Jugoinfo
(ANSA) - BRUXELLES, 9 OTT - Ecco un quadro delle sanzioni
economico finanziarie dell'Unione europea contro la Jugoslavia.
=== ABOLITE OGGI == - EMBARGO PETROLIFERO: vietava la vendita e le forniture di
greggio e prodotti petroliferi alla Serbia. Erano previste
eccezioni per l'iniziativa dell'Ue 'Energia per la democrazia',
volta a rifornire le municipalita' governate dall'opposizione a
Slobodan Milosevic, e per Kosovo e Montenegro.
- EMBARGO AEREO: vietava i collegamenti aerei verso la Serbia.
Era gia' stato sospeso dall'agosto scorso fino al 31 marzo 2001.
=== ANCORA IN VIGORE ==
- SANZIONI FINANZIARIE E BANDO INVESTIMENTI: sono provvedimenti
espressamente mirati a danneggiare Milosevic e il suo entourage.
Comprendono fra l'altro il congelamento di fondi all'estero del
governo jugoslavo, di quello serbo e di aziende sotto il loro
controllo; ed il divieto di investimenti in Serbia ed in
societa' controllate da Belgrado. I 15 hanno esentato dal blocco
un certo numero di aziende e soggetti non collegati al
regime.
- BANDO SUI VISTI: divieto di ingresso nei paesi Ue di
esponenti del governo jugoslavo, funzionari ed altre persone
considerate vicine a Milosevic; riguarda centinaia di
persone.
- EMBARGO ARMI E MATERIALE BELLICO: non e' un bando dell'Ue, ma
delle Nazioni Unite. Spettera' dunque al Consiglio di sicurezza
ogni eventuale intervento in proposito. (ANSA).
09/10/2000 17:15
(ANSA) - LUSSEMBURGO, 9 OTT - La situazione in Kosovo resta
''complessa e preoccupante'' e ''non si vede quale possa essere
lo snodo per arrivare ad una riconciliazione fra serbi e
kosovari''. E' quanto ha sottolineato oggi il ministro degli esteri
Lamberto Dini. ''Da un lato - ha detto Dini - ''la liberazione di
detenuti
kosovari da parte di Belgrado, come auspicato dall' Amministratore
dell'Onu
Bernard Kouchner, potrebbe essere un gesto distensivo. Dall'altro,
pero',
lo stesso Kouchner dice che i serbi non possono tornare in Kosovo perche
la
KFOR e l'UNMIK
non sono in grado di garantire la loro sicurezza. Il grado di animosita'
resta forte. In piu', nonostante i forti aiuti dell'Ue per la
ricostruzione, tutti i leader albanesi continuano ad invocare
l'indipendenza del Kosovo, che non e' prevista dalla risoluzione 1244
dell'Onu''.
(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADO, 10 OTT - Il presidente jugoslavo Vojislav
Kostunica
ha detto che la Costituzione jugoslava non permette l'indipendenza del
Kosovo, la provincia serba attualmente sotto amministrazione dell'Onu.
''La
nostra Costituzione jugoslava non permette l'indipendenza del Kosovo, e
neppure l'indipendenza del Montenegro, in quanto sono elementi
costitutivi
del Paese, la Repubblica federale jugoslava'', ha dichiarato Kostunica
in
un'intervista alla televisione francese Tf1. A quelli che ''sperano o
sognano'' questa indipendenza, ''come i separatisti albanesi'', il
neopresidente jugoslavo replica che essa ''e' impossibile, in quanto
esiste
la risoluzione del Consiglio di sicurezza (dell'Onu), la 1244, che
garantisce l'integrita' territoriale e la sovranita' della Repubblica
federale jugoslava''. ''La questione del Kosovo deve essere regolata nel
quadro di questa risoluzione e non secondo gli auspici o i desideri di
certi leader albanesi, principalmente di quelli che sono orientati in
maniera separatista'', ha aggiunto Kostunica. A suo avviso, la piena
applicazione della risoluzione Onu, ''soprattutto sul punto dei
rifugiati
serbi (...) portera' la pace e la stabilita' nel Kosovo'', stabilita'
che
''ci e' assolutamente necessaria in questa situazione attuale in cui
c'e'
caos'', ha affermato ancora. (ANSA-AFP).
13:12 Il ministro degli esteri francese Vedrine e' a Belgrado per
incontrare, in qualita' di presidente di turno dell'Ue, Kostunica. Con
il
nuovo presidente jugoslavo Vedrine discutera' della decisione dei 15 di
abolire parte delle sanzioni contro la Jugoslavia. Vedrine in teoria
rischierebbe l'arresto, in quanto e' stato condannato, al pari di altri
dirigenti americani ed europei, a 20 anni di carcere per il suo ruolo
nei
bombardamenti Nato del '99.
18.00 (ANSA) - BELGRADO, 10 OTT - Il presidente jugoslavo Vojislav
Kostunica e' tornato oggi dai minatori del bacino carbonifero di
Kolubara per ringraziarli di avere dato con il loro sciopero un
forte segnale al resto del paese, culminato con la rivolta di
Belgrado di giovedi' e la marcia indietro di Slobodan Milosevic.
''Kolubara ha avuto un grande ruolo, un ruolo onorevole nei
cambiamenti democratici del paese. Abbiamo iniziato un mutamento
radicale che da' risultati gia' dopo pochi giorni'', ha detto il
presidente.
''Ieri - ha ricordato Kostunica, l'Unione europea ha
tolto le sanzioni, abbiamo ristabilito molti legami bilaterali.
Ho una buona notizia per voi: il ministro degli esteri francese
Hubert Vedrine (capo di turno dell'Ue che oggi era a Belgrado,
ndr) ha regalato ai minatori di Kolubara un milione di franchi
francesi'', circa 3 miliardi di lire.
''Possiamo essere fieri del fatto che il mondo ora guarda a
noi con ammirazione'', ha concluso. (ANSA).
AGI/AP) - Lussemburgo, 9 ott. - Il rappresentante speciale dell'Onu per
il
Kosovo Bernard Kouchner ha frenato sulla revoca delle sanzioni alla
Jugoslavia. Intervenendo alla riunione dei ministri degli Esteri dell'Ue
a
Lussemburgo, Kouchner ha chiesto che prima vi siano "passi concreti" di
Kostunica per risolvere la questione delle "migliaia" di kosovari ancora
dispersi o detenuti illegalmente a seguito della guerra dello scorso
anno.
"Abbiamo bisogno di un gesto dal nuovo governo democratico", ha spiegato
Kouchner. In un rapporto di 5 pagine consegnato ai capi delle diplomazie
dell'Unione, l'amministratore Onu ha delineato una serie di rischi che
possono derivare dalla vittoria di Kostunica se l'Occidente abbassera'
la
guardia in Kosovo. (AGI)
091346 OTT 00
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Nove punti per discutere il futuro della Jugoslavia
(da CONTROPIANO - cpiano@...)
1. Una delle prime dichiarazioni di Koustonica - "presidente eletto"
dalle
cancellerie dell'Unione Europea ancora prima che dalle urne- � stata
quella
di decretare l'entrata della "Jugoslavia in Europa".
Koustonica e buona parte della popolazione che ha ritenuto di dover
contribuire ad eleggerlo, ignorano forse quanto questa ambizione si
riveli
contraddittoria rispetto alle proprie aspettative.
2. Non � secondario rammentare il nesso tra la dichiarazione
dell'ambasciatore USA a Belgrado, Zimmerman, sulla sopraggiunta
"inutilit�
della Jugoslavia cos� come era (la "cerniera tra est e ovest") dopo il
1989"
e la disgregazione sistematica che ha distrutto il paese a partire dalle
secessioni del 1991.
3. La disgregazione della Jugoslavia ha via via ridotto alla sola
Federazione serbo-montenegrina l'unica struttura statale che rifiutava
la
dissoluzione dello Stato come cambiale da pagare alle regole della
globalizzazione imperialista. La RFJ era uno dei pochissimi paesi
dell'Europa dell'Est a non aver accettato di entrare nella NATO n� nelle
forme di "partenariato" politico-militare costruite ad hoc dalla NATO
stessa. La liquidazione della leadership espressa dalla coalizione tra
Partito Socialista e Sinistra Unita Jugoslava, priva la Jugoslava di un
progetto nazionale indipendente da quelli elaborati nelle cancellerie
dell'Unione Europea. A questo obiettivo l'Unione Europea ha lavorato
apertamente e spudoratamente come ha riferito Mr. PESC, Javier Solana,
nella
intervista rilasciata a Repubblica del 30 settembre
4. Koustounica ha dichiarato di voler difendere l'identit� nazionale e i
confini statuali della RFJ. I fatti lo metteranno ben presto alla prova.
L'indipendenza del Kosovo, le ambizioni secessioniste del Montenegro, il
manifestarsi di spinte analoghe in Vojvodina, si presentano gi� come il
metro di misura con cui le cancellerie occidentali valuteranno la
attendibilit� di Koustonica. Al primo scostamento dai progetti di
spartizione e controllo dei Balcani previsti dai poli imperialisti, egli
sar� messo fuori campo come tutti gli uomini di paglia prodotti dalle
transizioni dirette dall'esterno.
5. In quella parte dell�Europa che comincia a Est della "frontiera di
Gorizia", nel 1989 vi erano 10 Stati (di cui la met� erano membri del
Patto
di Varsavia e del Comecon). Dieci anni dopo questi Stati sono diventati
28,
ma solo 11 di essi hanno una popolazione superiore ai dieci milioni di
abitanti. Si tratta dunque in gran parte di Stati piccoli e piccolissimi
che
hanno dato vita a secessioni dai vecchi stati-nazione (soprattutto
socialisti). In alcuni casi la secessione � stata "consensuale" in altri
pesantemente conflittuale. In questo secondo caso l�ingerenza esterna
(soprattutto della Germania nella fase iniziale) � stata determinante e
non
solo nel caso della Federazione Jugoslava. Nella dissoluzione della ex
URSS
il peso e le responsabilit� degli Stati Uniti sono state notevoli e
niente
affatto casuali.
