Yugoslav Daily Survey -------------------------------------------------------------------- (Morning edition) BELGRADE, 7 March 2000 F.R.YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA a.. SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA - MILOSEVIC HAS NOT YIELDED b.. GEN.IVASHOV: YUGOSLAVIA WILL NOT BE OBSEQUIOUS F.R.YUGOSLAVIA - EU a.. KFOR, UNMIK RESPONSIBLE FOR GRAVE SITUATION IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA F.R.YUGOSLAVIA - CZECH a.. CZECH CULTURE WORKER: SERBS ARE MODEL FOR ALL SLAVS FROM FOREIGN PRESS a.. RUSSIAN MEDIA BLAST U.N.'S MARY ROBINSON OVER YUGOSLAV REPORT b.. FAILURE OF KFOR AND UNMIK MISSIONS c.. WEST HAS NOT ENVISAGED SOLUTION FOR KOSOVO AND METOHIJA d.. YUGOSLAVIA HAS SUPPORT IN OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES * * * F.R.YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA - MILOSEVIC HAS NOT YIELDED BELGRADE, March 6 (Tanjug) - There is rarely a statesman who would publicly say these words without running the risk of being accused by the "world community" of extremism and similar moral sins, the Russian paper Sovetskaya Rossiya said, assessing the speech of President Slobodan Milosevic at the recently held congress of the Socialist Party of Serbia. It would seem that it would not be in favour of Slobodan Milosevic, who has been the object of an insane campaign of Western media, to provoke the wrath of the West. However, the Yugoslav president has once again challenged it by calling for resistance to the "new world order" in his speech at the Fourth Congress of the Socialist Party of Serbia on February 17 this year in Belgrade, said a commentary by Vyacheslav Tetekin in the paper Sovetskaya Rossiya. The Socialist Party of Serbia, the paper said, is the largest political force in Yugoslavia. It has 700,000 members (on 10.5 million inhabitants). The following largest party is the Serbian Radical Party, which forms a part of the ruling coalition, with about 200,000 members. Slobodan Milosevic does not leave the impression of an iron fist fighter. A gentle face, rationality of gestures and words. His main characteristics are a concentration of thought, energy, will... A country whose survival is threatened needs a leader. And undoubtedly, Milosevic is exactly that. In the final speech at the congress he said: at the present time, when the threat of global violence is known, it is necessary to globally organize resistance to that threat. Small Serbia has proved that resistance is possible. Applied on a wider level, organized in the first place as a moral and political rebellion against tyranny, hegemony, rise of hatred, fear and new forms of violence with respect to freedom fighters, that resistance would stop the offensive of the inquisition of modern time." Nelson Mandela is now 81 years old and he has distanced himself from things, Fidel Castro is over 70. He remains the unquestioned leader of the "third world," but there is a need for a new strong and relatively young leader. Slobodan Milosevic is increasingly becoming such a leader. In that sense he represents a threat to the United States and to its allies. In general, the Russian commentator added, the Fourth Congress of the Socialist Party of Serbia was an impressive demonstration of international solidarity. The congress was attended by about one hundred delegations from more than 60 countries of the world. To claim after that the "world community" supported NATO's action is a gross lie. The reactions in the conference hall clearly showed how Yugoslavia relates to this or that country. A wonderful welcome was reserved for the Greeks, who strongly supported Yugoslavia at the time of the aggression. Strong applause welcomed the representatives of the Communist Party of China. The Chinese have deserved that with their consistent position at the time of the aggression. In a somewhat more reserved manner were greeted guests from Russia. Certainly, we remain the closest cousins and allies of Yugoslavia and everyone understands that. But, the element of offense because of the behaviour of "Yeltisn's Russia" at the time of the aggression has remained, as well as the role of Chernomyrdin that will follow us for a long time. Strongly represented were political parties from South America, and also the countries of southern Africa, which until recently themselves waged an independence struggle against imperialism. At the congress were representatives of ruling parties of South Africa, Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and also of Uganda and Kenya. Swapo of Namibia sent a letter of greetings. Unlike European diplomats, who were frightened and left Belgrade at the beginning of the bombing, the embassies of Asian, African and South American countries stayed in the capital city of Yugoslavia. It was a very strong demonstration of solidarity. At one time, the Russian Foreign Ministry was asked by a deputy of the Russian duma what was the position of the countries of the world with relation to NATO's aggression. The Ministry replied that, unfortunately, rarely anyone condemned NATO's activity. In reality, practically everyone disapproved them. The Russian Foreign Ministry is not well informed about what is happening in the world around us. GEN. IVASHOV: YUGOSLAVIA WILL NOT BE OBSEQUIOUS MOSCOW, March 7 (Tanjug) - Yugoslavia is one of the European countries which has a strong stand toward NATO and will never be obsequious, Russian Defense Ministry Central International Administration chief, Gen. Leonid Ivashov said on Monday. One of the reasons behind the current trends in Kosovo and Metohija and all of Yugoslavia is that