>BELGRADE, 27 August 2000 YUGOSLAVIA - INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES YUGOSLAV >FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART YUGOSLAV MINISTER MEETS SOUTH >AFRICAN OFFICIALS TAJIKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR >YUGOSLAV, CHINESE POWER INDUSTRIES AGREE TO COOPERATE > >FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA YUGOSLAV CENTRAL BANK ADOPTS MONETARY >STABILITY MEASURES > >YUGOSLAVIA - KOSOVO-METOHIJA SERBIAN OFFICIALS TOUR SOUTHEASTERN >KOSOVO-METOHIJA > >KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM ETHNIC ALBANIANS PLANT EXPLOSIVE IN SERB HOME IN >KOSOVO-METOHIJA > >KOSOVO-METOHIJA - KFOR US KFOR SOLDIERS KILLS ALBANIAN BOY IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA > > a.. * * YUGOSLAVIA - INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER >MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART MOSCOW, August 26 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign >Minister Zivadin Jovanovic and his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov discussed >on Saturday in Moscow a series of bilateral and international issues. They >exchanged views on bilateral cooperation, Balkan developments, the situation >in Serbia's Kosovo-Metohija province and the forthcoming Millennium Summit and >55th UN General Assembly. Both sides reiterated their commitment to all-round >development and expansion of the traditionally friendly relations and mutually >beneficial political, economic, scientific, technical and other forms of >cooperation. They particularly pointed to the importance of the free trade >agreement to be signed shortly by Yugoslavia and Russia, the first such >agreement that Russia will conclude with any country outside the Commonwealth >of Independent States. Jovanovic and Ivanov expressed their deep concern over >the constant violations of the Security Council Resolution 1244 on >Kosovo-Metohija and the fresh wave of terrorism in the province, which is >being ethnically cleansed of its Serb, Montenegrin, Muslim, Turkish and other >non-Albanian inhabitants. Not even a minimum of security exists in >Kosovo-Metohija for the holding of local elections that UNMIK chief Bernard >Kouchner has scheduled for October 28 despite strong opposition by local Serbs >and the Belgrade government, they underlined. The Yugoslav side stressed that >the idea of elections in the Province constituted direct support to separatism >and terrorism aimed at further destabilizing the region, while the Russian >side reiterated its full support to Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial >integrity. The meeting was attended also by the Yugoslav Ambassador to Moscow >Borislav Milosevic and Assistant Minister Ivan Mrkic, and by Russian First >Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Avdeyev and Deputy Sergei Ordzonikidze. > b.. > c.. YUGOSLAV MINISTER MEETS SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICIALS PRETORIA, August 26 >(Tanjug) - Yugoslav Minister and President of Beogradska Banka Borka Vucic, on >a visit to South Africa, met Saturday the Foreign Ministry Director for Europe >Ambassador Chris Streeter. They discussed prospects for intensifying bilateral >cooperation in the economic and financial fields and expressed their support >to the fundamental principles of the UN and the Non-Aligned Movement that >South Africa is currently chairing. They also pointed to the need for a strict >implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 on Serbia's >Kosovo-Metohija province, where the situation is extremely difficult and where >illegal measures, absolutely unacceptable for the international community, are >being taken by the UN administration. Streeter said the visit of the Yugoslav >Minister was important for promoting banking, financial and economic >cooperation between the two countries. Vucic also met Central Bank officials >and representatives of various other South African and international banks, as >well as officials of the Chamber of Commerce. The officials expressed their >understanding for Yugoslavia's position in world financial institutions and >urged for direct and firm cooperation with Yugoslavia in the banking and >financial sectors. Vucic and South African officials have exchanged useful >information and agreed on measures for stepping up mutual imports and exports. >Yugoslavia will be welcome at the forthcoming September and October trade >fairs in South Africa, they said. > d.. > e.. TAJIKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR DUSHANBE, >August 26 (Tanjug) - The Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Talbak Nazarov has >received Ambassador Stanislav Stojanovic of the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry. >They discussed bilateral cooperation, the