6. La disgregazione di tutti gli Stati non appartenenti ai tre "poli
forti"
dell�imperialismo moderno (USA,UE e Giappone) � un processo che sta
marciando con forza dietro la tesi quasi religiosa della inevitabilit�
della
globalizzazione che renderebbe superflui gli Stati-Nazione. In realt�,
come
abbiamo pi� volte sottolineato, questa tesi � falsa in quanto esistono
Stati
"disgreganti" e Stati "disgregati". I Balcani e l�Eurasia (cos� come
l�Africa e buona parte dell�Asia) appartengono a questa seconda
categoria.
Questi nuovi Stati sono piccoli, deboli, subalterni agli organismi
finanziari internazionali (FMI,BM,BERS), dipendenti dalla quantit� di
investimenti esteri che riescono ad attrarre e dalla quantit� di export
che
riescono far arrivare sul mercato regionale e mondiale.
A tale scopo questi Stati devono essere "leggeri" nelle frontiere e
nelle
dogane, assai "indulgenti" nelle tasse e imposte per gli investitori
esteri,
obbedienti al FMI nella politica di privatizzazioni e liquidazione
dell�economia statale, puntuali nel pagamento dei debiti accumulati con
le
banche e gli istituti internazionali, implacabili nel mantenere basso e
disciplinato il salario dei lavoratori e il costo del lavoro pi�
complessivamente. Infine, ma non per importanza, devono assicurare con
ogni
mezzo la"stabilit� interna" per gli investitori esteri. Qualora la
funzione
coercitiva dei nuovi Stati non fosse sufficiente diventa automatico
l'intervento della nuova NATO che si � riconvertita proprio con tale
funzione.
7. La fortissima "dipendenza" dai poli forti, dagli investitori esteri e
dagli istituti finanziari internazionali, spiega in buona parte perch�
le
popolazioni dei nuovi stati "indipendenti" abbiano in realt� visto
peggiorare le loro condizioni di vita dopo le secessioni. Quasi ovunque
(con
le sole eccezioni di Slovenia, Polonia e Rep. Ceca) la ricchezza - ma
soprattutto la sua redistribuzione - si � ridotta significativamente.
Europa dell'Est: dieci anni dopo
Come il capitalismo ha portato indietro lo sviluppo
Paesi che hanno chiesto l'adesione all'Unione Europea Prodotto Interno
Lordo
attuale riferito ad un parametro 100 nel 1989 Differenza del PIL
1989-1999
Bulgaria 86 -14
Repubblica Ceca 95 -5
Estonia 76 -24
Ungheria 95 -5
Lettonia 59 -41
Polonia 117 +17
Romania 76 -24
Slovacchia 100 0
Slovenia 104 +4
Lituania 65 -35
(Fonte: Banca Europea per la Ricostruzione e Sviluppo, 1999)
Sulla base di questi dati, solo la Polonia e la Slovenia sembrano aver
migliorato la situazione economica rispetto al 1989. La Slovacchia
sarebbe
in parit� mentre Repubblica Ceca e Ungheria vi si avvicinano. Una stima
pi�
recente della BERS vede migliorare le "performance" di queste ultime
fino al
pareggio ed un ulteriore miglioramento per Slovenia, Polonia e
Slovacchia.
Tutti gli altri paesi restano al palo. Se teniamo conto che questo
rappresenta lo "sviluppo economico" di ben dieci anni, si comprende bene
che
l'integrazione di questi paesi nell'Unione Europea richiederebbe assai
di
pi� delle "lacrime e sangue" che abbiamo versato in Italia per
rispettare i
parametri di Maastricht.
8. Oggi l'Unione Europea si vuole "allargare" ai paesi dell'Europa
dell'Est.
Pertanto viene chiesto a questi paesi di rispettare i parametri di
convergenza previsti dai trattati fondativi dell'Unione Europea
(Maastricht
e Amsterdam). Sappiamo sulla nostra pelle quanto sia costato ad un paese
"ricco" come l'Italia (in termini di tagli alle spese e servizi sociali,
ai
salari o in nuove imposte) il rispetto dei parametri di Maastricht e
l'ingresso nell'area euro. Immaginiamo quale potr� essere il costo
sociale
per economie e societ� gi� devastate dalle ricette liberiste applicate
in
questi dieci anni nell'Europa dell'Est.
I dati ci dimostrano che questi paesi fanno gi� fatica a recuperare i
livelli di ricchezza che avevano nel famigerato 1989 (livelli che in
occidente venivano gi� ritenuti estremamente bassi). Figuriamoci cosa
pu�
significare per la Romania o l'Ungheria cercare di "convergere" con i
parametri di Maastricht sul debito pubblico o l'inflazione, tenendo
anche
conto che questi paesi hanno accumulato un debito estero rilevante e che
ipoteca da anni lo sviluppo economico.
9. La frantumazione della parte orientale dell�Eurasia, dunque, non �
stata
affatto determinata da problemi interni, etnici o da "odi atavici":
siamo in
presenza di un progetto di controllo, spartizione, concertazione e
competizione che vede protagonisti i due principali poli imperialisti
(USA
ed Unione Europea). La Repubblica Federale Jugoslava era un punto di
dissonanza nella spartizione dei Balcani. Ora che � nelle mani di uomini
affidabili per l'occidente, le multinazionali europee e statunitense si
contenderanno le concessioni per la navigazione sul Danubio, faranno
partire
i corridoi energetici rimasti in sospeso con l'aggressione di un anno
fa,
potranno spartire l'apparato produttivo e le infrastrutture di un paese
moderno devastato dalla guerra e dell'embargo. Da qui occorre partire se
vogliamo darci spiegazioni razionali per la guerra e l'operazione contro
la
Jugoslavia. La "vittoria" di Koustonica dopo 10 anni chiude questo
cerchio.
E adesso....benvenuti in questa Europa!!!
---
Da ?La Stampa?
"�Next stop, Belarus�; ultima ?fermata?, il capolinea: la
Russia."
A Minsk, a Minsk
�Next stop, Belarus�, la prossima fermata � la Bielorussia,
scrive il Washington Post in un editoriale assai tempestivo.
S?intende dopo la fermata jugoslava. Anzi serba, poich� tutti
danno per scontato che - scorporato il Kosovo - anche il
Montenegro uscir� dalla Federazione Jugoslava. Dunque occorre
prepararsi a moti e manifestazioni che prima scuoteranno e poi
abbatteranno colui che il Washington Post definisce il �pomposo
dittatore dell?assediata Belarus�. La prima tappa sar� quella
delle prossime elezioni parlamentari, previste per domenica, che
il quotidiano di Washington ha gi� preventivamente squalificato
come ?phony?, cio� truccate, invalide. Quella finale sar� l?anno
prossimo, alla scadenza del mandato - anch?esso ?fasullo? - di
Aleksandr Lukascenko. Se - come scrive il giornale americano -
�l?Occidente decider� fermamente di sostenere i democratici e
rifiuter� di riconoscere le elezioni-farsa, i cittadini di
Belarus potranno trovare la forza di mettersi nella scia dei
serbi�. Cos� comincia, anzi prosegue, il processo che condurr�
inesorabilmente alla liquidazione dell?ultima anomalia europea.
Viviamo nell?epoca della rivoluzione dell?informazione-
comunicazione e non c?� pi� dittatore che possa impedire ai suoi
sudditi di ascoltare, guardare, gioire dell?incessante afflusso
di verit� proveniente dall?esterno. Non occorrer� dunque
bombardare, come a Belgrado, l?emittente televisiva statale.
Forte delle proprie convinzioni l?Occidente potr� dunque usare
tutti i mezzi a propria disposizione, per ottenere il risultato
desiderato. Poich� - come aggiunge il Washington Post - �cosa mai
potrebbe meglio coincidere con gli interessi degli Usa che un
continente europeo pacifico, democratico e libero?�. Se qualcuno
si stupisse, data l?apparente irrilevanza economica e politica
dei circa 10 milioni di bielorussi, si sbaglierebbe. Anche i
serbi sono all?incirca 10 milioni e non si � badato a spese per
normalizzarli, sempre che Spiegel non menta quando rivela che
Kostunica e le opposizioni hanno ricevuto dalla Germania 20
milioni di marchi, cui vanno aggiunti 30 milioni di dollari
dall?America. E si capisce perch�. Non � questione delle
dimensioni dell??infezione?, quanto del suo significato
simbolico: non basta colpirla, occorre debellarla. Pertanto la
nazione-paria verr� inondata di promesse di benessere, per chi
accetter� di farsi portatore dei valori dell?Occidente.
L?opposizione sar� finanziaria e assistita poich� si dovr� tenere
conto dell?inesperienza democratica e della prevaricazione cui �
esposta da parte di un potere ?criminale?. Per gli altri - dal
?dittatore? Lukascenko ai suoi sostenitori, certamente colpevoli,
fossero anche maggioranza - promesse di punizioni esemplari.
Cosicch� le campagne elettorali verranno opportunamente
riequilibrate, mettendo il potere sulla difensiva e
costringendolo a reagire con misure che appariranno liberticide e
tali da suscitare l?esecrazione internazionale. Ingerenza negli
affari interni di uno stato sovrano? Sciocchezze da anime belle.
La ?sovranit� limitata? � cattiva solo se esercitata dai cattivi.
Ultima ?fermata?, il capolinea: la Russia.
Giulietto Chiesa
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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Oct. 19, 2000
issue of Workers World newspaper
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INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER SPEAKS TO THE ANTI-
GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT:
WHAT YOUR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVENTS IN YUGOSLAVIA
[The International Action Center released the following
statement Oct. 11.]
The corporate-backed politicians all agree. The torching of
Yugoslavia's parliament and the overthrow of President
Slobodan Milosevic was a "triumph for democracy." That's
what Bill Clinton says. So do George W. Bush, Dick Cheney,
Mad e leine Albright, Al Gore and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
at the Pentagon. CNN, NBC, CBS and Time magazine say so too.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
In Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia and Los Angeles,
protesters were gassed, beaten, shot with rubber bullets and
held for days in overcrowded cells. The media called us
"rioters" and "vandals" and told us to go home and "seek
change through the ballot box." But in Yugoslavia the CIA
and State Department urged the "opposition" to boycott the
second round of elections, march in the streets and attack
government offices.