the KFOR forces and U.N. mission head Bernard Kouchner categorically refuse to cooperate with the Yugoslav leadership, Gen. Ivashov said in an interview to Russian TV channel 1. Many European countries, including NATO members, are very concerned over the non-implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolution on Kosovo and Metohija, he said. "The political course of developments is proceeding so that certain NATO members, primarily the United States, do not want the resolution to be realized and do not want Kosovo and Metohija to remain within Yugoslavia," the general said. All this demonstrates that "there is not enough consolidation among the NATO countries themselves for them to be able to introduce law and order in Kosovo and Metohija, they are obviously acting in different directions, and, finally, they do not have the necessary political will," he said. Underscoring that the Russian Defense Ministry is also very concerned over the course of the peace operation in the southern Serbian province, Gen. Ivashov said "from the very first days, NATO conducted the deployment of KFOR forces with the objective of taking under its wing the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)." That terrorist organization has not been fully disarmed or its structures reformed, they were simply covered up by the establishment of the Kosovo Protection Corps, Gen. Ivashov said. F.R.YUGOSLAVIA - EU KFOR, UNMIK RESPONSIBLE FOR GRAVE SITUATION IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA BRUSSELS, March 6 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav charge d'affaires at the European Union Nikola Lukic said Monday that the U.N. peacekeeping force KFOR and the U.N. civilian mission (UNMIK) were mostly responsible for the grave situation in Kosovo and Metohija. Lukic was speaking at a news conference held after the E.U. Council, the European Commission and all E.U. member states had been presented with copies of the Yugoslav government's memorandum warning against drastic violations of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 and the military-technical agreement reached in Kumanovo, Macedonia, last June. Lukic informed reporters about key points cited in the memorandum describing as vital the respect for Yugoslavia's territorial integrity, creation of conditions for a life in safety of all living in the Yugoslav republic of Serbia's southern province, regardless of their ethnic affiliation, and return of all refugees and Yugoslav state security forces to the province, as provided for by the resolution. Lukic also said that the Yugoslav government had repeatedly warned U.N. officials as well as the U.N. Security Council and the European Union against the systematic violation of key provisions of the resolution and had insisted on taking all measures within their sphere of authority to ensure the consistent implementation of these provisions. He listed cases of flagrant violation of the resolution, pointing to alarming developments in Kosovo and Metohija following the deployment of KFOR and UNMIK to the province. F.R.YUGOSLAVIA-CZECH CZECH CULTURE WORKER: SERBS ARE MODEL FOR ALL SLAVS BELGRADE, March 6 (Tanjug) - Serbs are a model for all Slavs and for the whole progressive world because of their brave resistance to NATO's brutal aggression last Spring, according to the president of a Czech culture society in Belgrade on Monday. Visiting the Serbian Culture Society (KPZS) in Belgrade, Pavel Polacek of the Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia Homeland Society thanked the brave Serbian people for defending themselves and setting an example to others, and said he admired them for their courage. Welcoming the Czech humanist, KPZS President Milisav Milenkovic said Polacek was "one of the many intellectuals in the world who showed with word and deed, at the worst of times of the NATO aggression, that we are not alone." Polacek has come to Yugoslavia on a mission of friendship to see at first hand the extent of the crime committed by the NATO criminals in the course of their aggression on Yugoslavia (of which Serbia is a part). He explained that the purpose of his organisation is to spread the ideas of humanism and democracy, enhance human rights and dignity and help the nations in the Czech Republic and out of it achieve equality regardless of race, sex, education and creed. Polacek, the author of more than 500 press articles, studies and analyses in the field of strategic planning, said that NATO is a criminal, aggressive, imperialist organisation which is following in Hitler's footsteps and should be wiped off the face of the earth. He said there is no statute of limitations and there can be no forgiveness for the barbaric atrocities committed by NATO in Yugoslavia. Speaking about the situation in the Serbian (Yugoslav) U.N.