situation in Serbia's southern >province of Kosovo-Metohija and international issues, especially the >forthcoming Millennium Summit and 55th UN General Assembly. Stojanovic briefed >Nazarov of the serious consequences of last year's (March-June) NATO >aggression on Yugoslavia, the continuing aggression by different means, and >the impressive results in national reconstruction and development. Nazarov >said Tajikistan strongly opposes all forms of pressure, interference in >internal affairs of states, incitement to separatism and threats to >Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Stojanovic presented to >Nazarov a message from Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic. > f.. > g.. YUGOSLAV, CHINESE POWER INDUSTRIES AGREE TO COOPERATE BELGRADE, August >27 (Tanjug) - Serbian Power Industry (EPS) General Manager Dragan Kostic said >that the three-day talks with representatives of the Chinese power industry >had resulted in an agreement on future cooperation that would benefit both >sides. The future cooperation will not involve only one-sided China's aid to >EPS, but will be based on a two-way exchange, Kostic said. Yugoslavia can >offer to China up-to-date technology its power industry has mastered despite >international economic isolation, and China can provide equipment and parts >Yugoslavia needs, he hoted. > h.. > i.. FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA YUGOSLAV CENTRAL BANK ADOPTS >MONETARY STABILITY MEASURES BELGRADE, August 26 (Tanjug) - The stability of >prices and exchange rate in Yugoslavia was perturbed in August due to >expectations of increased circulation of money from primary issue, >Yugoslavia's National (central) Bank (NBJ) said on Saturday. NBJ Governor >Dusan Vlatkovic said the Bank has taken measures to restore and consolidate >the stability of prices and the exchange rate that must be applied by >commercial banks. The NBJ intends to step up the sale of hard currency and >withdraw from circulation the dinars (local currency) obtained through such >transactions, he said. Another measure is stricter regulations for taking hard >currency out of Yugoslavia that will be applied in regard to banks which do >not meet their obligations regularly. > j.. > k.. YUGOSLAVIA - KOSOVO-METOHIJA SERBIAN OFFICIALS TOUR SOUTHEASTERN >KOSOVO-METOHIJA SILOVO, August 26 (Tanjug) - President of the Interim >Executive Council of Serbia's Kosovo-Metohija province Zoran Andjelkovic and >President of the Serb National Council of Kosovo-Metohija Zivojin Mitrovic >toured on Saturday the Kosovsko Pomoravlje district in the south-east of the >Province. Meeting representatives of the 35,000 Serbs living in over 50 >villages in the district, Andjelkovic pointed to the determination of Serbian >state institutions to pursue their endeavors for improving the situation in >the Province. In the town of Silovo, Anjdelkovic met local businessmen to >discuss a program of creating new jobs in the area. Andjelkovic, who is also >Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports, also inspected the construction of a >sports facility in Bujanovac, southern Serbia. > l.. > m.. KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM ETHNIC ALBANIANS PLANT EXPLOSIVE IN SERB >HOME IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA CERNICA, August 26 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanian >terrorists planted a timed bomb under the house of Serb Zoran Stojanovic in >the ethnically mixed village Cernica, Gnjilane municipality, Serbia's >Kosovo-Metohija province. Fortunately, the bomb did not explode, amateur radio >operators said. The charge was believed to have been planted while local >ethnic Albanians were demonstrating demanding right of way through the Serb >part of the village that KFor was banning them from using. > n.. > o.. KOSOVO-METOHIJA - KFOR US KFOR SOLDIERS KILLS ALBANIAN BOY IN >KOSOVO-METOHIJA NEW YORK, August 26 (Tanjug) - A US soldier of the >international KFor troops in Serbia's Kosovo-Metohija province has killed a >six-year-oil ethnic Albanian boy, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The murder >had taken place last July 10 in the Gornje Slatini village, but was kept under >cover until now. Soldier Nicholas Young was charged with manslaughter and >neglect of duty, as the boy was killed when Young's automatic rifle went off >while KFor troops were helping in building a village school. The boy Gentrit >Rexepi was wounded in the chest and arms and died some time later, the >Pentagon said. Thursday's statement did not include any further details or the >reasons why it has taken so long to disclose the news on the incident. _______________________________________ 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] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________