It is supposed to be a crime for any U.S. political
candidate to accept donations from abroad. But Washington
gave hundreds of millions of dollars to Vojislav Kostunica's
"Democratic Opposition of Serbia" before the Sept. 24
elections.
FROM BOMBERS TO 'DEMOCRATS'
Last year the United States and other NATO powers rained
bombs and missiles on Yugoslavia for 78 days. They destroyed
homes, schools and hospitals. They killed and maimed
thousands, including hundreds of children. The U.S. media
and politicians justified these war crimes with a lie
campaign demonizing all Serbs. Now the politicians and
generals who ordered the bombing and the media who justified
it claim to be champions of the rights of the Serbian
people.
There is no inconsistency here. All over the world
Washington's attitude is guided by concern for corporate
interests. U.S. policy toward Yugoslavia is war by other
means.
MILOSEVIC SAID NO TO IMF
Slobodan Milosevic may not be a revolutionary in the mold of
Fidel Castro or Che Guevara. But in the eyes of Washington
he committed the same sin as the protesters in Seattle and
Prague: He said no to the New World Order and the
International Monetary Fund.
Under the leadership of his Serbian Socialist Party, the
United Left and the Montenegrin People's Socialist Party,
Yugoslavia refused to join NATO or accept IMF-dictated
"economic restructuring." It resisted privatization and the
"free flow of capital" demanded by Wall Street. For that
reason--and that alone--Yugoslavia was the target of eight
years of war and economic sanctions by the U.S. and NATO and
a nonstop campaign of lies by the biggest propaganda machine
in history--the U.S. corporate news media.
KOSTUNICA SAID YES
On Sept. 27, unknown to most of their followers, leaders of
the U.S.-funded "Democratic Opposition" met with
representatives of the IMF and the World Bank in Sofia,
Bulgaria. They agreed that if they came to power they would
hike prices, privatize industry, lay off workers and
dismantle Yugoslavia's free health-care system. That's
right: Yugoslavia has free health care--and the IMF wants to
destroy it!
These are the same measures that have devastated Bulgaria,
Romania, the former Soviet republics and countries
throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. That was the
price of Washington's support.
A CLASSIC CIA OPERATION
Kostunica and his CIA advisers arrogantly rejected a second
round of elections. They feared that even if they won--a big
"if"--the elected Socialist parliamentary majority would
block the IMF's program. Kostunica and the CIA wanted to
take power by force in order to intimidate or disband the
parliament and crush the Serbian Socialist Party and its
allies. They wanted to send a message to anyone in East
Europe who would resist Washington and Wall Street.
In 1993 the White House encouraged Boris Yeltsin to send
tanks to shell Russia's parliament when it refused to accept
IMF "shock therapy." Hundreds were massacred. Clinton called
that a "triumph for democracy" too.
The Pentagon, State Department and CIA have decades of
experience overthrowing independent governments. They've
done it in Iran (1953), Guate mala (1954), Congo (1961),
Guyana (1962), Indonesia (1965), Ghana (1966), Chile (1973),
Argentina (1976), Romania (1989), Bulgaria (1990) and
Albania (1991).
In Indonesia a CIA-backed junta executed nearly 1 million
people in the name of "democracy." The New York Times called
that slaughter a "gleam of light in Asia."
The formula is generally the same. Cause tremendous hardship
for the people of the target country. Create a pro-U.S.
"opposition" and pump it full of dollars. Promise that if
Washington gets its way, people may again live a "normal"
life.
It's a lie! The IMF and World Bank are agencies of
destruction. They aim to destroy all avenues of economic
life that are not controlled by Wall Street. When they take
over a country life always gets worse. Workers in Bulgaria
now live on 56 cents a day.
FIGHT THE POWER
The media call the coup in Yugoslavia an "endgame." But it
is unlikely that the U.S.-backed regime can implement its
program without force. The new movement against corporate
globalization must stand with all those around the world who
are fighting injustice--from Colombia to Zimbabwe to
Palestine.
That includes those in Yugoslavia and across East Europe who
are resisting the tyranny of NATO and the IMF.
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=== ABOLITE OGGI == - EMBARGO PETROLIFERO: vietava la vendita e le forniture di
greggio e prodotti petroliferi alla Serbia. Erano previste
eccezioni per l'iniziativa dell'Ue 'Energia per la democrazia',
volta a rifornire le municipalita' governate dall'opposizione a
Slobodan Milosevic, e per Kosovo e Montenegro.
- EMBARGO AEREO: vietava i collegamenti aerei verso la Serbia.
Era gia' stato sospeso dall'agosto scorso fino al 31 marzo 2001.
=== ANCORA IN VIGORE ==
- SANZIONI FINANZIARIE E BANDO INVESTIMENTI: sono provvedimenti
espressamente mirati a danneggiare Milosevic e il suo entourage.
Comprendono fra l'altro il congelamento di fondi all'estero del
governo jugoslavo, di quello serbo e di aziende sotto il loro
controllo; ed il divieto di investimenti in Serbia ed in
societa' controllate da Belgrado. I 15 hanno esentato dal blocco
un certo numero di aziende e soggetti non collegati al
regime.
- BANDO SUI VISTI: divieto di ingresso nei paesi Ue di
esponenti del governo jugoslavo, funzionari ed altre persone
considerate vicine a Milosevic; riguarda centinaia di
persone.
- EMBARGO ARMI E MATERIALE BELLICO: non e' un bando dell'Ue, ma
delle Nazioni Unite. Spettera' dunque al Consiglio di sicurezza
ogni eventuale intervento in proposito. (ANSA).
09/10/2000 17:15
(ANSA) - LUSSEMBURGO, 9 OTT - La situazione in Kosovo resta
''complessa e preoccupante'' e ''non si vede quale possa essere
lo snodo per arrivare ad una riconciliazione fra serbi e
kosovari''. E' quanto ha sottolineato oggi il ministro degli esteri
Lamberto Dini. ''Da un lato - ha detto Dini - ''la liberazione di
detenuti
kosovari da parte di Belgrado, come auspicato dall' Amministratore
dell'Onu
Bernard Kouchner, potrebbe essere un gesto distensivo. Dall'altro,
pero',
lo stesso Kouchner dice che i serbi non possono tornare in Kosovo perche
la
KFOR e l'UNMIK
non sono in grado di garantire la loro sicurezza. Il grado di animosita'
resta forte. In piu', nonostante i forti aiuti dell'Ue per la
ricostruzione, tutti i leader albanesi continuano ad invocare
l'indipendenza del Kosovo, che non e' prevista dalla risoluzione 1244
dell'Onu''.
(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADO, 10 OTT - Il presidente jugoslavo Vojislav
Kostunica
ha detto che la Costituzione jugoslava non permette l'indipendenza del
Kosovo, la provincia serba attualmente sotto amministrazione dell'Onu.
''La
nostra Costituzione jugoslava non permette l'indipendenza del Kosovo, e
neppure l'indipendenza del Montenegro, in quanto sono elementi
costitutivi
del Paese, la Repubblica federale jugoslava'', ha dichiarato Kostunica
in
un'intervista alla televisione francese Tf1. A quelli che ''sperano o
sognano'' questa indipendenza, ''come i separatisti albanesi'', il
neopresidente jugoslavo replica che essa ''e' impossibile, in quanto
esiste
la risoluzione del Consiglio di sicurezza (dell'Onu), la 1244, che
garantisce l'integrita' territoriale e la sovranita' della Repubblica
federale jugoslava''. ''La questione del Kosovo deve essere regolata nel
quadro di questa risoluzione e non secondo gli auspici o i desideri di
certi leader albanesi, principalmente di quelli che sono orientati in
maniera separatista'', ha aggiunto Kostunica. A suo avviso, la piena
applicazione della risoluzione Onu, ''soprattutto sul punto dei
rifugiati
serbi (...) portera' la pace e la stabilita' nel Kosovo'', stabilita'
che
''ci e' assolutamente necessaria in questa situazione attuale in cui
c'e'
caos'', ha affermato ancora. (ANSA-AFP).
13:12 Il ministro degli esteri francese Vedrine e' a Belgrado per
incontrare, in qualita' di presidente di turno dell'Ue, Kostunica. Con
il
nuovo presidente jugoslavo Vedrine discutera' della decisione dei 15 di
abolire parte delle sanzioni contro la Jugoslavia. Vedrine in teoria
rischierebbe l'arresto, in quanto e' stato condannato, al pari di altri
dirigenti americani ed europei, a 20 anni di carcere per il suo ruolo
nei
bombardamenti Nato del '99.
18.00 (ANSA) - BELGRADO, 10 OTT - Il presidente jugoslavo Vojislav
Kostunica e' tornato oggi dai minatori del bacino carbonifero di
Kolubara per ringraziarli di avere dato con il loro sciopero un
forte segnale al resto del paese, culminato con la rivolta di
Belgrado di giovedi' e la marcia indietro di Slobodan Milosevic.
''Kolubara ha avuto un grande ruolo, un ruolo onorevole nei
cambiamenti democratici del paese. Abbiamo iniziato un mutamento
radicale che da' risultati gia' dopo pochi giorni'', ha detto il
presidente.
''Ieri - ha ricordato Kostunica, l'Unione europea ha
tolto le sanzioni, abbiamo ristabilito molti legami bilaterali.
Ho una buona notizia per voi: il ministro degli esteri francese
Hubert Vedrine (capo di turno dell'Ue che oggi era a Belgrado,
ndr) ha regalato ai minatori di Kolubara un milione di franchi
francesi'', circa 3 miliardi di lire.
''Possiamo essere fieri del fatto che il mondo ora guarda a
noi con ammirazione'', ha concluso. (ANSA).
AGI/AP) - Lussemburgo, 9 ott. - Il rappresentante speciale dell'Onu per
il
Kosovo Bernard Kouchner ha frenato sulla revoca delle sanzioni alla
Jugoslavia. Intervenendo alla riunione dei ministri degli Esteri dell'Ue
a
Lussemburgo, Kouchner ha chiesto che prima vi siano "passi concreti" di
Kostunica per risolvere la questione delle "migliaia" di kosovari ancora
dispersi o detenuti illegalmente a seguito della guerra dello scorso
anno.
