09.10.1999

OHR RTRS News Summary, 9 October 1999

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News Headlines

  • Milosevic meets with Radisic, Djokic and Poplasen in Belgrade
  • Mihajlovic statement about visit of Djokic and Radisic to Milosevic in Belgrade
  • RS National Assembly fourth special session to be held in Banja Luka on Sunday
  • Consultative session of RS parliamentary parties at 11:00 on Sunday in Banja Luka
  • RS National Assembly delegates to declare on Radisic position regarding BiH charges against Yugoslavia at The Hague
  • Two-thirds majority of RS National Assembly should support Radisic position to nullify BiH Presidency decision on continuing proceedings against Yugoslav – RS Constitutional Court Chief Justice Rajko Kuzmanovic
  • RS National Assembly does not have legal footing to discuss BiH charges against Yugoslavia – Izetbegovic
  • RS National Assembly special session on Sunday will not have legal force since Radisic missed opportunity to lodge complaint at BiH Presidency session of 8 September 1999 – Izetbegovic legal adviser Kasim Trnka
  • Resolution of presidential crisis possible by end of October- Sarovic
  • BiH Council of Ministers Deputy Co-chairman Neven Tomic talks about reconstruction of Council of Ministers
  • NATO attacks on Yugoslavia made return of refugees to BiH more difficult – SFOR Commander Meigs
  • Economies of countries in Southeast Europe should be reconstructed – Italian Prime Minister
  • US considers independent Kosovo is not way to go – US Special Kosovo Envoy James Pardew
  • IC goal is reconstruction of Kosovo autonomy of 1989 – UN Kosovo Civilian Mission Head Kouchner
  • OSCE Chairman-in-Office Knut Vollebaek calls on Kosovo Albanian leaders to prevent violence in Kosovo
  • Kosovo is part of Serbia – Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov
  • Pristina University to start in Krusevac on 1 November
  • 1,000 Kosovo Albanian students and professors sign petition against students and professors who worked for Serbian regime
  • Delegation of Montenegrin Socialists Democratic Party to meet with SPS to discuss restructuring Yugoslav Federation relations on 26 October – Montenegrin Prime Minister Vujanovic
  • Yugoslav citizens hardest hit by oil and civilian air traffic embargo against Yugoslavia – Austrian Foreign Ministry General Secretary Albert Rohan
  • SPO President Draskovic condemns Serbian police attempts to conceal evidence about car crash
  • 350,000 BiH citizens have requested asylum in foreign countries – BiH Federation media
  • BiH Federation Association of Pensioners organize protest demonstration in Sarajevo
  • World news
  • OSCE Mission to BiH to return certification to Bratunac municipality – OSCE and Bratunac municipal representatives
  • Sports and weather
  • Yugoslav National football team draws 2:2 with Croatia, Yugoslavia qualifies for European Championships 2000
  • Celebration in Banja Luka streets following Yugoslav National team victory
  • RS Government to hold session in Banja Luka Sunday at 10:00
  • IC activities to establish BiH peace, reintegration and reconstruction expensive – UNHCR Mission Head to BiH Werner Blatter
  • IC experts should be well paid but largest portion of funds should remain in BiH – International Crisis Group Head James Lyon
  • Europe wants to see changes in Serbia, EU to give 40 million Euros to children’s daycare centers and hospitals in Serbia – Stability Pact Coordinator Bodo Hombach
  • IC should give more support to Serbian opposition – Italian Prime Minister
  • KFOR arrests six persons and uncovers arms cache in village of Sanac near Pec
  • KFOR arrests two Kosovo Albanians who looted Serb home in village of Gorazdevci near Pec
  • UN Mission to Kosovo spokesperson Beatrice Lacoste discusses return to work of Kosovo Albanian hospital employees in Kosovska Mitrovica
  • SPO President Draskovic meets with UN Special Human Rights Envoy Jiri Dienstbier
  • US Ambassador to BiH Thomas Miller visits wounded Srebrenica Municipality Secretary Munib Hasanovic in Tuzla hospital
  • World news

News Summary

Milosevic meets with Radisic, Djokic and Poplasen in Belgrade

Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic met with BiH Presidency member Zivko Radisic, RS National Assembly Speaker Petar Djokic and former RS President Nikola Poplasen in Belgrade. They discussed cooperation between Yugoslavia and RS, especially improving conditions necessary to strengthen economic ties, as well as successful cooperation in cultural and other spheres of social life between the RS and Yugoslavia. They mutually agreed on the need to continue the consistent implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.

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Mihajlovic statement on Djokic and Radisic visit to Milosevic in Belgrade

BiH Council of Ministers Co-chairman Svetozar Mihajlovic commented on the visit of SPRS members Zivko Radisic and Petar Djokic to Belgrade with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Mihajlovic said that the Sloga Coalition had not been informed of the visit beforehand. Mihajlovic added that the visit presented yet another blow against the Sloga Coalition. News of the visit surprised members of the Sloga Coalition because they usually discuss important moves like this beforehand and make the appropriate preliminary announcement, said Mihajlovic.

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