18.11.1998

OHR SRT News Summary, 18 November 1998

Headlines

  • Talks between the RS and FRY Governments on resolving the problems after the cessation of payment operations are scheduled for tomorrow
  • RS NA session to be held on November 30 in Banja Luka
  • On the second day of his visit to Srpsko Sarajevo President Poplasen stated he would support the policy of balanced development of all parts of the RS
  • After three months’ break, Iraq arms control inspectors back in the field

A RS Government delegation consisting of the PM Milorad Dodik, the Finance Minister Novak Kondic and the general manager of the RS Development Bank Ranko Travar is travelling to Belgrade tomorrow to discuss problems caused by the FRY Government’s decision to stop payment operations with the RS.
0:20

The RS NA Speaker Petar Djokic met with parliamentary party leaders today and scheduled the next RS NA session for November 30 in Banja Luka. There will be 27 items on the Agenda, including nominations for the NA working bodies and the set of property laws. “The PM designate proposal will be discussed when he is ready to present his composition of the Government to the Assembly”, said Djokic.
2:35

The RS President Nikola Poplasen and the Vice-president Mirko Sarovic continued their visit to the Sarajevo-Romanija region.
2:10

The members of the B&H Presidency met today in Sarajevo with the Rumanian President Emil Constantinescu.
0:35

The Chairman of the B&H Presidency Zivko Radisic received the Bishop of Banja Luka Franjo Komarica, at his request. They talked about the problems that the Banja Luka Bishopric encounters in their everyday work.
0:30

The Standing Military Committee of the B&H held a session in Vlasenica today. High-ranking officers of the VRS, the Federation Army and SFOR talked about last year’s progress in military issues such as demining, security and cantonment site safety.
1:10

The military attaches of the US, Slovenia, Hungary, France and Turkey visited the Air Force base in Mahovljani near Banja Luka today.
2:15

The exhumation of 8 bodies took place in Modrica today, in the presence of SFOR, OHR, IPTF and representatives of the Commission for Exchange of PoWs and MPs of the RS, the Federation and the Croat side.
1:20

The SPRS Spokesman Igor Radojicic stated at today’s press conference that the election of Dragan Kalinic for the PM would take the RS to new isolation.
1:35

Kosovo-related news
2:50

The OHR Spokesman Rida Attarashany said at today’s press conference in Sarajevo that the OHR Commission had chosen three proposals for the new B&H anthem.
0:30