"Abbiamo bisogno di un gesto dal nuovo governo democratico", ha spiegato
Kouchner. In un rapporto di 5 pagine consegnato ai capi delle diplomazie
dell'Unione, l'amministratore Onu ha delineato una serie di rischi che
possono derivare dalla vittoria di Kostunica se l'Occidente abbassera'
la
guardia in Kosovo. (AGI)
091346 OTT 00
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Nove punti per discutere il futuro della Jugoslavia
(da CONTROPIANO - cpiano@...)
1. Una delle prime dichiarazioni di Koustonica - "presidente eletto"
dalle
cancellerie dell'Unione Europea ancora prima che dalle urne- � stata
quella
di decretare l'entrata della "Jugoslavia in Europa".
Koustonica e buona parte della popolazione che ha ritenuto di dover
contribuire ad eleggerlo, ignorano forse quanto questa ambizione si
riveli
contraddittoria rispetto alle proprie aspettative.
2. Non � secondario rammentare il nesso tra la dichiarazione
dell'ambasciatore USA a Belgrado, Zimmerman, sulla sopraggiunta
"inutilit�
della Jugoslavia cos� come era (la "cerniera tra est e ovest") dopo il
1989"
e la disgregazione sistematica che ha distrutto il paese a partire dalle
secessioni del 1991.
3. La disgregazione della Jugoslavia ha via via ridotto alla sola
Federazione serbo-montenegrina l'unica struttura statale che rifiutava
la
dissoluzione dello Stato come cambiale da pagare alle regole della
globalizzazione imperialista. La RFJ era uno dei pochissimi paesi
dell'Europa dell'Est a non aver accettato di entrare nella NATO n� nelle
forme di "partenariato" politico-militare costruite ad hoc dalla NATO
stessa. La liquidazione della leadership espressa dalla coalizione tra
Partito Socialista e Sinistra Unita Jugoslava, priva la Jugoslava di un
progetto nazionale indipendente da quelli elaborati nelle cancellerie
dell'Unione Europea. A questo obiettivo l'Unione Europea ha lavorato
apertamente e spudoratamente come ha riferito Mr. PESC, Javier Solana,
nella
intervista rilasciata a Repubblica del 30 settembre
4. Koustounica ha dichiarato di voler difendere l'identit� nazionale e i
confini statuali della RFJ. I fatti lo metteranno ben presto alla prova.
L'indipendenza del Kosovo, le ambizioni secessioniste del Montenegro, il
manifestarsi di spinte analoghe in Vojvodina, si presentano gi� come il
metro di misura con cui le cancellerie occidentali valuteranno la
attendibilit� di Koustonica. Al primo scostamento dai progetti di
spartizione e controllo dei Balcani previsti dai poli imperialisti, egli
sar� messo fuori campo come tutti gli uomini di paglia prodotti dalle
transizioni dirette dall'esterno.
5. In quella parte dell�Europa che comincia a Est della "frontiera di
Gorizia", nel 1989 vi erano 10 Stati (di cui la met� erano membri del
Patto
di Varsavia e del Comecon). Dieci anni dopo questi Stati sono diventati
28,
ma solo 11 di essi hanno una popolazione superiore ai dieci milioni di
abitanti. Si tratta dunque in gran parte di Stati piccoli e piccolissimi
che
hanno dato vita a secessioni dai vecchi stati-nazione (soprattutto
socialisti). In alcuni casi la secessione � stata "consensuale" in altri
pesantemente conflittuale. In questo secondo caso l�ingerenza esterna
(soprattutto della Germania nella fase iniziale) � stata determinante e
non
solo nel caso della Federazione Jugoslava. Nella dissoluzione della ex
URSS
il peso e le responsabilit� degli Stati Uniti sono state notevoli e
niente
affatto casuali.
6. La disgregazione di tutti gli Stati non appartenenti ai tre "poli
forti"
dell�imperialismo moderno (USA,UE e Giappone) � un processo che sta
marciando con forza dietro la tesi quasi religiosa della inevitabilit�
della
globalizzazione che renderebbe superflui gli Stati-Nazione. In realt�,
come
abbiamo pi� volte sottolineato, questa tesi � falsa in quanto esistono
Stati
"disgreganti" e Stati "disgregati". I Balcani e l�Eurasia (cos� come
l�Africa e buona parte dell�Asia) appartengono a questa seconda
categoria.
Questi nuovi Stati sono piccoli, deboli, subalterni agli organismi
finanziari internazionali (FMI,BM,BERS), dipendenti dalla quantit� di
investimenti esteri che riescono ad attrarre e dalla quantit� di export
che
riescono far arrivare sul mercato regionale e mondiale.
A tale scopo questi Stati devono essere "leggeri" nelle frontiere e
nelle
dogane, assai "indulgenti" nelle tasse e imposte per gli investitori
esteri,
obbedienti al FMI nella politica di privatizzazioni e liquidazione
dell�economia statale, puntuali nel pagamento dei debiti accumulati con
le
banche e gli istituti internazionali, implacabili nel mantenere basso e
disciplinato il salario dei lavoratori e il costo del lavoro pi�
complessivamente. Infine, ma non per importanza, devono assicurare con
ogni
mezzo la"stabilit� interna" per gli investitori esteri. Qualora la
funzione
coercitiva dei nuovi Stati non fosse sufficiente diventa automatico
l'intervento della nuova NATO che si � riconvertita proprio con tale
funzione.
7. La fortissima "dipendenza" dai poli forti, dagli investitori esteri e
dagli istituti finanziari internazionali, spiega in buona parte perch�
le
popolazioni dei nuovi stati "indipendenti" abbiano in realt� visto
peggiorare le loro condizioni di vita dopo le secessioni. Quasi ovunque
(con
le sole eccezioni di Slovenia, Polonia e Rep. Ceca) la ricchezza - ma
soprattutto la sua redistribuzione - si � ridotta significativamente.
Europa dell'Est: dieci anni dopo
Come il capitalismo ha portato indietro lo sviluppo
Paesi che hanno chiesto l'adesione all'Unione Europea Prodotto Interno
Lordo
attuale riferito ad un parametro 100 nel 1989 Differenza del PIL
1989-1999
Bulgaria 86 -14
Repubblica Ceca 95 -5
Estonia 76 -24
Ungheria 95 -5
Lettonia 59 -41
Polonia 117 +17
Romania 76 -24
Slovacchia 100 0
Slovenia 104 +4
Lituania 65 -35
(Fonte: Banca Europea per la Ricostruzione e Sviluppo, 1999)
Sulla base di questi dati, solo la Polonia e la Slovenia sembrano aver
migliorato la situazione economica rispetto al 1989. La Slovacchia
sarebbe
in parit� mentre Repubblica Ceca e Ungheria vi si avvicinano. Una stima
pi�
recente della BERS vede migliorare le "performance" di queste ultime
fino al
pareggio ed un ulteriore miglioramento per Slovenia, Polonia e
Slovacchia.
Tutti gli altri paesi restano al palo. Se teniamo conto che questo
rappresenta lo "sviluppo economico" di ben dieci anni, si comprende bene
che
l'integrazione di questi paesi nell'Unione Europea richiederebbe assai
di
pi� delle "lacrime e sangue" che abbiamo versato in Italia per
rispettare i
parametri di Maastricht.
8. Oggi l'Unione Europea si vuole "allargare" ai paesi dell'Europa
dell'Est.
Pertanto viene chiesto a questi paesi di rispettare i parametri di
convergenza previsti dai trattati fondativi dell'Unione Europea
(Maastricht
e Amsterdam). Sappiamo sulla nostra pelle quanto sia costato ad un paese
"ricco" come l'Italia (in termini di tagli alle spese e servizi sociali,
ai
salari o in nuove imposte) il rispetto dei parametri di Maastricht e
l'ingresso nell'area euro. Immaginiamo quale potr� essere il costo
sociale
per economie e societ� gi� devastate dalle ricette liberiste applicate
in
questi dieci anni nell'Europa dell'Est.
I dati ci dimostrano che questi paesi fanno gi� fatica a recuperare i
livelli di ricchezza che avevano nel famigerato 1989 (livelli che in
occidente venivano gi� ritenuti estremamente bassi). Figuriamoci cosa
pu�
significare per la Romania o l'Ungheria cercare di "convergere" con i
parametri di Maastricht sul debito pubblico o l'inflazione, tenendo
anche
conto che questi paesi hanno accumulato un debito estero rilevante e che
ipoteca da anni lo sviluppo economico.
9. La frantumazione della parte orientale dell�Eurasia, dunque, non �
stata
affatto determinata da problemi interni, etnici o da "odi atavici":
siamo in
presenza di un progetto di controllo, spartizione, concertazione e
competizione che vede protagonisti i due principali poli imperialisti
(USA
ed Unione Europea). La Repubblica Federale Jugoslava era un punto di
dissonanza nella spartizione dei Balcani. Ora che � nelle mani di uomini
affidabili per l'occidente, le multinazionali europee e statunitense si
contenderanno le concessioni per la navigazione sul Danubio, faranno
partire
i corridoi energetici rimasti in sospeso con l'aggressione di un anno
fa,
potranno spartire l'apparato produttivo e le infrastrutture di un paese
moderno devastato dalla guerra e dell'embargo. Da qui occorre partire se
vogliamo darci spiegazioni razionali per la guerra e l'operazione contro
la
Jugoslavia. La "vittoria" di Koustonica dopo 10 anni chiude questo
cerchio.
E adesso....benvenuti in questa Europa!!!
---
Da ?La Stampa?
"�Next stop, Belarus�; ultima ?fermata?, il capolinea: la
Russia."
A Minsk, a Minsk
�Next stop, Belarus�, la prossima fermata � la Bielorussia,
scrive il Washington Post in un editoriale assai tempestivo.
