>BELGRADE, 28 September 2000 C O N T E N T S : FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF >YUGOSLAVIA -AGREEMENTS ON FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SOON TO BE CONCLUDED >-MINISTER JOVANOVIC EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO GREEK COUNTERPART > >YUGOSLAVIA - ZIMBABWE -ZIMBABWE'S MUGABE RECEIVES NEW YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR > >YUGOSLAVIA -SPAIN -YUGOSLAV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATION VISITS SPAIN > >HUNGARY - CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE -MEETING -BELGRADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT >BUSINESS MEETING IN BUDAPEST > >YUGOSLAVIA - ELECTIONS - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS -IVANOV: RUSSIA WILL NOT PUT >PRESSURE ON YUGOSLAVIA -IVANOV REITERATES RUSSIA'S STANCE ON YUGOSLAVIA -DINI >URGES CALM POST-ELECTION SITUATION IN YUGOSLAVIA -CHINA: ELECTIONS IN >YUGOSLAVIA ARE NOT OVER YET > >YUGOSLAVIA - ELECTIONS - FOREIGN PRESS -WEST DOES NOT CARE FOR SERBIAN PEOPLE >- CHINESE PAPER -LE MONDE URGES DIPLOMATIC CAUTION > >SERBIAN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA -KOSOVO-METOHIJA ALBANIAN MURDERER OF >RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPER RECAPTURED > >* * * FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA MINISTER JOVANOVIC EXPRESSES >CONDOLENCES TO GREEK COUNTERPART BELGRADE, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign >Minister Zivadin Jovanovic sent a telegram to Greek counterpart George >Papandreou, on the occasion of Wednesday's ferry tragedy in the Aegean Sea, >expressing the deepest sympathies to the families and the friendly Greek >people, a Foreign Ministry statement said on Thursday. > >AGREEMENTS ON FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SOON TO BE CONCLUDED BELGRADE, Sept >28 (Tanjug) - The federal government met in session, chaired by Prime Minister >Momir Bulatovic, and considered topical issues concerning foreign trade and >economic cooperation with foreign countries, said a statement by the Yugoslav >Ministry of Information on Thursday. A series of bilateral agreements on >mutual stimulation and protection of investments will soon be concluded, in >particular with countries which have a high surplus of capital and are ready >to invest in Yugoslavia's economy, in keeping with international standards and >under conditions which govern the international capital market. The federal >government also considered and adopted a report on the participation of a >Yugoslav delegation at a meeting of the Working Group for humanitarian issues >of the Peace Implementation Council in Geneva, led by federal Minister of >Refugees, Displaced Persons and Humanitarian Aid Bratislava Morina. The >government concluded that the policy of pressures on Yugoslavia is continuing >in this area as well. There is less and less interest of donors in financing >aid for refugees, and the United States has completely suspended payments for >this purpose. Since Yugoslavia is providing protection to the biggest refugee >population in Europe, the European Union will pay all the pledged funds. >Together with the efforts invested by the Yugoslav government, this will >enable the elementary humanitarian needs of refugees and displaced persons to >be met, in particular in collective centers, said a statement released from >the federal government session. > >YUGOSLAVIA - ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE'S MUGABE RECEIVES NEW YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR >HARARE, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - Zimbabwe's president on Thursday paid tribute to >Yugoslavia for its brave resistance to last year's NATO aggression, saying the >two countries have for years been exposed to foreign pressure for steering an >autonomous and independent course. Accepting Yugoslav Ambassador Bojan >Bugarcic's credentials in Harare, President Robert Mugabe thanked Yugoslavia >for its generous support for the Zimbabwean people in their independence >struggle. During the very cordial meeting with the Yugoslav ambassador, Mugabe >described relations between the two countries as excellent, and reaffirmed >Zimbabwe's readiness further to promote and diversify them. He said he was >sure the Yugoslav government and people would know how to defend themselves >against all forms of pressure and foreign interference, in which they would >have the support of friendly and freedom-loving countries. Zimbabwe voted in >the U.N. Security Council in 1992 against imposing sanctions on Yugoslavia, >taking a principled position against breaking up the former Yugoslav >federation. Mugabe was the first foreign head of state to brave the sanctions >and visit Belgrade. > >YUGOSLAVIA -SPAIN YUGOSLAV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATION VISITS SPAIN MADRID, >Sept 28 (Tanjug) - A delegation of the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce, led by >Vice-President Milutin Cirovic, held talks at the Chamber of Commerce of >Madrid and at the Higher Council of Chambers