> > Yugoslav Daily Survey > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > BELGRADE, 17 May 2000 > > C O N T E N T S : > > YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA > > a.. TALKS OF YUGOSLAV AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS IN MOSCOW > b.. JOVANOVIC - VISIT TO MOSCOW STRONG IMPETUS TO PROMOTION OF >RELATIONS > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > a.. YUGOSLAV PREMIER RECEIVES MEXICAN AMBASSADOR > b.. MATIC HAILS DEAL SEALED BETWEEN YUGOSLAV AND RUSSIAN NEWS >AGENCIES > c.. RETURN OF YUGOSLAV ARMY AND INTERIOR MINISTRY TO >KOSOVO-METOHIJA CANNOT BE DONE BY FORCE > YUGOSLAVIA - SANCTIONS - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS > > a.. ITALIAN SENATORS CALL FOR LIFTING OF SANCTIONS AGAINST >YUGOSLAVIA > SERBIAN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA > > a.. SERBS RESUME PROTEST RALLY IN FRONT OF KOSOVSKA MITROVICA >PRISON > b.. ALBANIAN TERRORISTS MINE SERB HOME IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA > c.. ALBANIAN KILLER FREED FROM U.S. JAIL IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA > * * * > > YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA > > TALKS OF YUGOSLAV AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS IN MOSCOW > > MOSCOW, May 16 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin >Jovanovic held on Tuesday in Moscow lengthy talks with Russian Foreign >Minister Igor Ivanov, which were assessed by both as open and meaningful. > > Russia considers Yugoslavia to be an important partner in the >Balkans and is interested in the building of long-term strategic relations, in >the interest of the two countries, and stability in the Balkans, Ivanov said, >opening a press conference, following the meeting today with the Yugoslav >minister. > > He said that they reviewed a range of issues related to bilateral >relations, and that it was affirmed that the two countries were interested in >broadening political dialogue, enhancing economic, cultural and other forms of >cooperation, and of traditional friendly links. > > Also reviewed were international problems, including the situation >in the Balkans, where, according to Ivanov, Russia's position was unchanged: >the solution of the situation in Kosovo-Metohija is firmly based in the >implementation of UN SC Resolution 1244. > > For Russia, of essential importance are the principles of respect >for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia, as well as the >creation of conditions for the unimpeded return of people expelled from >Kosovo-Metohija, regardless of their ethnic and religious affiliation, Ivanov >said, adding that Moscow was urging, while respecting the position of >Belgrade, that in Kosovo-Metohija be built a status of broad autonomy, within >Yugoslavia. > > "Only with the active participation of Yugoslavia can be resolved >key problems of achieving stability and security in the Balkans," the Russian >foreign minister said, pointing out that Russia will continue to urge the >renewal of dialogue with Belgrade and for the full membership of Yugoslavia in >international organizations. > > While agreeing with the assessment of the Russian counterpart that >the talks were successful and constructive, Jovanovic pointed out that it was >a comprehensive exchange of opinions and information about the internal >situation in Russia and in Yugoslavia, about bilateral cooperation within >international organizations, and about a number of international and regional >issues, including the situation in Kosovo-Metohija. > > "The talks were held in an atmosphere of mutual respect, sincerity >and friendship, and I am deeply convinced that they will help promote >political dialogue, boost trade-economic relations and enhance cooperation on >the international level," the Yugoslav foreign minister said. > > He stressed that relations between Yugoslavia and Russia were of >strategic importance and aimed at enhancing peace and stability in >Southeastern Europe and in the entire continent. > > Particularly important is that during the talks today were >reviewed concrete ideas for promoting political dialogue and enhancing overall >cooperation of the two countries, Jovanovic said. > > He said that full agreement was reached on the position that a >solution to the situation in Kosovo-Metohija was only possible on the basis of >the urgent and unconditional implementation of UN SC Resolution 1244, while >fully respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and >respect for the equality of its citizens, regardless of their religious and >national affiliation. > > Of exceptional important is the creation of conditions for the >return and safe stay of people who in the past 11 months since the arrival of >KFOR and UNMIK, have been expelled from Kosovo-Metohija in the ethnic >cleansing campaign of non-Albanian populations, Jovanovic said. > > He underlined that putting a stop to terrorism, international >trafficking and crime in Kosovo-Metohija, and the closing and protection of >the borders of Yugoslavia with Macedonia and Albania, represent an essential >condition for finding a solution to the situation in the province and in the >entire region. > > The Yugoslav delegation, headed by Yugoslav Foreign Minister >Zivadin Jovanovic, completed on Tuesday a two-day visit to Russia. > > JOVANOVIC - VISIT TO MOSCOW STRONG IMPETUS TO PROMOTION OF >RELATIONS > > BELGRADE, May 17 (Tanjug) - The talks we held and the agreements >we reached during the two-day visit to Moscow will be of great importance for >the further development of bilateral relations between Yugoslavia and Russia, >just as for the strengthening of the international position of FR Yugoslavia, >said on Tuesday in Belgrade Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic, on >return from a two-day visit to Moscow at the invitation of Russian Foreign >Minister Igor Ivanov. > > At Belgrade airport, Jovanovic also told reporters that the talks >he held with Russian officials and with his host were "very meaningful, open >and constructive" and that they were conducted in a an atmosphere of >friendship and mutual understanding. Minister Jovanovic said he was confident >that the talks "represent a strong impetus to the promotion of overall >relations, stronger links and broader cooperation between our two countries on >the bilateral and on the wider international level." > > During the visit to Moscow, besides talks with Minister Ivanov, >the Yugoslav foreign minister also talked with the president of the Russian >State Duma, Gennady Selznyov, with the chairman of the committee of that house >of parliament in charge of cooperation with Yugoslavia, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and >with a minister in the government of the Russian Federation, Andrei >Shapovlyanc, who is at the same time co-chairman of the mixed committee for >economic cooperation with Yugoslavia-Russia. > > "We have agreed that our relations and cooperation have a >strategic importance for both countries" and "reviewed ideas and concrete >proposals for expanding, promoting and upgrading political dialogue, for >expanding and intensifying cooperation of the two Foreign Ministries," >Jovanovic said. > > He said that the talks in Moscow were also an opportunity to >inform the Russian side about the process of recovery and reconstruction of >our country from the consequences of NATO's aggression. > > "We reviewed concrete modalities and possibilities of including >the Russian economy, Russian businessmen in the process," Jovanovic said. > > Special attention in the talks in Moscow was devoted to the >situation in Kosovo and Metohija and "we agreed that the processes in the >province are not going on as they should as provided by UN SC Resolution 1244 >and the Military-Technical accord and that greater efforts were absolutely >necessary to ensure the consistent and full implementation of the Resolution, >while fully respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia and >of Yugoslavia," Jovanovic said. > > The Yugoslav foreign minister said that it was also agreed that of >special importance for the further process and for the implementation of >Resolution 1244 had the creation of conditions for the complete security of >all citizens, in order to make possible the free and safe return of all those >expelled in the ethnic cleansing campaign conducted by the terrorist "KLA." > > "We have also agreed that it is absolutely necessary that all >other elements and commitments from the SC Resolution are consistently >fulfilled. A political solution in Kosovo and Metohija is possible only with >the realization of goals and tasks from SC Resolution 1244 and the creation of >all those pre-conditions that are inevitable and unavoidable for such a >solution which in its form will be an autonomy within Serbia, but in essence >the equality of all citizens and all national communities," Jovanovic said. > > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > YUGOSLAV PREMIER RECEIVES MEXICAN AMBASSADOR > > BELGRADE, May 17 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Prime Minister Momir >Bulatovic received on Wednesday Mexico's new Ambassador in Belgrade Carlos >Rodriguez y Quezada, a government statement said. > > Special attention was devoted to future cooperation and the >promotion of all-round relations between the two friendly nations. > > It was noted that the principles set down in the U.N. Charter, and >international law in general, must be consistently respected and applied if >global peace is to be maintained and equality-based friendly relations >fostered among nations. > > Bulatovic stressed that these relations are disrupted today and >the system of principles in relations between states, specifically the >principles of equality of states and non-interference in the internal affairs >of others, have been shaken to the core. > > He added that Yugoslavia would continue to work for the policy of >peace and for strengthening the role of the United Nations in maintaining >international peace and security, the statement said. > > MATIC HAILS DEAL SEALED BETWEEN YUGOSLAV AND RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCIES > > BELGRADE, May 17 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Information Minister and head >of the national news agency Tanjug's managing board Goran Matic said Wednesday >that a deal on business and technical cooperation signed between Tanjug and >Russia's RIA Novosti news agency would help promote the two countries' overall >relations still further and would contribute to objective informing of their >population. > > Matic stressed in talks with RIA Novosti's President Alexei Volin, >Russian ambassador in Belgrade Valery Egoshkin and Tanjug's Director General >and Editor-in-Chief Dusan Djordjevic, the need for avoiding services by >middlemen and in particular 'global' media in exchanging reports between the >two news agencies which he said were the factor of communication between the >two countries' peoples. > > "Some foreign media, which are geopolitically biased and have >intentions of other nature as well, have a monopoly in these lands and impose >themselves as middlemen, which is very bad," he said. > > In this connection, he stressed the need for the promotion of >multimedia cooperation between the two countries' news agencies and in >particular their radio and television stations and newspapers. > > Volin said that there was a great interest in Russia in the >reform, reconstruction and development of Yugoslavia and highly successful >development of the country's economy following NATO's 11-week aggression last >year. > > He said that RIA Novosti operated within a big state holding >company that included also two television channels and two radio stations as >well as more than 90 local television stations and 70 regional papers. > > Djordjevic voiced confidence that successful and friendly >cooperation between the two Slav peoples and the two countries' reporters >would continue and that the two news agencies would help affirm the