S?intende dopo la fermata jugoslava. Anzi serba, poich� tutti
danno per scontato che - scorporato il Kosovo - anche il
Montenegro uscir� dalla Federazione Jugoslava. Dunque occorre
prepararsi a moti e manifestazioni che prima scuoteranno e poi
abbatteranno colui che il Washington Post definisce il �pomposo
dittatore dell?assediata Belarus�. La prima tappa sar� quella
delle prossime elezioni parlamentari, previste per domenica, che
il quotidiano di Washington ha gi� preventivamente squalificato
come ?phony?, cio� truccate, invalide. Quella finale sar� l?anno
prossimo, alla scadenza del mandato - anch?esso ?fasullo? - di
Aleksandr Lukascenko. Se - come scrive il giornale americano -
�l?Occidente decider� fermamente di sostenere i democratici e
rifiuter� di riconoscere le elezioni-farsa, i cittadini di
Belarus potranno trovare la forza di mettersi nella scia dei
serbi�. Cos� comincia, anzi prosegue, il processo che condurr�
inesorabilmente alla liquidazione dell?ultima anomalia europea.
Viviamo nell?epoca della rivoluzione dell?informazione-
comunicazione e non c?� pi� dittatore che possa impedire ai suoi
sudditi di ascoltare, guardare, gioire dell?incessante afflusso
di verit� proveniente dall?esterno. Non occorrer� dunque
bombardare, come a Belgrado, l?emittente televisiva statale.
Forte delle proprie convinzioni l?Occidente potr� dunque usare
tutti i mezzi a propria disposizione, per ottenere il risultato
desiderato. Poich� - come aggiunge il Washington Post - �cosa mai
potrebbe meglio coincidere con gli interessi degli Usa che un
continente europeo pacifico, democratico e libero?�. Se qualcuno
si stupisse, data l?apparente irrilevanza economica e politica
dei circa 10 milioni di bielorussi, si sbaglierebbe. Anche i
serbi sono all?incirca 10 milioni e non si � badato a spese per
normalizzarli, sempre che Spiegel non menta quando rivela che
Kostunica e le opposizioni hanno ricevuto dalla Germania 20
milioni di marchi, cui vanno aggiunti 30 milioni di dollari
dall?America. E si capisce perch�. Non � questione delle
dimensioni dell??infezione?, quanto del suo significato
simbolico: non basta colpirla, occorre debellarla. Pertanto la
nazione-paria verr� inondata di promesse di benessere, per chi
accetter� di farsi portatore dei valori dell?Occidente.
L?opposizione sar� finanziaria e assistita poich� si dovr� tenere
conto dell?inesperienza democratica e della prevaricazione cui �
esposta da parte di un potere ?criminale?. Per gli altri - dal
?dittatore? Lukascenko ai suoi sostenitori, certamente colpevoli,
fossero anche maggioranza - promesse di punizioni esemplari.
Cosicch� le campagne elettorali verranno opportunamente
riequilibrate, mettendo il potere sulla difensiva e
costringendolo a reagire con misure che appariranno liberticide e
tali da suscitare l?esecrazione internazionale. Ingerenza negli
affari interni di uno stato sovrano? Sciocchezze da anime belle.
La ?sovranit� limitata? � cattiva solo se esercitata dai cattivi.
Ultima ?fermata?, il capolinea: la Russia.
Giulietto Chiesa
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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Oct. 19, 2000
issue of Workers World newspaper
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INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER SPEAKS TO THE ANTI-
GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT:
WHAT YOUR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVENTS IN YUGOSLAVIA
[The International Action Center released the following
statement Oct. 11.]
The corporate-backed politicians all agree. The torching of
Yugoslavia's parliament and the overthrow of President
Slobodan Milosevic was a "triumph for democracy." That's
what Bill Clinton says. So do George W. Bush, Dick Cheney,
Mad e leine Albright, Al Gore and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
at the Pentagon. CNN, NBC, CBS and Time magazine say so too.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
In Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia and Los Angeles,
protesters were gassed, beaten, shot with rubber bullets and
held for days in overcrowded cells. The media called us
"rioters" and "vandals" and told us to go home and "seek
change through the ballot box." But in Yugoslavia the CIA
and State Department urged the "opposition" to boycott the
second round of elections, march in the streets and attack
government offices.
It is supposed to be a crime for any U.S. political
candidate to accept donations from abroad. But Washington
gave hundreds of millions of dollars to Vojislav Kostunica's
"Democratic Opposition of Serbia" before the Sept. 24
elections.
FROM BOMBERS TO 'DEMOCRATS'
Last year the United States and other NATO powers rained
bombs and missiles on Yugoslavia for 78 days. They destroyed
homes, schools and hospitals. They killed and maimed
thousands, including hundreds of children. The U.S. media
and politicians justified these war crimes with a lie
campaign demonizing all Serbs. Now the politicians and
generals who ordered the bombing and the media who justified
it claim to be champions of the rights of the Serbian
people.
There is no inconsistency here. All over the world
Washington's attitude is guided by concern for corporate
interests. U.S. policy toward Yugoslavia is war by other
means.
MILOSEVIC SAID NO TO IMF
Slobodan Milosevic may not be a revolutionary in the mold of
Fidel Castro or Che Guevara. But in the eyes of Washington
he committed the same sin as the protesters in Seattle and
Prague: He said no to the New World Order and the
International Monetary Fund.
Under the leadership of his Serbian Socialist Party, the
United Left and the Montenegrin People's Socialist Party,
Yugoslavia refused to join NATO or accept IMF-dictated
"economic restructuring." It resisted privatization and the
"free flow of capital" demanded by Wall Street. For that
reason--and that alone--Yugoslavia was the target of eight
years of war and economic sanctions by the U.S. and NATO and
a nonstop campaign of lies by the biggest propaganda machine
in history--the U.S. corporate news media.
KOSTUNICA SAID YES
On Sept. 27, unknown to most of their followers, leaders of
the U.S.-funded "Democratic Opposition" met with
representatives of the IMF and the World Bank in Sofia,
Bulgaria. They agreed that if they came to power they would
hike prices, privatize industry, lay off workers and
dismantle Yugoslavia's free health-care system. That's
right: Yugoslavia has free health care--and the IMF wants to
destroy it!
These are the same measures that have devastated Bulgaria,
Romania, the former Soviet republics and countries
throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. That was the
price of Washington's support.
A CLASSIC CIA OPERATION
Kostunica and his CIA advisers arrogantly rejected a second
round of elections. They feared that even if they won--a big
"if"--the elected Socialist parliamentary majority would
block the IMF's program. Kostunica and the CIA wanted to
take power by force in order to intimidate or disband the
parliament and crush the Serbian Socialist Party and its
allies. They wanted to send a message to anyone in East
Europe who would resist Washington and Wall Street.
In 1993 the White House encouraged Boris Yeltsin to send
tanks to shell Russia's parliament when it refused to accept
IMF "shock therapy." Hundreds were massacred. Clinton called
that a "triumph for democracy" too.
The Pentagon, State Department and CIA have decades of
experience overthrowing independent governments. They've
done it in Iran (1953), Guate mala (1954), Congo (1961),
Guyana (1962), Indonesia (1965), Ghana (1966), Chile (1973),
Argentina (1976), Romania (1989), Bulgaria (1990) and
Albania (1991).
In Indonesia a CIA-backed junta executed nearly 1 million
people in the name of "democracy." The New York Times called
that slaughter a "gleam of light in Asia."
The formula is generally the same. Cause tremendous hardship
for the people of the target country. Create a pro-U.S.
"opposition" and pump it full of dollars. Promise that if
Washington gets its way, people may again live a "normal"
life.
It's a lie! The IMF and World Bank are agencies of
destruction. They aim to destroy all avenues of economic
life that are not controlled by Wall Street. When they take
over a country life always gets worse. Workers in Bulgaria
now live on 56 cents a day.
FIGHT THE POWER
The media call the coup in Yugoslavia an "endgame." But it
is unlikely that the U.S.-backed regime can implement its
program without force. The new movement against corporate
globalization must stand with all those around the world who
are fighting injustice--from Colombia to Zimbabwe to
Palestine.
That includes those in Yugoslavia and across East Europe who
are resisting the tyranny of NATO and the IMF.
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> http://www.ptb.be/solidaire/article.phtml?lang=1&obid)72
> http://www.iacenter.org/yugo_crisis.htm
---
Interview de deux activistes du mouvement Otpor
�Etre partiellement contr�l� par la CIA? �a
ne me d�range pas trop�
Rencontre avec deux membres d?Otpor, ce
mouvement �tudiant �ind�pendant� dont la presse occidentale
parle tant. C?�tait le 2 ao�t dernier, dans
un caf� de Kragujevac?
G�rard Mugemangango et Michel Collon
Qu?est-ce que le mouvement Otpor?
Ivana. C?est une organisation des jeunes
des facult�s et des �coles sup�rieures. Personne n?y a plus de
27 ans et tous nos adh�rents sont membres
du parti d�mocratique (opposition). Mais nos activit�s sont
diff�rentes: actions, shows, distribution
de propagande, etc.
C?est surtout la vie tr�s difficile en
Serbie qui para�t les affecter?
Nenad. Mon p�re poss�de la m�me voiture
depuis treize ans, il ne peut pas s?en payer d?autre. Quant �
moi, musicien, je suis oblig�, pour gagner
ma vie, de jouer avec certains groupes que je n?aime pas. Et je
suis �galement oblig� de travailler dans la
petite soci�t� de mon p�re.
Ivana et Nenad semblent attendre �norm�ment
de l?Ouest?
Nenad. La Yougoslavie est un bon endroit
pour investir : elle se situe au centre de l?Europe, poss�de des
mines tr�s riches ainsi que le Danube avec son potentiel �lectrique, les
gens y sont tr�s �duqu�s et bons travailleurs. Ici, la population peut
travailler
pour pas cher, disons deux cents DM (4000 FB) par mois.
Ne craignez-vous pas que les multinationales qui prendraient le contr�le
de la Yougoslavie s?arrangent pour payer les salaires les plus bas
possibles
afin d?augmenter leurs profits?
Nenad. Ce serait quand m�me int�ressant pour elles. Et nous garderons le
contr�le.
[Manifestement ces jeunes ont de grandes illusions?Avec le programme
�conomique ultra-lib�ral du G-17, ce � contr�le � sera plut�t limit�?]
Vous attendez que les Etats Unis aident votre pays. Mais ils ont jou� un
grand r�le dans son �clatement. Est-il vrai qu?Otpor - ou en tout cas
ses
dirigeants - est pay� par la CIA via la fondation - �cran National
Endowment for Democracy?
[Notre question semble d�ranger.]
