Борба, 31. 01. 1997., стр. 8
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F.R.Y. - RUSSIA
_ Belgrade, - The Russian foreign minister's first deputy Igor Ivanov said Wednesday that his country wished the people of Yugoslavia to overcome the current crisis ve, a political dialogue among all democratic forces. Ivanov said he had not visited Belgrade in the capacity of a mediator, but had come to convey to Yugoslav officials Mockow’'s concern about the developments and to find out about what Yugoslavia intended to do to defuse the crisis.
He said Russia was still willing to play an active role in strengthening stability and the democratic development in and out Yugoslavia. ‘The international community should and must help Yugoslavia to overcome current difficulties and it is vital for the country that the so - called outer wall of sanctions be removed, that it be granted economic assistance and that it restore its place in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) /and other International organizations’, he said adding that Russia would continue efforts to this end. Iva-
nov said the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and the U.N. sancitions against Yugoslavia had crippled the contry’s economy and caused a drop in the population’s living standars, which he said had led to social, and political tensions. Serbian and Yugoslav officials have voiced their firm commit-
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Pale, - SFOR, UN and ICRC representatives held their,.first news conference in Pale Wednesday at which they said that SPOR had.the same mandate as the previous international peacekeepers (IFOR) - preventing the resumption of hostilities, extending support to international po-
8 Friday, January 31, 1997
ment to the resolution of the current situation through a further democratization and extensive dialogue with political forces in the country, he said.
Russia takes the view that the resolution of the issue in this
Igor Ivanov
manner is in the interest of Yugoslavia, Russia and the stability in the entire Balkans. He said Moscow strongly opposed foreign interference in the Serbian people’s affairs and the artificial straining of tensions round the country. He said the international community should take a constructive approach to the resolution of this issue and should not interfere in Yugoslavia’s internal affairs.
lice forces and equal treatment of all parties in*Bosniaand:Hezegoyina.
SFOR spokesman” Major Tony Wight said that SFOR was conducting inspections of arms deports, to ensure respect of all military aspects of the peace agreement.
He said that in the last 24 hours they conducted 26 inspections, of
At the close of his three-day visit to Yugoslavia, Ivanov told reporters that he had met with representatives of nearly all political parties in the country in order to get the picture about the situation in the country...
Asked Slobodan Milosevic had infor- id med him about how he was going to deal with the situation in Serbia, Ivanov said he had not discussed the issue with Milosevic, but said ways of how to overcome the crisis would soon be defined. The OSCE report does not only include a recommendation to recognize the results of the second round of local elections but also the position that the elections reflect the will of the majority of the citizens of Yugoslavia, that the way out of the situation lay in a candid dialogue among all political forces and that Serbs only can find a solution to the issue, he said.
He said Milosevic also considered the OSCE report a constructive document aimed at resolving the issue and viewed in this light recommendations stated in the document. ‘That is why we say that the resolution of the cri-
Ivanov: Resolution of Crisis Through Dialogue
Russia is still willing to play an active role in strengthening stability and democratic development in and out Yugoslavia, said Igor Ivanov
Moscow takes the view that acting in line with the OSCE recommendations could create conditions for overcoming the crisis and an extensive dialogue among key political forces in the country, he said.
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‘If other countries had listened to Russia and had allowed Yugo- | slavia to restore its position in the OSCE, this crisis might not have | happened’, he said. |
„E SFOR Same as IFOR
which 10 on the muslim side, 9 of the Groation defense. council and. seven of Republika Srpska army.
ICRC representative presented ‘ati the same conference the fact that 18,172 individuals are unaccounted for in the war in the territory of Bosnia and Herrzegovina.
BELGRADE
Balkan Association for Criminal Law
Belgrade, - Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic received Wednesday a delegation of Yugoslav lawyers which informed ‘him about the creation of the Balkan Association for criminal law based in Belgrade. According to the federal secretariat for information, the founders of the Balkan Association are the national associations for criminal law of Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and FR Yugoslavia.
The Balkan Association for criminal law, as a nongovernmental organization, will deal with expert and scientific issues in fighting violence, organized crime, illicit drug trafficking, money laundering and other criminal activities.
