>BELGRADE, October 01, 2000 C O N T E N T S : FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF >YUGOSLAVIA OPPOSITION WANTS TO PROVOKE CHAOS, CLASHES, MILUTINOVIC SAYS >BULATOVIC: YUGOSLAVIA AGAIN WINNING TICKET AT ELECTIONS MINISTER JOVANOVIC >EXTENDS FELICITATIONS TO NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERBIAN JUSTICE MINISTER >CONFERS WITH UN OFFICIALS YUGOSLAV DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER CONFERS WITH >RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT NO REASON FOR RUSSIAN MEDIATION, AMBASSADOR MILOSEVIC SAYS >CULTURAL COOPERATION WITH WORLD IMPROVING, MIRKOVIC SAYS STRIKES, ROAD >BLOCKADES ORGANIZED BY DOS RUSSIA - YUGOSLAVIA > >IVANOV SAYS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PREVENT FOREIGN INTERFERENCE VOTE COUNTING >- INTERNAL AFFAIR OF YUGOSLAVIA, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS RUSSIAN >OFFICIAL TO VISIT BELGRADE AFTER KOSOVO, MACEDONIA > >KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM SERB HOUSES IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA MOGULA VILLAGE >RAZED > >FROM DOMESTIC PRESS SERBIAN RADIO TELEVISION: DOS TRYING TO GET OUT OF ITS >LIES > >FROM FOREIGN PRESS DJINDJIC, NOT KOSTUNICA, PLAYS LEADING ROLE, SAYS GERMAN >PRESS > > > > a.. * * FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA OPPOSITION WANTS TO >PROVOKE CHAOS, CLASHES, MILUTINOVIC SAYS NOVI SAD, October 1 (Tanjug) - >Serbian President Milan Milutinovic talked on Sunday in Novi Sad with >officials in Vojvodina about the political situation and the importance of the >run-off elections for Yugoslav president and deputies in the provincial >assembly. Milutionovic warned that for many, both in the country and abroad, >election results are not the primary goal, but provoking chaos, clashes and >unrest in the state, and calling for some kind of intervention and >interference in our internal affairs. "Neither will those conditions be >created, nor will there be any kind of intervention because our people, >despite all those attempts, will make a decision in the runoff that will >preserve freedom, independence, integrity, equality and peace in the country," >Milutinovic added. That, he said, "can be ensured only by our forces, headed >by Slobodan Milosevic." Speaking about the importance of the run-off elections >for deputies in the Assembly of Vojvodina, the Serbian President pointed to >the danger of candidates of parties with a separatist orientation that are >also part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia. Their intention, Milutinovic >specified, "is to separate Vojvodina first from Serbia, and then, under the >mask of regionalization, to divide it into districts in which Serbs would be a >minority." "That would be a new tragic tearing apart of the Serbian national >corps and the end of the Serbian national being in the territory. At the same >time, it would mean the end of economic independence and of Vojvodina as a >whole and the end of all its farmers, whether they are Serbs, Hungarians, >Romanians, Slovaks or any other," Milutinovic warned. Because of all that, the >outcome of the run-off election will decide "whether or not Vojvodina, Serbia >and Yugoslavia will remain one whole, free and independent and whether the >Serbian national corps will be preserved or further torn apart." "Serbia and >Yugoslavia will not lose their state and soul and will not be colonies," >Milutinovic said, affirming his belief that "both in Vojvodina and throughout >Serbia the Serbian people will wake up and understand what is going on, and >what could happen." > b.. > c.. > d.. BULATOVIC: YUGOSLAVIA AGAIN WINNING TICKET AT ELECTIONS PODGORICA, >October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Prime Minister and Socialist People's Party >(SNP) of Montenegro President Momir Bulatovic said on Monday that Yugoslavia >had made a significant step in its democratic development at the September 24 >elections, and thus also in the protection of its most important state >interests. "None of the terrible predictions about a civil war, state of >emergency or a new NATO intervention have come to pass," Bulatovic said in an >interview to the Podgorica daily Dan. "In spite of unprecedented pressure from >outside and brutal torture from within by Djukanovic, Kouchner and Thaci, >acting on instructions from the same boss, Yugoslav citizens went to the polls >en masse, and expressed their political will peacefully and in a dignified >manner," he said. Yugoslavia has again triumphed at these elections, Bulatovic >said. "This is especially good for Montenegro, where, in spite of the >anticivilizational and hooligan behaviour of the Montenegrin authorities, an >admirably great number of people had summoned up civil and every other courage >to resist intimidation, threats and blackmail," he said. In reaction to a >comment that the results of these elections are "controversial, to say the >least," Bulatovic said presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica had won the >great confidence of Serbian citizens to become Yugoslav president. Voters in >Montenegro overwhelmingly voted for the SNP presidential candidate - Slobodan >Milosevic. Both these facts are equally binding for the SNP, Bulatovic said. >"We will continue to support our presidential candidate without any dilemmas >or calculations," Bulatovic said, adding that the SNP is also ready to accept >and respect a majority decision "which need not be in agreement with our >determination." "The legal path and legal means to which DOS and candidate >Kostunica have resorted should remove any possible dilemma. However, there is >no other way or any other legally established pathway for determining the >actual will of Yugoslav citizens. We trust the Federal Electoral Commission >and other state institutions of Yugoslavia. That is why the SNP is getting >ready to take part in the second round of the presidential elections," he >said. Commenting on the political situation in Yugoslavia after the first >round of elections, Bulatovic said that, according to what is known so