Nenad. Je sais que la CIA est impliqu�e dans toute cette histoire. Ils
ont leur travail � faire et ils sont plus forts que nos propres
services.
Ecoutez-moi, je suis aussi contre les USA, mais nous ne pouvons leur
r�sister, et ils doivent faire leur boulot, alors moi, �a ne me g�ne pas
trop
d?�tre partiellement contr�l� par la CIA.
Tactique...
Pourquoi la CIA a-t-elle entra�n� les cadres d?Otpor pendant dix jours?
Et pourquoi consacre-t-elle tant d?argent � prendre le contr�le d?Otpor
et des autres mouvements d?opposition? Parce que, dans la base de ces
mouvements, on trouve aussi bon nombre de gens honn�tes. Ils ont
beaucoup de reproches � l?�gard de Milosevic et des partis au pouvoir,
mais restent attach�s � l?ind�pendance de la Yougoslavie et ne veulent
pas
qu?elle devienne une colonie.
Amener ces gens o� ils ne veulent pas demande une strat�gie de
manipulation sophistiqu�e. En �t� 99, le chef de la CIA Tennent se
d�pla�ait � Sofia,
en Bulgarie, pour y �former� l?opposition serbe. Le 28 ao�t dernier, la
BBC confirmait qu?une formation sp�ciale de dix jours venait d?�tre
donn�e, �
Sofia �galement, � des militants d?Otpor.
Le programme de la CIA est un programme par phases successives. Dans un
premier temps, on flatte le patriotisme et l?esprit d?ind�pendance
serbes, on fait semblant de les respecter. Mais apr�s avoir sem� la
confusion et bris� l?unit� du pays, la CIA et l?OTAN vont beaucoup plus
loin.
La CIA a d�j� employ� ces tactiques contre de nombreux peuples. Pour
renverser un gouvernement d�rangeant, elle a de l?exp�rience. Au Br�sil
(1961), au Chili (1973), en Bulgarie (1990), on a retrouv� le m�me style
de mouvements pseudo-populaires, orchestr�s avec force dollars. La CIA
est l?ennemi de tous les peuples, elle ne sert que les int�r�ts d?une
poign�e de multinationales et de g�n�raux assassins. Beaucoup de gens
honn�tes
se font avoir par ces manoeuvres. Il est grand temps qu?ils ouvrent les
yeux.
---
>To be partly controlled by the CIA ?
>That doesn't bother me much. �
>
>Interview with two activists of the Otpor student movement
>
>Meeting with two members of Otpor, the student movement of which the
Western
>press speaks so much, describing it as
>� independent. � It was last Aug. 2, in a cafe in Kragujevac...
>
>GERARD MUGEMANGANGO
>& MICHEL COLLON
>
>
>First of all, what is Otpor ? � It's an organization of youths in high
>schools and colleges, � Ivana told us. � No one is older than 27, all
>our members are also members of the Democratic Party (opposition). But
our
>activities are different : actions, shows, distributions of
>propaganda.... �
>
>Above all the difficult life in Serbia seems to affect them most at
present
>: � My father, � Nenad explained, � has owned the same
>automobile for 13 years . He can't afford to buy another. As for me, a
>musician, to earn a living I have to play with certain groups that I
>don't like. And I also have to work in my father's small business. �
>
>Ivana and Nenad seem to expect a lot from the West : � Yugoslavia is a
good
>place to invest : in the center of Europe, with very
>rich mines, the Danube with its electric potential, well-educated
people,
>good workers. Here the people can work for very little, you
>could say for a penny, � Nenad explained.
>
>Wasn't he afraid that the multinations that would take control of
Yugoslavia
>would wind up paying wages as low as possible in
>order to raise their profits ? � It would none-the-less be a good deal
for
>them. And we would keep control. �
>
>Obviously these youths have grand illusions. ... With the ultra-liberal
>[free market] economic program of G17, this � control � will be
>rather limited ...
>
>Now we come to our crucial question. You expect that the United States
will
>aid your country. But it played a big role in breaking it up.
>Is it true that Otpor, or in any case its leaders, are paid by the CIA
>through the front organization called the National Endowment for
>Democracy ?
>
>Apparently our question upset them. � I know, � he ended up saying, �
that
>the CIA is involved in this whole story. They have their
>work to do and they are stronger than our own secret services. �
>
>"Listen to me. I am also against the USA, but we can't resist them, and
they
>have to do their job, while for me, well it doesn't bother me
>that much to be partly controlled by the CIA."
>
>Why did the CIA train Otpor activists for 10 days ?
>
>But why did the CIA devote so much money to take control of Otpor and
the
>other opposition movements? Because in reality, in
>the rank-and-file of these movements, you can find a good number of
honest
>people. They have many complaints with regard to
>Milosevic and the parties in power, but they remain partisans of the
>independence of Yugoslavia and don't want their country to become
>a colony.
>
>To lead these people where they don't want to go demands a
sophisticated
>strategy of manipulation. In the summer of 1999, the
>head of the CIA, George Tennent, set up shop in Sofia, Bulgaria to
"educate"
>the Serb opposition. Last Aug. 28, the BBC confirmed
>that a special 10-day class had been given to the Otpor militants, also
in
>Sofia.
>
>The CIA program is a program in successive phases. Early on, they
flatter
>the Serb's patriotism and spirit of independence, acting
>as if they respect these qualities. But after having sown confusion and
>broken the unity of the country, the CIA and NATO would go
>much further.
>
>The CIA has already employed these tactics against numerous peoples. To
>overturn a government through disruption, it has
>experience. In Brazil (1964), in Chile (1973), in Bulgaria (1990), you
can
>find the same type of pseudo-popular movements, orchestrated
>with the force of the U.S. dollar. The CIA is the enemy of tall the
people.
>It serves the interests of only a handful of multinational
>corporations and murderous generals. It's high time they opened their
eyes.
>
>Anti-Imperialist League -- www.ptb.be/international/indexfr.html
>
>posted 6 October 2000
>
>
>
>International Action Center
>39 West 14th Street, Room 206
>New York, NY 10011
>email: iacenter@...
>web: www.iacenter.org
>CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org
>phone: 212 633-6646
>fax: 212 633-2889
>
>
>
>YUGOSLAVIA IN CRISIS
>
>NO to NATO
>
==
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Coordinamento Nazionale "La Jugoslavia Vivra'"
> http://digilander.iol.it/lajugoslaviavivra
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much "
Fonti:
> http://www.ptb.be/solidaire/article.phtml?lang=1&obid)72
> http://www.iacenter.org/yugo_crisis.htm
---
Interview de deux activistes du mouvement Otpor
�Etre partiellement contr�l� par la CIA? �a
ne me d�range pas trop�
Rencontre avec deux membres d?Otpor, ce
mouvement �tudiant �ind�pendant� dont la presse occidentale
parle tant. C?�tait le 2 ao�t dernier, dans
un caf� de Kragujevac?
G�rard Mugemangango et Michel Collon
Qu?est-ce que le mouvement Otpor?
Ivana. C?est une organisation des jeunes
des facult�s et des �coles sup�rieures. Personne n?y a plus de
27 ans et tous nos adh�rents sont membres
du parti d�mocratique (opposition). Mais nos activit�s sont
diff�rentes: actions, shows, distribution
de propagande, etc.
C?est surtout la vie tr�s difficile en
Serbie qui para�t les affecter?
Nenad. Mon p�re poss�de la m�me voiture
depuis treize ans, il ne peut pas s?en payer d?autre. Quant �
moi, musicien, je suis oblig�, pour gagner
ma vie, de jouer avec certains groupes que je n?aime pas. Et je
suis �galement oblig� de travailler dans la
petite soci�t� de mon p�re.
Ivana et Nenad semblent attendre �norm�ment
de l?Ouest?
Nenad. La Yougoslavie est un bon endroit
pour investir : elle se situe au centre de l?Europe, poss�de des
mines tr�s riches ainsi que le Danube avec son potentiel �lectrique, les
gens y sont tr�s �duqu�s et bons travailleurs. Ici, la population peut
travailler
pour pas cher, disons deux cents DM (4000 FB) par mois.
Ne craignez-vous pas que les multinationales qui prendraient le contr�le
de la Yougoslavie s?arrangent pour payer les salaires les plus bas
possibles
afin d?augmenter leurs profits?
Nenad. Ce serait quand m�me int�ressant pour elles. Et nous garderons le
contr�le.
[Manifestement ces jeunes ont de grandes illusions?Avec le programme
�conomique ultra-lib�ral du G-17, ce � contr�le � sera plut�t limit�?]
Vous attendez que les Etats Unis aident votre pays. Mais ils ont jou� un
grand r�le dans son �clatement. Est-il vrai qu?Otpor - ou en tout cas
ses
dirigeants - est pay� par la CIA via la fondation - �cran National
Endowment for Democracy?
[Notre question semble d�ranger.]
Nenad. Je sais que la CIA est impliqu�e dans toute cette histoire. Ils
ont leur travail � faire et ils sont plus forts que nos propres
services.
Ecoutez-moi, je suis aussi contre les USA, mais nous ne pouvons leur
r�sister, et ils doivent faire leur boulot, alors moi, �a ne me g�ne pas
trop
d?�tre partiellement contr�l� par la CIA.
Tactique...
Pourquoi la CIA a-t-elle entra�n� les cadres d?Otpor pendant dix jours?
Et pourquoi consacre-t-elle tant d?argent � prendre le contr�le d?Otpor
et des autres mouvements d?opposition? Parce que, dans la base de ces
mouvements, on trouve aussi bon nombre de gens honn�tes. Ils ont
beaucoup de reproches � l?�gard de Milosevic et des partis au pouvoir,
mais restent attach�s � l?ind�pendance de la Yougoslavie et ne veulent
pas
qu?elle devienne une colonie.
Amener ces gens o� ils ne veulent pas demande une strat�gie de
manipulation sophistiqu�e. En �t� 99, le chef de la CIA Tennent se
d�pla�ait � Sofia,
en Bulgarie, pour y �former� l?opposition serbe. Le 28 ao�t dernier, la
BBC confirmait qu?une formation sp�ciale de dix jours venait d?�tre
donn�e, �
Sofia �galement, � des militants d?Otpor.
