> > > Yugoslav Daily Survey > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > BELGRADE, 25.April 2000. > > > YUGOSLAVIA - BILATERAL RELATIONS > > a.. MILOSEVIC RECEIVES NEWLY-APPOINTED MEXICAN AMBASSADOR > b.. MILOSEVIC RECEIVES ARGENTINA'S NEW AMBASSADOR > c.. PROMISING ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MALI > d.. ZIVADIN JOVANOVIC ARRIVES IN GHANA > e.. BOZOVIC RECEIVES INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN FAREWELL VISIT > f.. MAROVIC, VUJANOVIC RECEIVE YEGOSHKIN > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > a.. SERBIAN PREMIER ATTENDS ALL RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF >MANUFACTURERS > b.. MATIC SAYS AGGRESSORS WILL SOON ENTER TWILIGHT > c.. PROGRAMS AWAITING FUNDING > NATO AGGRESSION - "WHITE BOOK" > > a.. WHITE BOOK ON NATO CRIMES PRESENTED IN RUSSIAN DUMA > SERBIAN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA > > a.. HEALTH OF STRIKING SERB PRISONERS INCREASINGLY WORSENING > b.. DETAINEES SEND LETTER TO KOUCHNER > KOSOVO AND METOHIJA - TERRORISM > > a.. SERB VILLAGE PANTINA NEAR VUCITRN RAZED > b.. SERBIAN HOUSES BLASTED IN KOSOVSKA VITINA > > > * * * > > > YUGOSLAVIA - BILATERAL RELATIONS > > MILOSEVIC RECEIVES NEWLY-APPOINTED MEXICAN AMBASSADOR > > BELGRADE, April 25 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Slobodan >Milosevic on Tuesday received the credentials of newly-appointed, >extraordinary and plenipotentiary Mexican Ambassador to Yugoslavia Carlos >Alejandro Rodriguez y Quezada. > > In keeping with state protocol, the Mexican ambassador toured the >Guard of honour before presenting his credentials. > > Addressing President Milosevic, Ambassador Rodriguez y Quezada > > said the peoples of Mexico and Yugoslavia were linked with close >ties of friendship and joint interest in expanding bilateral cooperation >conducive to the progress of the two countries. > > Receiving the credentials, President Milosevic said the Yugoslav >people nursed friendly feelings toward the people of Mexico, and that the two >countries were linked with joint efforts toward strengthening peace and >affirming equality in the world. > > The rich freedom-loving traditions of our peoples contribute to >mutual understanding, which is doubtless an important stimulus to the >development of cultural and economic ties, President Milosevic said, wishing >Rodriguez y Quezada success in his diplomatic mission. > > After receiving the credentials, President Milosevic engaged the >new Mexican ambassador in a brief conversation. > > MILOSEVIC RECEIVES ARGENTINA'S NEW AMBASSADOR > > BELGRADE, April 25 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Slobodan >Milosevic on Tuesday received the credentials of Argentina's new ambassador >Carlos Abel Martese. > > Presenting his credentials, Martese said he hoped Yugoslav- >Argentinian relations would continue to develop successfully, and stressed >that the two nations aspired after consolidation of global peace and faster >development, especially of the developing states. > > Accepting the credentials, Milosevic stressed that Yugoslavia >wished to promote relations and cooperation with Argentina, bearing in mind >either side's economic interests and joint efforts for the equality of states >and nations in the world. > > He wished the new ambassador success in the performance of his >diplomatic duties, and stayed with his for a brief cordial talk. > > PROMISING ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND MALI > > BAMAKO, April 24 (Tanjug) - Economic cooperation between >Yugoslavia and Mali has good prospects, which was inherent in the very >concrete talks held in Bamako on Monday between Yugoslav Foreign Minister >Zivadin Jovanovic and a group of Yugoslav businessmen, and Mali's Minister of >Industry, Trade and Transportation Ture Traore and officials of the Chamber of >Commerce of this African country. > > In separate talks between the two ministers, the sides confirmed >the readiness of the two governments to facilitate and aid the participation >of Yugoslav companies in plans for the development of Mali's agriculture, >processing industry, railway and air traffic, the construction industry, and >in particular the utilization of prospects offered by the 1,000km-course of >the Niger River. > > Ministers Jovanovic and Traore underlined the resolve of the two >governments to create a legal basis for economic cooperation, for which they >have already prepared agreements on avoiding double taxation and guaranteed >investments. > > The possibilities and level of technological development of the >Yugoslav economy are well known in Mali, and in the entire region of western >Africa, and in the whole continent where Yugoslav companies have constructed >over 20 hydroelectric power plants, more than 10 airports, sea ports, >highways, and many other objects. > > The Yugoslav delegation ended its visit to Mali with these >meetings and left for Ghana. > > ZIVADIN JOVANOVIC ARRIVES IN GHANA > > ACCRA, April 25 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin >Jovanovic arrived Monday evening on an official visit to Ghana, where he will >hold talks on Tuesday with top officials of that friendly country about the >promotion of cooperation, in the first place economic. > > In a statement to Ghanean journalists at the airport in Accra, >Jovanovic stressed that he will use the talks to give concrete form to new >projects, an exchange of opinions about the situation on the international >scene and about the efforts of the two countries for a peaceful resolution