far, >the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) have refused to accept the results >of the Federal Electoral Commission and have opted for large-scale civil >protests. The right to peaceful democratic rallies and manifestation of one's >political stand is firmly embedded in our constitutional system and our state >practice, he said. "Personally, I am very sorry that this is happening in our >country which is at the height of its economic activities and the process of >renewing objects destroyed during the NATO aggression," Bulatovic said, and >appealed for the preservation of peace, the victory of reason, and, regardless >of the strength of individual beliefs, that "we should not work generally to >our own detriment." "The SNP was, is and will be devoted to full coalition >cooperation with the SPS. The joint list SPS-JUL in Federal Parliament has >enough deputies to appoint, together with SNP deputies, presidents of >municipal councils and to decide about the structure of the new government," >Bulatovic said. Bulatovic said it was the proposal of the SNP, from the very >beginning of this election cycle, that he be the federal prime >minister-designate, Srdja Bozovic the president of the Chamber of Republics, >and that this is why neither he, nor other prominent SNP members who held >important positions in the Federal Government, were not on the lists of >candidates for deputies. Colleagues from the coalition leftist bloc are fully >in agreement with this proposal, he said. "That is why it could be said with a >great dose of certainty that this job has been done. That is why I am already >at this time carrying out preliminary consultations about the program and >composition of the future federal government," Bulatovic told Dan. > e.. > f.. MINISTER JOVANOVIC EXTENDS FELICITATIONS TO NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER >BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic has >sent a note of felicitations to Nigerian Foreign Minister Alhadji Sule Lamidou >on the occasion of the national holiday of this country. The note said that >relations between these two countries will in future also continue to develop >in the spirit of confidence, cooperation and the traditional friendship of the >two peoples. > g.. > h.. SERBIAN JUSTICE MINISTER CONFERS WITH UN OFFICIALS BELGRADE, October 2 >(Tanjug) - Serbian Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic received special U.N. >envoy for human rights Jiri Dienstbier and U.N. human rights Belgrade office >chief Barbara Davis on Monday, said a statement of the Serbian Justice >Ministry. Dienstbier was specifically interested in the status and position of >detained and charged ethnic Albanians in prisons in Serbia. He was also >interested to learn about the just held elections in Yugoslavia and the >situation in the country after the elections. Jankovic for his part said that >the detained and charged ethnic Albanians who had been displaced from the >Serbian (Yugoslav) province of Kosovo-Metohija due to last year's NATO >aggression on Yugoslavia have the same status and treatment as all other >inmates. Their lawyers, family members and International Red Cross Committee >members regularly visit ethnic Albanian prisoners. Jovanovic also briefed the >visitors on the legal procedure for holding elections in Yugoslavia, and noted >that relevant bodies were acting in conformity with it. > i.. > j.. > k.. YUGOSLAV DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER CONFERS WITH RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT >BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Zoran >Novakovic coffered on Monday with Russian Foreign Ministry special envoy >Vladimir Chizov about the implementation of UN SC Resolution 1244 on Kosovo >and Metohija, the Foreign Ministry said. It was assessed that the escalation >of Albanian terrorism and separatism, unscrupulous onslaught on remaining >Serbs and other non-Albanian populations, the looting and usurpation of >private and state property in Kosovo and Metohija dramatically indicate a >deterioration of the overall situation in the Province and confirm that the >international mission, headed by Bernard Kouchner, has completely failed. KFOR >and UNMIK, especially Kouchner, instead of working on the consistent >implementation of Resolution 1244 and the protection of the territorial >integrity and sovereignty of FR Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia, are >openly cooperating with Albanian separatists on the ethnic cleansing of >remaining Serbs and other non-Albanian populations, aimed at separating Kosovo >and Metohija from the political, legal and economic system of Serbia and >Yugoslavia. The so-called elections called by Kouchner, without consultations >in the UN Security Council and with the Government of Serbia and Yugoslavia >although not even minimal conditions exist for their holding, is a drastic >example of the flagrant violation of the resolution and of disregard of >warnings of a large part of the international community, including the Russian >Federation, that their holding would represent open support to separatism and >terrorism. It was mutually assessed that the positions and assessments of FR >Yugoslavia and the Russian Federation about the implementation of UN SC >Resolution 1244, UNMIK and KFOR failure and about the overall security >situation in Kosovo and Metohija are identical or very similar, the statement >said. > l.. > m.. NO REASON FOR RUSSIAN MEDIATION, AMBASSADOR MILOSEVIC SAYS MOSCOW, >October 2 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Ambassador to the Russian Federation Borislav >Milosevic said on Monday there was no reason for Russian mediation in >regulating the situation in Yugoslavia. In an interview to Interfax news >agency Ambassador Milosevic stressed that Yugoslavia "respects very much >Russia's policy and its efforts in the region" of the Balkans, but that now >"there was no cause for mediation," because "electoral procedure is defined by >law." Milosevic also said that mediation were offered by other countries, >including Greece and Norway. According to Ambassador