BELGRADE, 11 July 200 YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVES DUMA MP ROGOZYN YUGOSLAV MINISTER JOVANOVIC RECEIVES DUMA DELEGATION RUSSIA: IMPORTANCE IN PRINCIPLE TO PRESERVE YUGOSLAVIA FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA CHARGES FILED AGAINST AUSTRALIAN FIRM, ROMANIA FOR POLLUTING TISZA CHURCH GIVES MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR TESLA DELEGATION OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF EUROPE VISITS SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH YUGOSLAVIA - HUMANITARIAN AID MINISTER MORINA RECEIVES UNHCR DELEGATION DELEGATION OF GREEK SOLIDARITY CONVOY VISIT BELGRADE KOSOVO-METOHIJA - KFOR U.S. SOLDIER KILLS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA O P I N I O N S WASHINGTON BRUTALLY STIFLED TRUTH ABOUT NATO AGGRESSION YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC RECEIVES DUMA MP ROGOZYN BELGRADE, July 11 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic received on Tuesday the President of the Russian State Duma International Relations Committee, Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin, who heads a Duma delegation visiting Yugoslavia. The prominent guest acquainted President Milosevic with the foreign-policy engagement of the Russian Parliament, in particular its stands in principle which expressly condemn the NATO aggression on Yugoslavia and urge respect for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the affirmation of the equality of states and nations, which rules out the policy of force, sanctions and pressures. President Milosevic underscored that cooperation between Yugoslavia and Russia was developing successfully, in which regular and comprehensive parliament ties play a significant role since they contribute to strengthening mutual understanding and confidence between the peoples of the two states and present a confirmation of their solid friendship. YUGOSLAV MINISTER JOVANOVIC RECEIVES DUMA DELEGATION BELGRADE, July 11 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic received on Monday a delegation representing the International Relations Committee of the Russian State Duma, led by Committee President Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin. Other members of the Russian delegation who took part in the talks were Alexandr Alexandrovich Shabanov, Vice-President of the International Relations Committee, also President of the Geopolitics Committee, Vice-President of the Geopolitics Committee Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky, and the Russian Ambassador to Yugoslavia Valery Yefgenievich Egoshkin. In a long, cordial conversation, the officials of the two countries pointed out that continual cooperation of the Yugoslav and Russian Parliaments makes a significant contribution to the general aspects of the stable long-term cooperation between Yugoslavia and Russia. The Russian MPs informed the Jovanovic that the Duma strongly supports Yugoslavia's efforts to preserve its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and also condemns any kind of pressure, or attempts at interference in internal issues of Yugoslavia. In the last two weeks, the Duma adopted documents which appeal for lifting of sanctions against Yugoslavia and denounce the biased and anti-Serb policy of the Hague Tribunal, the MPs also said. During the talks, the two sides called for the abolition of the so-called Hague Tribunal, which is no more than an instrument of NATO, intended to provide justification for the aggression and genocide against Serbs. Jovanovic gave credit to the Duma for constantly backing the efforts of the Yugoslavs to defend the essential interests of their country, and to maintain its sovereignty and territorial integrity. RUSSIA: IMPORTANCE IN PRINCIPLE TO PRESERVE YUGOSLAVIA MOSCOW, July 11 (Tanjug) - The new foreign policy concept of the Russian Federation underscores that it is important in principle for Russia that Yugoslavia's territorial integrity should be preserved and any attempts at its dismembering prevented. Yugoslavia's dismembering would pose a threat of a general conflict breaking out in the Balkans with unpredictable consequences, said the document which was endorsed by President Vladimir Putin at the end of June, and whose full text was announced for the first time on Tuesday. The special 22-page document also says that Russia will do its utmost to contribute toward finding a lasting and just solution to the situation in the Balkans, which will be founded on coordinated decisions of the international community. The Balkans is also mentioned in the part Concepts, which defines Moscow's relations toward the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Russia will resolutely oppose any narrowing of the OSCE's functions, primarily meaning any attempts to direct activities of this organization exclusively to the post-Soviet area and the Balkans. FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA CHARGES FILED AGAINST AUSTRALIAN FIRM, ROMANIA FOR POLLUTING TISZA BELGRADE, July 11 (Tanjug) - Yugoslavia has filed charges with the Belgrade Business Court against the Romanian-based Australian firm Esmeralda and the state of Romania for damages incurred by their polluting of the River Tisza, Federal Public Prosecutor Milos Bojovic told Tanjug on Tuesday. The charges were filed by the authorized Federal Office of the Public Prosecutor on June 19. Yugoslavia demands two million dollars' worth of compensation from Romania for damages incurred through the pollution of the Tisza in Yugoslav territory early this year, Bojovic said. This is the first time that Yugoslavia is filing charges against another state. Romania is the responsible party because it answers for the work of all companies in its territory and for all damages incurred abroad through their activities, Bojovic said. Romania is a signatory of an Agreement on the protection of the Tisza from pollution, Bojovic said. The Agreement was signed by all states through which the Tisza flows, and it was ratified by Yugoslavia in 1990, he said. There is no doubt concerning the responsibility of Esmeralda and the state of Romania for polluting the Tisza. In the night between Jan 30-31, 2000, a waste reservoir of the Bayamare Gold Mine spilled into the Tisza, polluting its waters with cyanide and other heavy metals, Bojovic