Headlines
- Milosevic talked with Radisic and Poplasen in Belgrade
- Central Serbia hit by an earthquake
- NATO has installed forces for possible action in Kosovo
- Chirac- Schroeder meeting in Paris
- Medical fair opened in Banja Luka
The FRY President, Slobodan Milosevic, talked with the SPRS President, Zivko Radisic, and SRS President, Nikola Poplasen, in Belgrade. It was emphasised that the Dayton Agreement was a solid basis for affirmation of national interests and that there was unanimous support coming from RS citizens and institutions to the full and successful implementation of the Dayton Agreement.
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SPRS Vice President, Nedjo Djuric, stated that the Sloga coalition had not yet agreed on their candidate for Prime Minister and that SPRS had nothing against Dodik’s second nomination.
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The SRS President, Nikola Poplasen, said that he was for a government of national unity, refuting the possibility of Milorad Dodik being PM once again. “If you ask me about Dodik, his party is in seventh or eighth place”.- Poplasen said.
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“Unless the newly elected RS President takes Sloga’s opinion into consideration when nominating the PM, a parliamentary crisis could occur.- Dodik stated in an interview with Oslobodjenje. “There will be no problem constituting the RS National Assembly, for it is out of Poplasen’s jurisdiction”.- Dodik said.
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Elizabeth Rehn talked in Sarajevo with the SDS President, Dragan Kalinic, and Vice President, Dragan Cavic, about the IPTF and International Community activities in the RS. Kalinic and Cavic have declared their readiness to improve relations with the UN, including IPTF, through active participation of their representatives in the state institutions.
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The President of the Serb coalition for the RS, Predrag Lazarevic, said at a press conference that their representatives in the Assembly would be a correction factor and would advocate democratic change, not democratic dictation. He called upon the SNS to step out of the Sloga and, together with other Serb parties, as he put it, form the judicial and executive authority in the RS.
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