of Commerce of Spain on the >second day of their visit to Spain. Yugoslav Ambassador in Madrid Ratomir Vico >attended the talks. The Chamber of Commerce of Madrid represents the interests >of over 320,000 companies. The talks in this institution covered cooperation >and the sides agreed to organize a seminar on business conditions and to >organize a presentation of Yugoslav companies in Madrid in the second half of >November. Talks at the Higher Council, a national institution which rallies 85 >chambers, also covered concrete forms of cooperation. Both sides expressed >interest in setting up a Committee for Bilateral Cooperation of the two >countries' chambers. > >HUNGARY - CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE - MEETING BELGRADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT >BUSINESS MEETING IN BUDAPEST BELGRADE, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - A meeting of >presidents of chambers of commerce of 18 capitals and major cities of 14 >European countries was held in Budapest recently, and Belgrade Chamber of >Commerce President Branislav Vujinovic was among the participants. The meeting >was devoted to services provided by the chambers under the contemporary >economic-market conditions of business operations, in particular having in >mind certain specificities in Europe, and the place and role of chambers of >commerce, said a statement by the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. >Within a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Budapest Chamber of >Commerce, Vujinovic was presented with the institution's top award for >long-term cooperation and general contribution to the development of economic >cooperation between the two countries and nursing and developing good >relations between Belgrade and Budapest. Vujinovic held a series of separate >meetings and talks with the presidents of the chambers of commerce of >Thessaloniki, Ljubljana, Kiev, Trieste, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Vienna, Budapest, >and other cities, the statement said. > >YUGOSLAVIA - ELECTIONS - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS IVANOV: RUSSIA WILL NOT PUT >PRESSURE ON YUGOSLAVIA MOSCOW, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - Russia has been putting no >pressure on anybody in Yugoslavia, nor will it start doing so in the future, >Russia's foreign minister said in Moscow on Thursday. Igor Ivanov was speaking >after a meeting at the Kremlin between President Vladimir Putin and visiting >French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine. According to Ivanov, Yugoslavia's >elections are very important, and their legitimate results must be respected. >Russia and the European Union have different approaches to the situation in >the Balkans, but their goal is the same - to promote regional stability, >Ivanov added. He said also that the chief purpose of Vedrine's visit to Moscow >was to lay the groundwork for a Russo-French summit in Paris in late October, >adding that stability in Europe and other parts of the world depends on their >cooperation. According to Ivanov, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov will >be visiting France in mid-December, by which time the two sides' expert teams >will have negotiated the development of economic, cultural, and other ties. > >IVANOV REITERATES RUSSIA'S STANCE ON YUGOSLAVIA MOSCOW, Sep 28 (Tanjug).- >Russian Foreign Minister reiterated Thursday Moscow's firm stance that the >people of Yugoslavia must be free to take their own decisions without any >foreign or internal pressures. Ivanov told Itar-tass that destabilization >would benefit only those forces which do not want to preserve Yugoslavia's >unity or to restore its position on international political stage. Ivanov thus >confirmed his Wednesday statement regarding the situation in Yugoslavia >following last Sunday's presidential and federal parliamentary elections. >Russian foreign ministry also said two days ago that any attempt at >destabilizing Yugoslavia was unacceptable. > >DINI URGES CALM POST-ELECTION SITUATION IN YUGOSLAVIA ROME, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - >Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini said in Rome on Thursday it was >extremely important that the situation concerning Yugoslavia's elections >should continue to be calm, without excitement. Dini quoted the official >results posted by the Yugoslav Central Electoral Commission, according to >which opposition presidential candidate Kostunica secured 48.9 percent of the >vote, and the incumbent, Milosevic, 38.6 percent. A run-off poll is a legal >possibility and thus a democratic instrument, and one that should be taken, >according to Dini. > >CHINA: ELECTIONS IN YUGOSLAVIA ARE NOT OVER YET PEKING, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - The >elections in Yugoslavia have not been completed yet and it is not known at >this time who the president will be, Chinese Foreign Ministry representative >Sun Yuxi said on Thursday. Pointing out the results announced by the Yugoslav >federal Electoral