of >problems in the world. > > Minister Jovanovic stressed that Yugoslavia and Ghana can be proud >about the results of very stable cooperation so far, which should now be >strengthened. > > The talks in Accra will mark the end of the visit of the Yugoslav >foreign minister to countries of Western Africa. > > BOZOVIC RECEIVES INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN FAREWELL VISIT > > BELGRADE, April 25 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav parliament Chamber of >Republics President Srdja Bozovic on Tuesday received Indian Ambassador to >Yugoslavia Shankar Matura in a farewell visit. > > Ambassador Matura this month ends his diplomatic mission in >Belgrade. > > In the talks, it was agreed that relations between Yugoslavia and >India are good and are characterized by mutual understanding, friendship and >interest in their further promotion. > > "We are grateful that India's official stand encouraged us to >persevere in practising a policy which meant the preservation of Yugoslavia's >territorial integrity and sovereignty, and the creation of preconditions for >strengthening its international position," Bozovic said. > > Matura, who spent over three years in Yugoslavia as ambassador, >said he would always fondly remember Yugoslavia and its friendly people. > > MAROVIC, VUJANOVIC RECEIVE YEGOSHKIN > > PODGORICA, April 25 (Tanjug) - Montenegrin parliament president >Svetozar Marovic received on Monday in Podgorica the newly-appointed >Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Yugoslavia, Valery Yegoshkin. > > It was said that Ambassador Yegoshkin was also received on Monday >by Montenegrin Premier Filip Vujanovic. > > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > SERBIAN PREMIER ATTENDS ALL RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF MANUFACTURERS > > MOSCOW, April 25 (Tanjug) - Serbian Premier Mirko Marjanovic, who >arrived in Moscow on Monday, attended on Tuesday the 2nd All Russian Congress >of Manufacturers. Taking part in the Congress are senior government and >business representatives from 29 countries. > > The premier of the Yugoslav republic of Serbia had pride of place >in the Congress presidency, as a sign of support for both himself and the >people in their efforts to defend the country against NATO's aggression and >rebuild NATO-wreaked devastation. > > Addressing the participants, Marjanovic said he was sure, in view >of Russia's know-how, potential and natural resources, that Russian products >deserve to be highly valued in international competition. > > Serbia wants broad and equal cooperation with the world, >specifically an expansion of economic cooperation with Russia, both through >increasing the volume of trade and through technological linkage, he stressed. > > > Marjanovic is in Moscow at the invitation of Russian >Manufacturers' Council President Nikolai Ryzhkov, who chairs the State Duma >(lower house) commission for assisting Yugoslavia in surmounting the >consequences of last spring's NATO aggression. > > In the delegation are also Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Trade >Borisa Vukovic, who co-chairs the Yugoslav-Russian inter- governmental >committee, and Serbian Minister of Energy Slobodan Tomovic. > > On Wednesday, Marjanovic will attend an international conference >on ways to economic integration in the new circumstances. > > MATIC SAYS AGGRESSORS WILL SOON ENTER TWILIGHT > > SOMBOR, April 25 (Tanjug) - Member of the Yugoslav Left (JUL) >directorate, Yugoslav Information Minister Goran Matic, said Monday evening in >Sombor that everything that America and NATO are doing to us on the >information level, as institutionalized instruments of multinational >corporations, was the extension of the war against our country that started >even before the brutal bombing intervention. > > Addressing members of the Yugoslav Left district board for western >Backa, Matic predicted that in the next two months subversive forms of >aggression will culminate, and that after that they will enter twilight. > > Pointing out that military aggression by its definition is >"organized and massive robbery" he said that those who justified the war >against Yugoslavia can longer hind to their public opinion the fact that they >have committed a crime with the sole intention of placing our natural, >economic and human resources in the service of the insane race for profit. > > PROGRAMS AWAITING FUNDING > > VALJEVO, April 25 (Tanjug) - Participants in the Diaspora Assembly >visited the Srbijanka company of Valjevo on Monday to get acquainted with the >production possibilities of this agricultural-food manufacturer. > > The economic resources of this region of western Serbia and the >company installations raised keen interest among the businessmen from the >diaspora. > > Beogradska Banka bank Director and Yugoslav Minister for >Cooperation with International Financial Organizations Borka Vucic told the >businessmen that cooperation with the diaspora has been established and that >it is proceeding at a constant pace. > > Additional capitalization and aid in management, areas in which >diaspora businessmen could help considerably, would have a significant impact >on the speedier development of this region, it was underscored during the >talks in Srbijanka. > > NATO AGGRESSION - "WHITE BOOK" > > WHITE BOOK ON NATO CRIMES PRESENTED IN RUSSIAN DUMA > > MOSCOW, April 25 (Tanjug) - The "White Book," a collection of >documents about NATO's crimes against Yugoslavia last year is an original >source and