subscribe' or 'Unsubscribe' on Subject line and Send to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >If wish to receive only certain types of Revolutionary Communist Information >Please Specify. > > >_______________________________________________________________________ > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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