said. CHURCH GIVES MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR TESLA BELGRADE, July 11 (Tanjug) - A memorial service for Nikola Tesla at the St. George Church in Belgrade on Monday was the first in a series of events marking the 144th anniversary of the birth of one of the biggest Serb scientists and a world-famous inventor. A whole-day event named "Tesla's planetary picnic" was organized by Radio Belgrade on Monday following the service. This included an exhibition of inventions by members of Tesla Clubs from all over Serbia at the popular Ada Ciganlija Picnic Grounds on the Sava river. Tesla (1856-1943) was a physicist and inventor, the author of the new technical order, whose inventions laid the foundations and set the course for the spiralling scientific-technical development of the human race in the 20th century. He was one of the biggest minds in the history of world science, in particular electrical sciences. Tesla patented about 700 of his inventions in the area of alternate currents, telecommunications, acoustics and mechanics, many of which are in wide use. He was a pioneer in radio technology, basic telegraphy, radars. The value of his polyphase system of alternate currents was proven in the first hydro-electric power plant which was built on Niagara Falls. DELEGATION OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF EUROPE VISITS SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BELGRADE, July 11 (Tanjug) - At the invitation of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, a nine-member delegation, representing the Roman Catholic Bishopric Conferences of the EU countries, is to begin its visit to the Orthodox Church on Thursday, July 13, said the Public Relations Office of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Tuesday. The Commission, consisting of bishops from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, Scotland and Italy, will be led by Bishop Homeier of Hildesheim, Germany. During their ten-day stay in Serbia, the guests from Europe will have talks with the equivalent commission of the Holy Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church, regarding the issues of theological dialogue and cooperation. In Novi Sad and Belgrade, the bishops will also visit sites destroyed in last year's NATO aggression, as well as several monasteries in Serbia, says the statement of the Serbian Orthodox Church. YUGOSLAVIA - HUMANITARIAN AID MINISTER MORINA RECEIVES UNHCR DELEGATION BELGRADE, July 11 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Minister for Refugees, Displaced Persons and Humanitarian Aid Bratislava Morina received on Tuesday a delegation of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, consisting of Robert Robertson, Chief of the UNHCR Mission in Croatia, Erikki Heinonen, Chief of the UNHCR Office in Belgrade, and their associates. During the talks, the officials discussed the development of the repatriation campaign aimed to ensure the return of refugees to Croatia. As both sides believe, the initial results show that more and more people are willing to return to their homes. Accordingly, it is the duty of the UNHCR, the international community, and the responsible government institutions of Croatia and Yugoslavia, to back their attempts. DELEGATION OF GREEK SOLIDARITY CONVOY VISIT BELGRADE BELGRADE, July 11 (Tanjug) - Serbia's Deputy Minister of Family Care, Dragica Vukadinovic, with her assistant Dobrila Grujic, received on Tuesday a delegation representing the Greek Solidarity Convoy of Athens. Earlier this year, agreements were made with this Greek humanitarian organization, in order to define ways for delivering humanitarian aid to children who became orphans or invalids during last year's NATO aggression. Expressing their gratitude for the warm reception, the guests informed the representatives of the Ministry that the Greek Solidarity Convoy will be earmarking 50 D-marks' worth of humanitarian aid per month, for every child who became an orphan during the aggression, or sustained injuries in the bombing. An interesting feature of these humanitarian activities is that every child has a donor in Greece, with whom he or she can establish cooperation, or make a long-lasting friendship. KOSOVO-METOHIJA - KFOR U.S. SOLDIER KILLS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA NEW YORK, July 11 (Tanjug) - The Pentagon has announced that a U.S. soldier of the international force KFOR in Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province killed a seven-year-old boy on Monday. The Pentagon alleged the killing had been accidental, that the soldier's weapon had gone off accidentally. Meanwhile, a KFOR spokesman confirmed in Pristina late on Monday that an unidentified U.S. soldier had accidentally inflicted mortal wounds to an ethnic Albanian boy, Gentrid Rexhepi, 7, and that he soon died of his wounds, agencies reported. The incident occurred near the village of Cerkes Sadovina, near Vitina, and the boy died after being taken to the hospital in the U.S. base Bondsteel. O P I N I O N S WASHINGTON BRUTALLY STIFLED TRUTH ABOUT NATO AGGRESSION NEW YORK, July 11 (Tanjug) - Corporation media companies in the United States committed a collective mistake when they failed to resist the propaganda sown by NATO and the Pentagon in 1999. Key U.S. media companies were absolutely aware that the Pentagon and NATO were placing unfounded and false reports about the war in Kosovo and Metohija (the aggression on Yugoslavia), and yet they continued to present such reports to the U.S. public as if they were Gospel, said a professor of Sonoma State University of Rohnert Park, California. Peter Philips said in the introduction to his book "Censored 2000" that the presented 25 stories by U.S. and other authors were never published in U.S. or other western media because they reveal the truth which Washington and controlled U.S. news media are brutally stifling. Philips said it was no wonder that as many as five of these reports are about the NATO aggression on Yugoslavia and developments in the Balkans. The texts throw light on the role of the United States in the war in Kosovo and Metohija and the entire Balkans, he said. It is clear from the book that NATO and the Pentagon used media as a military tool for plying the public with lies. __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