-ruled province of Kosovo-Metohija, he said that the scum of the earth has been brought there for the purposes of a total genocide of the Serbs and other non-Albanians. He said he believes that Serbia has the right to have its troops back in Kosovo-Metohija, because what is happening there now has nothing to do with the provisions of U.N. Resolution 1244. During his five-day stay in Yugoslavia, Polacek will visit the Serbian cities of Novi Sad, Loznica, Aleksinac and Nis. FROM FOREIGN PRESS RUSSIAN MEDIA BLAST U.N.'S MARY ROBINSON OVER YUGOSLAV REPORT MOSCOW, March 6 (Tanjug) - Moscow media on Monday blasted a report by U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur Mary Robinson, released in Geneva, for saying no word of condemnation of NATO's aggression on Yugoslavia while admitting it killed hundreds of civilians. The media especially stressed that the report omitted to mention many of the crimes known to all the world, such as the air strikes on the Chinese Embassy and on the Serbian state television building in Belgrade. However, the media stressed that even Mary Robinson's report, incomplete as it is and far from listing the notorious attacks in which NATO murdered peaceful civilians, still made it quite clear that the air strikes killed hundreds of innocent people. The horrendous facts notwithstanding, the report by Mary Robinson utters no word of condemnation of NATO for the mass murders and for the aggressive flagrant violation of the norms of humanitarian law and the U.N. Charter, Itar-TASS writes from Geneva. FAILURE OF KFOR AND UNMIK MISSIONS PEKING, March 7 (Tanjug) - Many countries, not only Yugoslavia, accuse the KFOR and UNMIK missions of failing to respect U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 on Kosovo and Metohija province, Chinese media said on Tuesday in reaction to Monday's debate at the Security Council on the deteriorating situation in this southern Serbian province. The U.N. military and civilian missions, the Chinese news agency Xinhua said, are not adhering to this resolution which envisages full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and the complete disarming of the ethnic Albanian terrorist organization, the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army. Xinhua said the Security Council session came at a time when the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija had further deteriorated as a result of a recent series of ethnic Albanian terrorist attacks on employees of the U.N. mission and members of the international peace corps. Under Resolution 1244, KFOR and UNMIK must fully respect Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and ensure security and equality for all ethnic communities in Kosovo and Metohija, Chinese media said. Although they have been given a mandate by the Security Council to preserve peace, neither UNMIK nor KFOR have secured the protection of the non-Albanian population in the province, Xinhua said. In an extensive report from New York, Xinhua also carried Yugoslavia's sharp protest to the United Nations over UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner's plan to issue travel documents to the population of Kosovo and Metohija province. WEST HAS NOT ENVISAGED SOLUTION FOR KOSOVO AND METOHIJA VIENNA, March 7 (Tanjug) - The international community is not capable of restoring peace in Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province in spite of the presence of the international force KFOR and U.N. civilian mission UNMIK, the Vienna daily Kurier said on Tuesday. "In that province, which is smaller than the Austrian province of Upper Austria, there are 37,000 foreign troops under a NATO command, also 1,900 policemen, and several hundred employees of the United Nations. And yet, there is still no trace of peace in Kosovo and Metohija. The citizens of the province are not safe, let alone those who are supposed to take care of restoring peace," the Vienna daily said. The west does not have a reasonable solution for the problem in Kosovo and Metohija, nor the means, while Kosovo Albanians do not understand the concepts of democracy and coexistence, Kurier said. "The annual budget of Kosovo and Metohija corresponds to half a day of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia," said the daily. "The funds which the west is ready to invest in reconciliation in the region best reflect their interest. Namely, there can be no reconciliation with empty coffers," Kurier said. "In the south of the country (Yugoslavia), ethnic Albanian guerrilla are attacking Serbian police," said Kurier. "Ethnic Albanians have obviously interpreted NATO's actions of last year as a possible engagement of the western alliance as a type of aviation," the Vienna daily said. YUGOSLAVIA HAS SUPPORT IN OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES PEKING, March 7 (Tanjug) - The vast majority of countries support Yugoslavia in its actions to preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the leading Chinese daily Renmin Ribao said on Tuesday. The daily, which voices official Chinese stands, said Yugoslavia was successfully tackling the difficulties it was facing from inside and out, placing emphasis on economic development. With the arrival of the international missions KFOR and UNMIK in Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province, ethnic Albanian extremists continued constantly to terrorize and commit acts of violence against Serbs and non-Albanians, Renmin Ribao said, illustrating this with the figures that 350,000 non-Albanians have been expelled from their homes in Kosovo and Metohija, that about 800 others have been murdered, and that over 50,000 houses have been torched or otherwise destroyed. In spite of a shortage of funds, Yugoslavia completed the first stage of reconstruction in early November last year by beginning or completing projects of vital importance to the national economy or the living standard of the population, Renmin Ribao said. Yugoslavia will continue dealing with the difficult tasks of preserving state unity, opposing western sanctions, developing its economy, and making efforts to preserve social stability, the daily said. The Yugoslav government, its people, and the world community must all invest joint efforts if the Yugoslav people's striving for peace, stability and development is to be realized, the daily concluded. __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