The Balkan Association for criminal Jaw, which will include all national factors in fighting crime, will have a scientific centre based in Sofia and branches in Athens, Belgrade and Bucharest.
Prime Minister Kontic welcomed the founding of the scientific-expert Balkan Association and pointed to the huge importance of fighting crime which, he assessed, was unfortunately increasingly present in the region. Kontic pointed especially to the importance of association in organizing activities for fighting drugs transiting increasingly through the Balkans, the statement said.
BORBA IN ENGLISH
sis is Yugoslavia’s internal affair’, #
Asked whether his mission had been successful, Ivanov said he # was leaving for Russia with a fe- # of optimism.
The talks have shown that the # country’s leadership and oppositi- § on leaders have the political will | to defuse the crisis through a dia- 3 logue and that they are all aware 3 that a solution to th be find through the use of force, | and that is why they are all exer- § cising a great deal of restraint and § are ignoring provocations, he sa- |
‘He said Russia categorically | opposed the position that the iso- } lation of Yugoslavia could help
that a move to this end would be - productive.
Ivanov said as soon as a problem appeared in Yugoslavia, some countries raised the issue of § Serbia’s southern province of Ko- § sova and Metohija. He said this | was impermissible because the is- # sue concerning the local elections | was one thing, while the minority § issue Was quite another thing and | it had to be resolved step by step.
He said Kosovo and Metohija | was Yuposlavia's internal affat, | adding that all of Europe was faced with the minority issue.
e issue cannot #
the crisis and believed
COAL MINING
GOVERNMENT
BORB
Work on Liberalization of Trade.
Novi Sad, - Yugoslav Trade Minister Djordje Siradovic said in Novi Sad, centre of Serbia's northern
rovince of Vojvodina, on
ednesday that — the Yugoslav government would continue workin on the liberalisation o trade. © i
Speaking at a meetin of the managing board o Vojvodina's Chamber of Commerce, Siradovic said thé timetable of Yugoslavia’s admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) should be di- | scussed in talks with the + organization in order to obtain the status of a developing country.
He said Yugoslavia had nearly been admitted to the WTO, but said the political developments in the country had led to the postponement of a decision to this end.
each company in a position ot secure foreign source of financing do so, because he said there would be no foreign credits in the future. Fo-
reigners will act ag inye, stors and will want : trol the funds they have i
vested, he said. ne
tO con.
He also said Yugoslay exports amounted 4g: 1.849 billion dollars jn. 1996, while. imports amounted to more than 4 billion dollars, cay. sing a foreign trade de. fic li „VW
c sala CXPorts Wcnt n. by 20.3. percent lage year and imports by ne. arly 50 percent, deserj, bie the fact as unfavo.. urable.
Imports however must
not be banned because
Ee aprobiem lay in in.
sufficient exports, he said.
Siradovic also said that
Yugoslavia exported
mainly non-ferrous me.
tals, vegetables, fruit
and grain plants last
Siradovic urged that Yugoslav Trade Minister: Djordje Siradovic year. ‘
Enough Fertilizers —
Ensured for Spring Sowing
Belgrade, - According to experts of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and the Serbian Cooperative Union, 913,400 tones of fertilizers are expected to be produced by the end of June 1977, which, in addition to the existing stockpiles, will almost fully meet the demands of spring sowing.
The necessary quantities of raw phosphates, potassium chloride, ammonium sulphate and other imported raw materials and intermediates will be secured for the planned production of 561,400 tones of npk, 304,000 tones of kan and 48,000 tones of urea.
study on Reserves in Kosovo
Belgrade, - Experts of the Belgrade School of Mining. Engineering and Geology estimated the coal reserves in Kosovo and Metohija (Kosmet) at 15.7 million tonnes in a study on the coal reserves in Kosmet.
There are 13.2 billion tones of coal in the Kosovo basen, 2.5 billion tones in the Metohija basen out of all geological reserves in Serbia, the head engineer in the Serbian Electric Power Industry (EPS) development sector, Stanimir Putnik, told Tanjug.
Kosmet is an important source of energy for the longterm strategy of power industry development in Yugoslavia, he said.