Milosevic, this is a >"decision for the Yugoslav electoral commission, which represents the highest >body in the country in matters relating to elections." The decision of the >Federal Election Commission is "very difficult to dispute legally," it can be >disputed only politically, Ambassador Milosevic said, bearing in mind the >officially announced results of the Federal Election Commission on the >balloting in the first round of the presidential elections held on September >24 and the setting of the date for run-off elections. The Russian agency noted >in that context that the opposition disputed Federal Election Commission data, >by stating that its candidate Vojislav Kostunica had won already in the first >round. Milosevic greeted the statement of Russian Security Council Secretary >Sergei Ivanov that "main thing is not to allow foreign interference and >pressures on developments in Yugoslavia." Ambassador Milosevic, Interfax said, >did not rule out the use of force by the authorities in Belgrade, but "only as >a last resort, if acts of violence were to start" by the opposition. > n.. > o.. CULTURAL COOPERATION WITH WORLD IMPROVING, MIRKOVIC SAYS BELGRADE, >October 2 (Tanjug) - Our cultural cooperation on the international level is >becoming more intensive and richer, said on Monday Yugoslav Minister in charge >of international cultural and scientific cooperation Cedomir Mirkovic, who >pointed out that the elimination of the danger of war in the Balkans had >helped improve conditions for cultural cooperation with the world. Mirkovic >told Tanjug that cultural cooperation with the world was in direct correlation >with the achievements of our culture, with oneness as an essential and lasting >characteristic of Serbian culture and, lately, with our speedy emergence form >all forms of isolation. Although cooperation in many fields, ranging from >literature to music and the film industry, did not stop even at the time of >the strictest isolation, new political overtones from most countries, and a >growing interest of European and other countries in our culture, tradition and >our capital works or art, encourage cooperation in culture, art and science. >As we move away from the possibility of conflict, our cultural cooperation >with the world is surging, Mirkovic said and assessed that a significant >contribution were the numerous cultural events held in our country. > p.. > q.. STRIKES, ROAD BLOCKADES ORGANIZED BY DOS BELGRADE, October 2 (Tanjug) >- The Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) organized on Monday in Belgrade >and in a number of other towns in Serbia road blockades, and strong pressure >is made on schools and schoolchildren who did not heed the calls for strike. >Public transportation in Belgrade and in some parts of the city came to a >standstill due to the blockade of streets, so that, despite the fact that this >morning 534 buses were dispatched, most people had to walk to work. In Pirot, >4,700 workers of the "Tigar" factory, the trade union said, will not halt >production because that would result in huge losses due to obligations towards >foreing partners involving deadlines. However, the first shift in the textile >factory "Prvi maj" of Pirot went on strike this morning, while workers in >other factories will make decisions during the afternoon. In Smederevska >Palanka and in Smederevo, firms are working while DOS organized a blockade of >roads, and a number of schools have also stopped working. In Smederevska >Palanka, an incident occurred when citizens who gathered at a rally, started a >walk through town and while passing by the building housing the SPS >headquarters threw stones and oranges and broke several windows. State bodies >did not intervene, they only warned that roads blockades should be lifted. In >Pancevo, due to road blockades, the regular delivery of milk from the Pancevo >dairy for the capital city could not be made. Kragujevac was supplied this >morning with milk, bread and other products and state-owned stores are open. >Most "Zastava" plants were working today, but a smaller number of workers >joined the strikers who threaten the further blockade of some state firms and >institutions. Class has been organized on a number of faculties. According to >the Ministry of Education office chief in Pozarevac Srboljub Cojkic, >highschools in Brancevski and Podunavski districts had regular class but >manipulations with pupils started later. In some schools, pupils were not >allowed into schools campuses. Some parents have passed their political >convictions on to their children, and some professors have openly called and >taken pupils to the streets. After a several-hour walk, pupils dispersed while >in the afternoon regular class resumed. One of the reasons why pupils did not >get to schools on time in the morning was the blockade of roads, but also the >strike of a number of bus drivers. Public transportation went back to normal >in the afternoon. In the municipalities of these two districts, where the left >has won at local elections, there was no response to DOS calls for civic >disobedience. > r.. > s.. RUSSIA - YUGOSLAVIA IVANOV SAYS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PREVENT FOREIGN >INTERFERENCE MOSCOW, October 2 (Tanjug) - Russia's Security Council Secretary >Sergey Ivanov said on Sunday that it is extremely important not to allow >foreign interference, pressures or any influence on the present developments >in Yugoslavia. In an interview to Russian State Television RTR, Ivanov said >that, contrary to stepped up pressures toward Yugoslavia by certain countries, >Russia has a balanced stand in connection with the situation which has >occurred following the September 24 elections in Yugoslavia. There are clear >legal procedures at every election and it is essential that these regulations >are ensured clearly and to the last letter, said Ivanov, and that both sides >in the Yugoslav parliamentary elections arrive at a single view and >interpretation of the election results. > t.. > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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