Headlines
- Armed intervention is act of aggression against FRY- is conclusion of the Milosevic-Ivanov-Sergeiev encounter in Belgrade
- Eric Shinseki spoke to Zivko Radisic and Nikola Poplasen
- UN concerned about Muslim-Croat conflicts in Tasovcici near Capljina
- Turkish units attacked northern Iraq
A Russian Federation delegation spoke today in Belgrade to the FRY President, Sobodan Milosevic, about the Kosovo crisis and questions related to the threat of intervention by NATO. It was concluded that intervention from abroad would mean an act of aggression against FRY. The crisis can be resolved exclusively in a peaceful way, politically. The FRY Supreme Defence Council, at its latest session, took the standpoint that, in the event of an attack, the FRY shall defend itself with all available forces.
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The newly appointed RS President and the SRS President, Nikola Poplasen, spoke to the NATO commander to B&H, E. Shinseki, about realisation of all aspects of the military part of the Dayton Agreement. “It is necessary to have good cooperation and all disputable questions must be resolved by mutual agreement, appreciating reasonable arguments, it was concluded at the meeting”, as reported in a statement by the SRS of RS. E. Shinseki, who will soon leave office as NATO commander in B&H, also spoke to Zivko Radisic, the newly appointed member, i.e. chairman of the B&H Presidency and the President of the SPRS.
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The former IC Representative to B&H, Carl Bildt sent a letter to the former RS President, Biljana Plavsic, expressing his admiration for what she had done to change the image of Serbs in the world. Carl Bildt expressed the hope that “Biljana Plavsic will continue her political activities”, assessing that her party and SLOGA Coalition needed her leadership.
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The annual session of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is in progress in Washington. The session is attended by the RS delegation, led by the RS Minister of Finance, Novak Kondic.
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