Experts said that strip mines in the Kosmet mines of Belacevac and Dobro Selo would produce coal till 2006. In the meantime, preparations must be carried out for opening another two strip mines in order to ensure enough coal for the exsisting thermo-electric power plants in Kosmet and for those which are to be built in the future.
gements.
NOVI SAD
On Romany Language ·
The Serbian government called on ministries for trade and agriculture to give prio. rity to the import of raw matterials necessary © for the production of fertilizers when tatifying compensation deals or barter arran-
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The Serbian government called on the energy and mining ministries to immediately ensure 45,000 cubic meters of natural gas for the production of ammonia necessary for the production of the majority of fertilizers,
Novi Sad, - The standardization of the Romany language in Yugoslavia will be the central theme of atwoday consultations in late January, President of the Romany Organization in Yugoslavia Trifun Dimic told a
news conference Tuesday.
Dimic said solutions would be sought for a common language of ali Romanies in Yugoslavia, meaning the fusion of the two existing: Romany dialects into one.
YUGOSLAVIA - SLOVAKIA
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Bratislava, - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Slovakia coordinated in Bratislava on Wednesday the text of a treaty on abolishing visas in mutual travel.
Under the treaty, Yugoslav citizens will be able to travel to Slovakia without a visa and to stay in Slovak territory for up to” 30 days without any additional formalities.
The two sides coordinated also the text of an accord on the repatnation and acceptance of nationals of either country staying illegally in the other country. The accord,
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tries’ cooperation in the prevention of illegal mirations. The two accord will contribute to further strengthening and developing overall bilateral relations. The agreements will be signed after the texts coordinated by the two sides’ experts are approved by their governments.
BORBA - TANJUG - RADIO YUGOSLAVIA
Bratislava
lng Vises
SERBIA
contacts established with
ministry said.
ness
Belgrade, - Serbia’s commo| dity exports in 1996 increased by i | 20 percent and its commodity imports by 50 percent as apainst 1995, Serbian government: coordinating team for foreign trade noted at a meeting Wednesday. The renewed relations with former foreign partners and the
ones, the conclusion of a growing number of export contracts and the inflow of foreign funds for financing export-oriented production are encouraging signs, the team noted, Serbian information
The meeting, which focused on the results achieved last year and the goals set for 1997, noted that current political developments were slowing down the conclusion of new export deals and causing great losses to the economy.
The team underlined the importance of the large-scale busiarrangements concluded with foreign partners for the entire economy. It discussed the prospects of the oil arrangement with China and the gas arrangement with Russia, on the basis of
Exports Increased in 1996
Within these arrangements, manifacturers of agricultural machinery and equipment, machine-building, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries and companies operating in the services and capital projects sectors have the best prospects for concluding export deals.
Exports must have absolute priority in the economic policy and branches with the highest foreign exchange earnings must be treated as priority branches as a pre-condition for achieving the planned 40 _ percent growth. In case Yugoslavia rejoins international organizations speedily, the percentage could be even higher, the team said.
The team proposed to the relevant governament bodies several measures aimed at ensuring a favourable atomosphere for economic activity and export growth. It strongly backed the government plans for liberalizing foreign trade and its endeavors for Yugoslavia’s admission into the World Trade Organization.
It also suggested that domestic production should be protected
new
PRODUCTION OF MACHINERY
US - F.R.Y. Cooperation
Belgrade, - Serbian Minister of Industry Oskar Fodor and Vicepresident of the U.S. Lsb Oklahoma City company Michael Tepper have assessed as positive cooperation to date between the U.S. company and partners in Yugoslavia, exspressing hope that
export
it would continue to be suc-
cessful.
‘Potisje' machine tools fa
A delegation of the U.S. com-
ctory
bia’s northern province of Vojvodina on export to the United Sta tes in the next century of two new products to be manufactured by the factory.
Potisje and the U.S. company have thus renewed their thirtyyear-old cooperation in supplying
the U.S, market with machine to ols manufactured by the factory: | Potisje and other Yugoslav. fac
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the
which Yugoslavia will be able to export goods to the value of over half a million dollars.
by the same instruments as those used by countries with developed market economy.
pany paying a visit to Yugoslavia has reached agreement with officials of the Potisje factory in Ser-
_ company with about 20,000 diffe:
tories earlier supplie
rent machines and equipment.