Commission, Sun told a regular press conference that these >elections are exclusively an internal affair of Yugoslavia and underscored >that China respects the choice of the Yugoslav people. He said he hoped >Yugoslavia would preserve its political stability and achieve economic and >social growth. Sun expressed hope that Chinese-Yugoslav relations would >continue to grow and pointed out that China and Yugoslavia have maintained, >and will continue to maintain, economic and trade cooperation on the grounds >of equality and mutual benefits, cooperation which is in the interests and >beneficial to the peoples of both countries. China has repeatedly announced >over the past few days that foreign interference in the internal affairs of a >country, or in the electoral and post-election process in Yugoslavia, is >unacceptable. > >YUGOSLAVIA - ELECTIONS - FOREIGN PRESS WEST DOES NOT CARE FOR SERBIAN PEOPLE - >CHINESE PAPER BEIJING, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - Chinese media carried on Thursday a >Yugoslav Electioral Commission statement that incumbent President Slobodan >Milosevic and the opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica must undergo a >second round of elections on Oct 8 as neither won a majority in the first. >Chinese Worker's Daily said in a commentary on the Yugoslav elections that the >West does not care for free and fair elections in Yugoslavia or for the future >of Serbian people, but only for its own interests, as demonstrated by its >economic, political and even military pressures against Yugoslavia. The daily >warns that this is gross interference in the internal affairs of Yugoslavia, >adding that the chief aim of the West is to use pressure to overthrow the >current government in Belgrade. Illustrating the media and other forms of >pressure, the daily said that the western media announced immediately after >polling stations closed Sunday evening that "President Slobodan Milosevic lost >the elections". Pointing to other means of gross interference of the West, the >daily stressed "threats and promises" of the West as regards economy, quoting >some western officials who said that the sanctions against Yugoslavia would be >strenghtened if the election results were not in conformity to their will. >Media in Beijing stressed that Russia urged the West against destabilizing >Yugoslavia, quoting Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov's statement that the >Yugoslav people have full freedom to express their will without internal or >external pressure. > >LE MONDE URGES DIPLOMATIC CAUTION PARIS, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - French media are >still carefully following the Yugoslav elections for president and federal >deputies which were held on Sunday, Sept 24. French television reported in >prime-time news on Thursday, through its Belgrade correspondent, that the >Federal Electoral Commission had announced a presidential run-off for Oct 8. >Most French dailies also carried this report. Le Monde said that western >leaders, who are carefully following developments in Belgrade, were taken by >surprise with this announcement. In a special analysis, the Paris daily >specified that this uncertain situation was a result of a situation where >"self-proclaimed president Vojislav Kostiunica claims he has won the necessary >votes in the first round," while incumbent President Slobodan Milosevic is >following the Constitutional procedure and "sticking to legality." The >analysis said that no-one in the west actually knows how to deal with such a >situation. "It is no solution to engage oneself on Kostunica's side more than >this is necessary with the usual diplomatic caution," said Le Monde. Le Monde >said there were differences on this issue among European Union countries, >claiming, for instance, that Greece and Italy "maintain different stands." > >SERBIAN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA KOSOVO-METOHIJA ALBANIAN MURDERER OF >RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPER RECAPTURED KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Serbia, Sept 28 (Tanjug) - >A U.N. Kosovo- Metohija mission (UNMIK) spokesman said on Thursday that the >escaped suspect in the murder of a Russian peacekeeper in that U.N.-run >province of the Yugoslav republic of Serbia has been recaptured. The captive, >Faton Hajridi, an ethnic Albanian aged 15, is suspected of murdering a Russian >soldier in Srbica in central Kosovo-Metohija in early March, spokesman Yvan de >Saint Foy said. Hajridi, who fled from jail in the province's chief city of >Pristina on April 19, was re-arrested earlier on Thursday in a house in >Srbica. He was found in possession of a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a >sizeable quantity of ammunition, and taken to prison in Kosovska Mitrovica. >UNMIK police arrested two other ethnic Albanians, whose names were not >disclosed. One was taken in custody on suspicion of murder, and the other, for >unspecified criminal offenses, according to the UNMIK spokesman. > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