Le programme de la CIA est un programme par phases successives. Dans un
premier temps, on flatte le patriotisme et l?esprit d?ind�pendance
serbes, on fait semblant de les respecter. Mais apr�s avoir sem� la
confusion et bris� l?unit� du pays, la CIA et l?OTAN vont beaucoup plus
loin.
La CIA a d�j� employ� ces tactiques contre de nombreux peuples. Pour
renverser un gouvernement d�rangeant, elle a de l?exp�rience. Au Br�sil
(1961), au Chili (1973), en Bulgarie (1990), on a retrouv� le m�me style
de mouvements pseudo-populaires, orchestr�s avec force dollars. La CIA
est l?ennemi de tous les peuples, elle ne sert que les int�r�ts d?une
poign�e de multinationales et de g�n�raux assassins. Beaucoup de gens
honn�tes
se font avoir par ces manoeuvres. Il est grand temps qu?ils ouvrent les
yeux.
---
>To be partly controlled by the CIA ?
>That doesn't bother me much. �
>
>Interview with two activists of the Otpor student movement
>
>Meeting with two members of Otpor, the student movement of which the
Western
>press speaks so much, describing it as
>� independent. � It was last Aug. 2, in a cafe in Kragujevac...
>
>GERARD MUGEMANGANGO
>& MICHEL COLLON
>
>
>First of all, what is Otpor ? � It's an organization of youths in high
>schools and colleges, � Ivana told us. � No one is older than 27, all
>our members are also members of the Democratic Party (opposition). But
our
>activities are different : actions, shows, distributions of
>propaganda.... �
>
>Above all the difficult life in Serbia seems to affect them most at
present
>: � My father, � Nenad explained, � has owned the same
>automobile for 13 years . He can't afford to buy another. As for me, a
>musician, to earn a living I have to play with certain groups that I
>don't like. And I also have to work in my father's small business. �
>
>Ivana and Nenad seem to expect a lot from the West : � Yugoslavia is a
good
>place to invest : in the center of Europe, with very
>rich mines, the Danube with its electric potential, well-educated
people,
>good workers. Here the people can work for very little, you
>could say for a penny, � Nenad explained.
>
>Wasn't he afraid that the multinations that would take control of
Yugoslavia
>would wind up paying wages as low as possible in
>order to raise their profits ? � It would none-the-less be a good deal
for
>them. And we would keep control. �
>
>Obviously these youths have grand illusions. ... With the ultra-liberal
>[free market] economic program of G17, this � control � will be
>rather limited ...
>
>Now we come to our crucial question. You expect that the United States
will
>aid your country. But it played a big role in breaking it up.
>Is it true that Otpor, or in any case its leaders, are paid by the CIA
>through the front organization called the National Endowment for
>Democracy ?
>
>Apparently our question upset them. � I know, � he ended up saying, �
that
>the CIA is involved in this whole story. They have their
>work to do and they are stronger than our own secret services. �
>
>"Listen to me. I am also against the USA, but we can't resist them, and
they
>have to do their job, while for me, well it doesn't bother me
>that much to be partly controlled by the CIA."
>
>Why did the CIA train Otpor activists for 10 days ?
>
>But why did the CIA devote so much money to take control of Otpor and
the
>other opposition movements? Because in reality, in
>the rank-and-file of these movements, you can find a good number of
honest
>people. They have many complaints with regard to
>Milosevic and the parties in power, but they remain partisans of the
>independence of Yugoslavia and don't want their country to become
>a colony.
>
>To lead these people where they don't want to go demands a
sophisticated
>strategy of manipulation. In the summer of 1999, the
>head of the CIA, George Tennent, set up shop in Sofia, Bulgaria to
"educate"
>the Serb opposition. Last Aug. 28, the BBC confirmed
>that a special 10-day class had been given to the Otpor militants, also
in
>Sofia.
>
>The CIA program is a program in successive phases. Early on, they
flatter
>the Serb's patriotism and spirit of independence, acting
>as if they respect these qualities. But after having sown confusion and
>broken the unity of the country, the CIA and NATO would go
>much further.
>
>The CIA has already employed these tactics against numerous peoples. To
>overturn a government through disruption, it has
>experience. In Brazil (1964), in Chile (1973), in Bulgaria (1990), you
can
>find the same type of pseudo-popular movements, orchestrated
>with the force of the U.S. dollar. The CIA is the enemy of tall the
people.
>It serves the interests of only a handful of multinational
>corporations and murderous generals. It's high time they opened their
eyes.
>
>Anti-Imperialist League -- www.ptb.be/international/indexfr.html
>
>posted 6 October 2000
>
>
>
>International Action Center
>39 West 14th Street, Room 206
>New York, NY 10011
>email: iacenter@...
>web: www.iacenter.org
>CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org
>phone: 212 633-6646
>fax: 212 633-2889
>
>
>
>YUGOSLAVIA IN CRISIS
>
>NO to NATO
>
==
Bollettino di controinformazione del
Coordinamento Nazionale "La Jugoslavia Vivra'"
> http://digilander.iol.it/lajugoslaviavivra
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opinioni delle realta' che compongono il Coordinamento, ma vengono
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Subject: Achtung: Veranstaltung mit Olschewski verschoben!
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:42:12 +0200
From: Jug Österr Solibewegg <joesb@...>
To:
<joesb@...>
Malte Olschewski stellt sein neues Buch vor:
Von den Karawanken bis zum Kosovo
Die geheime Geschichte der Kriege in Jugoslawien
Donnerstag, 12. Oktober
19 h
Vorstadtzentrum XV
15., Meiselstr. 46/4
Die Veranstaltung, die ursprünglich für Sonntag, 8.10. angekündigt war,
musste verschoben werden, da das Buch zu diesem Zeitpunkt doch noch
nicht
vorgelegen wäre.
Subject: Deutscher General entlarvt Nato-Propaganda als Lüge
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 22:39:08 +0200
From: Jug Österr Solibewegg <joesb@...>
To: <joesb@...>
Nachstehend einige Passagen aus einem Interview mit Brigadegeneral a.D.
Heinz Loquai, der, weil er öffentlich den Beweis erbrachte, dass der
"Hufeisenplan" eine Lüge war, seine Position verlor:
"Der Zusammenhang ist eindeutig. Ich habe in der TV-Sendung "Panorama"
von
einem ausführlichen Gespräch im Verteidigungsministerium berichtet, bei
dem
mir mitgeteilt worden war, daß es einen serbischen Operationsplan
Hufeisen
nicht gegeben hat, sondern daß aus einer Beschreibung der Ereignisse von
bundesdeutscher Seite ein Plan gemacht worden ist. Verteidigungsminister
Scharping hatte also während der Krieges die Unwahrheit gesagt. Auf
diese
meine Bemerkung hin hat man einer Vertragsverlängerung, die angestanden
wäre, von seiten des Verteidigungsministeriums nicht zugestimmt. Ein
Pressesprecher des Verteidigungsministers trat auf und meinte, daß sich
Loquai aufgrund seiner öffentlich getätigten Äußerungen selbst
disqualifiziert hat. Es ist grotesk. Denn ich habe die Wahrheit gesagt
und
wurde von demjenigen abgestraft, der die Unwahrheit gesagt hat."
"Die sogenannten Verhandlungen von Rambouillet waren keine
Verhandlungen.
Sie waren ein Versuch, der jugoslawischen Führung ein Diktat unter den
politischen Bedingungen der NATO aufzuerlegen."
"Bereits ein halbes Jahr nach den ersten größeren Anschlägen hatte die
UCK
bereits 40 Prozent des Kosovo unter ihrer Kontrolle. Wenn die Serben mit
ihrem Militär und der Sonderpolizei in beträchtlicher Stärke dieses
Potential wirklich rücksichtslos eingesetzt hätten –- wie man immer
sagte --, dann hätte die UCK diese Geländegewinne nicht machen können."
Das ganze Interview:
http://www.vorstadtzentrum.net/cgi-bin/joesb/news/viewnews.cgi?category=all&id=971129647
********************************************
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
Tel/Fax +43 1 924 31 61
Mobil +43 6991 924 31 61
joesb@...
www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb
Kto-Nr. 9282, RB Schwechat, BLZ 32823
---
Dann wird der Ärger anfangen
(von Rainer Rupp)
Letzten Dienstag waren die Verteidigungsminister der NATO-Staaten im
britischen Birmingham zu informellen Beratungen über die Lage im Kosovo
nach dem Sturz des jugoslawischen Präsidenten Slobodan Milosevic
zusammen getroffen. Dabei meinte NATO-Generalsekretär Lord Robertson,
es sei noch zu früh zu sagen, welchen Einfluss die Veränderungen in
Belgrad tatsächlich hätten. Lord Robertsons Reserviertheit deutet an,
dass die NATO die neue Regierung in Belgrad noch lange nicht im Griff
hat, wie deren sehr erboste Reaktion auf die amerikanische Haltung
zeigte. Im Unterschied zur EU scheint Washington auch weiterhin auf der
Beibehaltung der Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen Jugoslwien zu bestehen, bis
dass der ehem. Präsident Milosevic als Kriegsverbrecher ans Tribunal
nach Den Haag ausgeliefert ist.
Die rechte Hand des neu gewählten Präsidenten, Vojislav Kostunica,
erinnerte daran dass Kostunica nicht daran denkt, irgend jemand an das
Gericht in Den Haag auszuliefern. Statt dessen betonte Jankovic die
Unabhängigkeit der neuen Regierung in Belgrad: "Wir haben dies (die
Ablösung Milosevics) alleine geschafft und niemandem irgendwelche
Versprechungen gemacht. ... Sie ( die Amerikaner ) verändern jedoch die
Spielregel, nachdem das Spiel begonnen hat." Das würde Belgrad nicht
hinnehmen und er warnte alle, die versuchen sollten, das Gleiche zu
tun.
Im Unterschied zu Washington haben die Europäer Kreide gefressen. Sie
wollen sich die unverhoffte Gelegenheit, bei der Neuordnung des Balkans
die USA aus dem Feld zu drängen und selbst die Führung zu übernehmen, so
leicht nicht entgehen lassen und biedern sich beim Europa-freundlichen
Kostunica regelrecht an. Im Chor mit den anderen EU-Außenministern tönte
auch Herr Joseph Fischer aus Berlin, dass die Auslieferung Milosevics an
Den Haag nicht die oberste Priorität habe. Frankreich, das z.Z. den
EU-Ratsvorsitz hat, schickte bereits am Dienstag seinen Außenminister
Vedrine zur großen Umarmung nach Belgrad.
