05.11.2000

OHR RTRS News Summary, 5 November 2000

RT RS News Headlines:

  • RS Government will strive to pay remaining pensions in next several days; pensioners protest reasonable but it is necessary to view situation and RS financial abilities realistically – RS Prime Minister Dodik
  • Dodik to meet Patriarch Pavle and Serbian Deputy Premier Covic Monday – Dodik cabinet press release
  • New Yugoslav government sworn in; after ten-hour session Yugoslav Federal Parliament votes confidence in new government and Zizic appointed Prime Minister
  • Priorities at new Federal Government’s first session to be international diplomatic relations
  • Immediately after formation of Zizic cabinet, Advisor to Montenegrin President for Constitutional Issues Miodrag Vukovic tells BBC that all decisions adopted by newly elected government will not be binding in Montenegrin territory
  • New Yugoslav Foreign Minister Svilanovic announces formation of administrative office for all former Yugoslav countries within Foreign Ministry and assess that Yugoslavia will establish diplomatic relations with most countries throughout the world
  • Establishing connection with rest of world and initiating Yugoslav police’s co-operation with police of neighbouring countries and INTERPOL are my priorities – Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran Zivkovic
  • Dodik congratulates newly appointed Yugoslav Prime Minister Zizic
  • France welcomes appointment of new Yugoslav Government and Prime Minister Zizic
  • Javier Solana congratulates Yugoslav Foreign Minister Svilanovic and Deputy Premier Labus
  • Representatives of World Serb Congress and other west European Serb associations decide in Brussels to held founding congress of Serb Diaspora in Europe in December
  • In midst of preparations for fifth anniversary of Dayton agreement, sharp polemics over complex internal BiH organisation
  • SDA President Sulejman Tihic believes transformation of entities will occur in accordance with BiH Constitutional Court ruling on constituent status of three BiH peoples throughout country (00:13)
  • If BiH political instability continues to be used as excuse for Dayton agreement revision, RS may demand independence – PDP President Ivanic reacting to Tihic’s statement (00:11)
  • Party for BiH General-Secretary Halilovic believes Ivanic understands democracy as national and socialism as national socialism; Ivanic has de-masked himself by continuing to implement SDS project
  • OHR spokesperson Milisic considers RS politicians’ need to demonstrate desire to preserve entity as their constitutional right (00:27)
  • Party for BiH President Silajdzic express belief that BiH will offer new US Administration discussion on evolution of Dayton agreement at upcoming Dayton conference (00:13)
  • HDZ BiH President Jelavic rejects future participation of BiH Croat leadership in BiH Federation institutions because Federation has become Muslim entity and ‘is past for us’ (00:19)
  • BiH Catholic Church calls on all Croats with right to vote to come out for territorial and administrative reorganisation of BiH at upcoming referendum (00:17)
  • Cardinal Puljic, in exclusive interview with HRT, takes decisive stand against third BiH entity and expresses regret due to manipulation of Croat people’s referendum (00:15)
  • Bosniak BiH Presidency member Halid Genjac to visit Banja Luka, Kozarac, Bosanska Dubica, Kostajnica, Gradiska and Bosanski Novi Monday; he will meet Banja Luka mayor Davidovic and representatives of Bosniak organisations there
  • Bridge at Novi Grad border crossing still not open to traffic in spite of announcement to contrary one month ago and fact that bridge has been reconstructed; RTRS inquiries as to when border will open left unanswered
  • Memorial plaque constructed on initiative of families and friends of nine fallen soldiers of RS Army officially blessed and unveiled in village of Donje Liplje
  • Prevlaka tourist zone should be part of Montenegro – DOS official Zoran Djindjic
  • Del Ponte might visit Belgrade and Podgorica soon; Kostunica still has not responded to her urgent demand for meeting; Kostunica believes that certain amount of co-operation between Belgrade and The Hague Tribunal unavoidable
  • KFOR members discover unidentified corpse in abandoned car in village of Lugovici, Kosovo
  • Withdrawal of US troops from BiH and Kosovo would be premature – Holbrooke in interview with French daily Le Monde
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  • Banja Luka Mayor Davidovic places cornerstone in village of Subotica-Golesi for construction of water supply plant
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