two >countries' policies. > > RETURN OF YUGOSLAV ARMY AND INTERIOR MINISTRY TO KOSOVO-METOHIJA >CANNOT BE DONE BY FORCE > > BELGRADE, May 17 (Tanjug) - The return of the Yugoslav Army and of >the Interior Ministry of Serbia to Kosovo and Metohija cannot be conducted by >force, because that would mean a repeat of the bombing of our country, but >their return would boost the morale of the Serbian people and constitute an >encouragement for all Serbs who were expelled from the territory, said Tuesday >evening Yugoslav deputy Premier Tomislav Nikolic. > > Nikolic, speaking in a program of Yu info television, said that >respect for the provisions of Resolution 1244 on the return of the Yugoslav >Army and Interior Ministry of Serbia would mean that the whole world >recognizes that Kosovo-Metohija is part of FR Yugoslavia. > > Nikolic said that was why concerns were raised when Russia >announced it would withdraw its troops from KFOR, because that would mean >leaving Kosovo-Metohija Serbs at the mercy of Albanians. > > Speaking about the possibilities of joint life of Serbs and >Albanians, Nikolic stressed that in normal circumstances joint life was >possible of the members of different religions and nations, but in Kosovo and >Metohija much more time was needed to rebuild the confidence of Serbs who have >always been persecuted there. > > Commenting the murders and assassinations that have taken place >lately, Nikolic said that after the phase of NATO's open aggression on our >country, which has not broken the spirit of citizens or changed the >government, has started a second, brutal phase, of hunting down individuals, >which, he said, will not last long. Unacceptable is the fact that the United >States, with the help of some European countries, is involved in terrorist >acts in the territory of FR Yugoslavia, Nikolic said. > > YUGOSLAVIA - SANCTIONS - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS > > ITALIAN SENATORS CALL FOR LIFTING OF SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA > > ROME, May 17 (Tanjug) - Italian senators have urged that immediate >steps be taken to lift the E.U. sanctions against Yugoslavia. > > Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI) said Wednesday that more than >30 senators, members of Italy's ruling coalition, had signed a parliamentary >proposal calling on the government to take all necessary measures to help lift >the embargo as soon as possible. > > The proposal provides also for immediate humanitarian assistance >to the people of Serbia and all refugees sheltering in the Yugoslav republic. > > SERBIAN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA > > SERBS RESUME PROTEST RALLY IN FRONT OF KOSOVSKA MITROVICA PRISON > > KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, May 17 (Tanjug) - Serbs in Kosovska Mitrovica, >Kosovo and Metohija, resumed a protest rally in front of the district prison >in the town on Wednesday requesting that Serbs held in custody be out on >pretrial release. > > Thirty-seven Serbs and five Romanies have been on hunger strike >since April 10 requesting that they be granted the right to fair trial. > > The protesters requested also that the court set up by head of the >U.N. civilian mission to the Yugoslav republic of Serbia's southern province >(UNMIK) Bernard Kouchner be dissolved and that another court, which would be >independent and fair, be formed. > > Vladimir Rakic of Kosovska Mitrovica's Serb National Forum said >that the protesters requested also that the international community enable the >return of Yugoslav army troops and police to the province and that the Serbian >justice system be restored there to make it possible for Serbian judges to >establish in cooperation with UNMIK who was guilty. > > ALBANIAN TERRORISTS MINE SERB HOME IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA > > KOSOVSKA VITINA, Serbia, May 16 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanian >terrorists have mined a Serb home in the Serbian (Yugoslav) U.N.-administered >Kosovo-Metohija province, according to amateur radio operators on Tuesday. > > In the outrage, which occurred late on Monday, the home of Srecko >Markovic was totally destroyed in a huge explosion which shook the village of >Binac near Kosovska Vitina, but luckily nobody was hurt, as the family was >sleeping away. > > The incident has been reported to the international force KFor and >the U.N. civilian mission (UNMIK) police, who say that it is being >investigated. > > ALBANIAN KILLER FREED FROM U.S. JAIL IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA > > KOSOVSKA VITINA, Serbia, May 16 (Tanjug) - An ethnic Albanian >arrested for murdering a Serb in the U.N.-administered Serbian Kosovo-Metohija >province has been released from custody in the U.S. Bondsteel base, amateur >radio operators said on Tuesday. > > The ethnic Albanian, Alija Emini, was arrested some months ago and >held in the Bondsteel base near Urosevac, charged with the murder on July 17, >1999 of one Zoran Djordjevic, a Serb of the village of Mogila. > > After shooting Djordjevic in the head at close range from an >automatic rifle, Emini, who is also from Mogila, escaped from the scene of the >crime. > > However, the victim was conscious for another two hours after the >shooting and managed to identify his killer to an officer of the international >force KFor, an interpreter and some assembled Serbs. > > Emini was subsequently arrested and held in custody until >recently, when he was released for undisclosed reasons. > > The murderer's family has long been putting pressure on the >witnesses and the family of the victim to change their statements to the >police. > > Once again, the local "justice" department, acting in league with >U.S. KFor investigators and U.N. mission (UNMIK) police, has applied double >standards, setting cold-blooded ethnic Albanian killers free while keeping >innocent Serbs in jail on no evidence at all. __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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