immediate evidence about the crimes of the North Atlantic Alliance >in Yugoslavia, said Yugoslav Ambassador in Moscow Borislav Milosevic at a >presentation Tuesday of the second volume of the book in the Russian State >Duma. > > The meeting was organized by the Duma commission for lending aid >to Yugoslavia to overcome the consequences of NATO's aggression. > > Opening the presentation, the commission's president Nikolai >Rishkov pointed out especially that the commission, formed last month, is not >only collecting information about NATO crimes, but is also directly engaged in >lending aid to Yugoslavia for overcoming the consequences of the aggression. > > Ambassador Milosevic stressed that the fact that in the new >political situation in Russia that decision was made practically unanimously, >demonstrated a high level of unanimity of the Russian society on the issue of >support to Yugoslavia and confirmed the inclination of the Russian society to >pursue and enhance political and economic cooperation between Yugoslavia and >Russia. > > SERBIAN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA > > HEALTH OF STRIKING SERB PRISONERS INCREASINGLY WORSENING > > KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 24 (Tanjug) - A team of doctors of the >Medical Faculty of the University of Pristina on Monday visited and examined >Serbs who are on a hunger strike in the Kosovska Mitrovica prison over the >discriminatory stand against non-Albanians manifested by the court and prison >administration. > > Stevan Baljosevic, one of the doctors, said the Serb detainees >showed signs that their entire organism was exhausted and said a continuation >of the hunger strike would lead to damages of many internal organs, primarily >the cardio-vascular, gastro-intestinal and nervous systems. > > The striking Serbs are also showing signs of depression and >anxiety, with a tendency of deterioration, he said. > > The medical team said it was necessary to remove the cause - the >long-term uncertainty over the unjustified stay in prison without proven >guilt. > > Since all legal deadlines for raising indictments and setting >trials have expired long ago, the detainees demand that the district court, >run exclusively by ethnic Albanians, finally begin legal procedures for >settling their cases. > > DETAINEES SEND LETTER TO KOUCHNER > > KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 24 (Tanjug) - The detained Serbs who >have been on a hunger strike at the Kosovska Mitrovica prison for 14 days over >the discriminatory stand of the court against them, on Monday sent a letter to >the U.N. civilian administrator of Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province >Bernard Kouchner. > > The letter demands that all Serbs who have been in detention for >over six months, and against whom no indictments have been raised, to be >released pending trial. > > The detainees demand that trials be set according to emergency >procedure, that they must be neutral, unbiased, based on law, facts and >material evidence, and without politicization, regardless of the ethnic >structure of the court. > > All the staff of the prosecutor's office, court, and the prison >administration in Kosovska Mitrovica are exclusively ethnic Albanians. > > Asking Kouchner to visit the prison, the detained Serbs demand >that representatives of the Yugoslav legislature, delegated by the Yugoslav >committee for cooperation with the United Nations, take part in the revision >of their cases, that doctors be enabled to follow the health condition of the >Serb detainees, and that members of all ethnic communities be given equal >treatment during the entire court proceeding. > > KOSOVO AND METOHIJA - TERRORISM > > SERB VILLAGE PANTINA NEAR VUCITRN RAZED > > KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 24 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanians have >completely destroyed all Serb houses and other objects in Pantina village, >municipality of Vucitrn in Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province, some 10km >south of Kosovska Mitrovica. > > All 30 Serb houses have been razed in this village which had once >been populated by Serbs and ethnic Albanians, reporters were told on Monday by >Serb Tomislav Zivkovic, who used to live in this village but is now a refugee >in Kosovska Mitrovica. > > He said ethnic Albanian extremists have also destroyed about 100 >gravestones and monuments at the Christian Orthodox cemetery, where Serbs from >this and neighbouring villages have been buried for centuries. > > SERBIAN HOUSES BLASTED IN KOSOVSKA VITINA > > KOSOVSKA VITINA, April 25 (Tanjug) - On Monday evening in Kosovska >Vitina exploded a strong explosive device was planted between two Serbian >houses, damaging both, radio amateurs reported Tuesday morning. > > The bomb was planted on the plateau between the houses belonging >to Vladimir Mitrovic and Vesko Piric, and the powerful blast damaged both >houses and several others. > > On Monday evening, Albanian terrorists set fire to farm buildings >belonging to Zivojin Simic and the fire soon spread to the barn. > > The house, after a break-in of a group of Albanians who molested >the owner, was abandoned some time ago by the owner. > > KFOR troops arrived at the scene only to affirm that a fire had >been started by unidentified persons, and as there was no danger of the fire >spreading they did not even call the firemen, the report said. __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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