OHR RTRS News Summary, 19 October 1999

News Headlines

  • BiH and Slovenia sign agreement on bilateral cooperation in science, culture and education
  • BiH accession to European Council depends on its politicians – European Council delegation
  • Ivanov and Prlic satisfied with Dayton Agreement implementation
  • Ivanov and Prlic sign protocol on cooperation between Russian and BiH foreign ministries
  • RS and BiH Federation Refugee Ministries meet with Croatian counterparts, Croatian Ambassador to BiH and US Embassy delegation to discuss return of minorities to Croatia and Bosnian entities
  • BiH Minister for Civilian Affairs and Communication and Chinese Ambassador discuss cooperation in telecommunications, traffic and transport
  • Tudjman demand for third, Croat entity in BiH will undermine Dayton Agreement – international organizations
  • Tudjman demand for third, Croat entity will not contribute to peace process and directly violates Dayton Agreement – Domi
  • SNSD does not support revision of Dayton Agreement or division of BiH – SNSD Main Board member Mitrovic’s reaction to Tudjman demand
  • Hajric reaction to Tudjman statement
  • Zubak reaction to Tudjman statement
  • Serbian opposition meets with EU and US State Department delegations in Laktasi, RS
  • Alliance for Changes delegation meets with Dodik and Plavsic
  • One Serb killed in Pristina on 18 October – KFOR spokesperson
  • KFOR decides to increase presence in Pristina
  • Six British soldiers injured in Pristina fire
  • KFOR discovers unidentified body in Vranic
  • KFOR confiscates huge cache of illegal arms in Kosovo – KFOR spokesperson
  • Serb beaten near Kosovo Polje – Church National Council
  • Group of armed Kosovar Albanians attack Serb village of Mogile – Vitina Church Council
  • KFOR condemns appearance of posters of potential war criminals – KFOR spokesperson
  • Ilidza and Serb Ilidza reach agreement on direct cooperation in two-way returns – Stiglmayer
  • BiH Federation House of Representatives confirms Special Relations Agreement annex on cooperation in science, education, technology and tourism with Croatia
  • Mostar authorities hold session to discuss taking over management of Mostar Airport Ortijes
  • IPTF completes training of BiH Federation police officers on how to act with general public – Coffman
  • Goran Jelisic guilty of crimes against humanity – ICTY
  • World news
  • Trebinje Customs Point confiscate contraband cigarettes
  • Local authorities, RS and BiH Federation Armies and SFOR discuss reconstruction of Brcko-Celic-Lopare-Tuzla route
  • USAID marks second anniversary of first loan disbursement to RS private enterprise
  • RS National Theater celebrates 70th season
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • RS and BiH Federation Health Insurance funds meet with Austrian health insurance company owners
  • Six bombs thrown at Serb houses in Gnjilane in last two days – BETA
  • Kosovska Mitrovica Council, Serb Resistance Movement leader Trajkovic and Bishop Artemije agree to hold constitutional session of Serb National Council on Sunday in Gracanica
  • Robertson praises Hungary for contribution to resolution of Kosovo crisis
  • Reinhardt and Georgijevski discuss foreign military presence in Macedonia
  • Hombach accepts invitation of Montenegrin Government President, to arrive in Montenegro by end of October
  • IC and NATO decisive to help reform process in Montenegro – Robertson
  • Exhumation of former Yugoslav Army soldiers convenes in Tuzla

News Summary

Hajric reaction to Tudjman statement

Advisor to BiH Presidency Member Alija Izetbegovic for foreign policy, Mirza Hajric, believes that Croatian President Franjo Tudjman’s statement that BiH can only survive if divided into three entities is the best indicator of his attitude on the Dayton Agreement, SRNA reported.

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Zubak reaction to Tudjman statement

NHI President Kresimir Zubak assessed it as very good that Croatian President Franjo Tudjman went public with his BiH concept in Zagreb on 18 October. Tudjman has shown the cards that his policy is playing. That is, BiH’s division, said Zubak, adding that he was convinced that the establishment of a third entity in BiH was not Tudjman’s original concept. While he had a position staked out in the BiH Presidency, Tudjman never mentioned a third entity, only handed down policies to the HDZ, which the party duly adopted at its fifth convention in Mostar.

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