Unterdessen wächst im Kosovo die Sorge der Gewaltseparatisten, die
Zuneigung der NATO zu Gunsten Jugoslawiens zu verlieren. Gemäß
UNO-Resolution 1244 hätten bereits seit Sommer dieses Jahres
jugoslawische Polizei und Militäreinheiten ins Kosovo zurückkehren
dürfen. Der neue Präsident Kostunica besteht auf Einhaltung der
Resolution. Bisher war das formal am Einspruch des UNMIK-Chefs Bernard
Kouchner gescheitert, hinter dem sich jedoch lediglich die NATO-Politik
versteckt hatte. Nun sind die Karten neu verteilt und auch der
serbophobe Kouchner soll schon bald seinen UNMIK-Posten verlassen.
Selbst die Westmarionette Zoran Djindjic, der in der Kostunica-Regierung
eine einflussreiche Funktion inne hat, erklärte am Dienstag in einem
Interview mit der Belgrader Tageszeitung "Vecernje Novosti", dass "bis
zum Ende des Jahres 1,200 Mann unserer (serbischen) Polizei und unseres
Militärs wieder im Kosovo sind, um dort die Grenze nach Albanien zu
kontrollieren." ("Yugoslav troops will return to Kosovo by year's end:
Djindjic", BELGRADE, Oct 10. 00, AFP) Alle jugoslawischen Versuche,
Polizei oder militärische Einheiten wieder ins Kosovo zurückzubringen,
würden "einen neuen Krieg" entfachen, bei dem sich die NATO zwischen den
Fronten wieder finden würde", warnte der zum Politiker mutierte UCK-Chef
Hashim Thaci.
Auch der als gemäßigt geltende Ibrahim Rugova versucht in Vorbereitung
der Kommunalwahlen im Kosovo am 28. Oktober Wert auf aggressivere Töne
zu legen.
"Kosovo wird den Weg in die Unabhängigkeit gehen" ist mittlerweile die
feste Überzeugung der Kosovo-Separatisten. Das widerspricht der
UNO-Resolution 1244 und auch den politischen Zielsetzungen der
EU-Regierungen, die keinen gefährlichen Präzedenzfall in Europa in Bezug
auf Anerkennung von gewaltsam veränderten Grenzen schaffen wollen.
Während die EU sich zu Zeiten Milosevics in dieser Sache aus taktischen
Gründen eher ambivalent gezeigt hatte, liegt es nahe, dass sie in ihrer
Absicht, die neue Regierung in Belgrad ins EU-Boot zu ziehen, diese
nicht durch die Unterstützung der Unabhängigkeit des Kosovo verärgern
wird.
Gegenüber der britischen Tageszeitung, "The Telegraph" äußerte kürzlich
ein hoher Offizier der NATO-KFOR-Truppe seine Sorge, dass das von der
NATO ursprünglich unterstützte und immer noch bezahlte "Kosovo Schutz
Korps" seine Maske fallen lassen und sich wieder zur alten UCK formieren
könnte, um diesmal die neue Besatzungstruppe zu bekämpfen, nämlich die
NATO.
In Birmingham beschlossen die NATO-Minister trotzdem, den Einsatz im
Kosovo mit z.Z. 36.000 Soldaten fortzuführen.
Bundesverteidigungsminister Rudolf Scharping äußerte die Ansicht, dass
"die Präsenz der internationalen Friedenstruppe und damit auch der
Bundeswehr auf Jahre hinaus erforderlich" sei und begründete dies unter
anderem mit "erheblichen Spannungen, ausgeprägtem Hass und hoher
Gewaltbereitschaft" zwischen den Bevölkerungsgruppen. Daran habe sich
auch nach dem Ende der Herrschaft Milosevics nichts geändert. So könnte
die NATO im Kosovo doch noch ihren Bodenkrieg bekomme, nur nicht gegen
die Serben, sondern gegen die UCK.
"Ich glaube, dass sobald der Westen ein demokratisches Jugoslawien
unterstützt, wir mit dem Kosovo Schutz Korps große Probleme haben
werden", sagte ergänzend der britische KFOR-Offizier. "Im Augenblick
sind sie (die Albaner) alle davon überzeugt, die Unabhängigkeit zu
erhalten. Sobald klar wird, dass das nicht passiert, wird der Ärger
anfangen." Entgegen seinen früheren Andeutungen hat jetzt selbst
UNMIK-Chef Bernard Kouchner öffentlich erklärt, dass die Unabhängigkeit
des Kosovo überhaupt nicht in Frage käme.
Saarburg den 11.10.00
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Bei Kostuniva beißt Frau Albright auf Eisen
Ein Spaltpilz für die transatlantischen Beziehungen.
(von Rainer Rupp)
Die Außenminister des Europäischen Union trafen sich gestern, um das
Ölembargo und andere Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen Jugoslawien aufzuheben.
Später in der Woche wollen die politischen Führer der EU über die
Freigabe von Finanzhilfe für die neue Regierung in Belgrad im Wert von
etwa 2 Milliarde Euro entscheiden. "Wir wollen tun, was wir versprochen
haben, dass nämlich das serbische Volk so schnell wie möglich wieder in
Europa aufgenommen wird", meinte dazu Chris Patten, EU-Kommissar für
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten. Zugleich übertreffen sich die Staats- und
Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union, dem neuen jugoslawischen
Präsidenten Kostunica mit schmeichlerischen Worten zu gratulieren und
ihn so schnell wie möglich ins europäische Boot zu ziehen. Das scheint
ohne Abstimmung mit dem großen Bruder in Washington zu geschehen, der
erhebliche Vorbehalte gegenüber einem als anti-amerikanisch bekannten
Kostunica zu haben scheint.
Mit einem Seitenhieb in Richtung USA erklärte denn auch EU-Kommissar
Patten: "Ich glaube nicht, dass wir uns bereits jetzt Gedanken darüber
machen sollten, unter welchen Umständen es schwierig werden könnte, mit
Serbien zusammen zu arbeiten. "Halb vorwurfsvoll schrieb deshalb die
Washington Post, dass Die EU fest entschlossen scheint, "die Führung in
der Aussöhnung mit Serbien zu übernehmen." ("EU Leaders Rush to Serbia's
Side", By William Drozdiak, Washington Post Foreign Service, Saturday,
October 7, 2000; Page A19)
Das scheint Washington nicht besonders zu gefallen, obwohl es vorerst
noch gute Mine zum bösen Spiel macht. Die USA hatte gehofft, dass ein
Anführer der mit US-Geldern gefütterten und von Washington geführten
Opposition die Macht in Belgrad übernehmen würde. Für einen solchen
Nachfolger hatte die US-Außenministerin Albright bereits eine
Zwangsjacke bereit, der die neuen Machthaber in Belgrad auf
amerikanische Positionen bezüglich des Kosovo und des Haager
Kriegsverbrecher Tribunals fest gelegt hätte. Bei Präsident Kostuniva
beißt Frau Albright mit ihren Forderungen jedoch - zumindest noch
vorerst - auf Eisen.
"Kostunica ist nicht der Mann der Clinton-Regierung", schrieb Martin
Sieff, der Balkananalytiker von UPI, einen Tag nach der
Präsidentschaftswahl in Jugoslawien. Er weigert sich, Milosevic an das
Haager Tribunal auszuliefern. Die Verstärkung der jugoslawischen
Souveränität über das Kosovo nennt als höchste Priorität. Und
regelmäßig hat er die NATO-Bombardierung Jugoslawiens im letzten Jahr
als Verbrechen bezeichnet. Für Washington stellt Kostunica ein weitaus
komplizierteres Problem dar als dies bisher Milosevic tat, meint Martin
Sieff, denn er hat eine, auch im Westen unbestrittene demokratische
Legitimation, nur sind seine politischen Vorstellungen nicht so, wie es
Frau Albright gerne möchte. Denn Kostunica "ist ein ebenso scharfer
Kritiker der amerikanischen Politik wie es zuvor Milosevic war".
Washington möchte deshalb für alle Fälle gerüstet sein. Das
Repräsentantenhaus des US-Kongresses hatte Montag vor einer Woche noch
flugs ein Gesetz verabschiedet (HR 1064), das weitere $60 Million für
die Stärkung der Demokratie in Serbien zur Verfügung stellt. Wenn man
den Gesetzestext liest, dann wird deutlich, dass die Gelder auch gegen
Kostunica verwendet werden können, wenn der sich nicht der "Pax
Amerikana" bedingungslos unterwirft.
Der außenpolitisch einflussreiche Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE), der
offensichtlich die Meinung der Clinton-Regierung vertrat, als er am 26.
September im Senat zur neuen Gesetzesvorlage (HR 1064), machte deutlich,
dass das Gesetz auch nach der Machtübernahme durch Kostunica solange
seine Geltung nicht verlieren wird, bis Vojislav Kostunica alle
Forderungen Washingtons erfüllt hat, "einschließlich der Auslieferung
aller angeklagten Kriegverbrecher an das Haager Tribunal."
Vorsorglich verurteilte Senator Biden bei dieser Gelegenheit den neuen
jugoslawischen Präsidenten Kostunica als einen "Ultra-Nationalisten".
Der Geist und die sich hinter dem neuen Gesetz versteckende Absicht wird
jedoch erst durch die Schlußbemerkungen von Senator Biden vollständig
klar: "Um kein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen: Die Anerkennung von Dayton
und Mitarbeit mit dem Haager Tribunal muß der Lackmustests für jede
demokratische Regierung in Serbien sein. ... Sollte jedoch Kostunica mit
Hilfe seiner lobenswerten demokratischen Legitimation eine aggressive
nationalistisch -serbische Politik verfolgen, dann müssen wir ihn
delegitimieren." Für eine weitere Runde der amerikanischen Einmischung
in die inneren Angelegenheiten Jugoslawiens, diesmal gegen Kostunica,
würden in diesem Fall den amerikanischen Marionetten in Belgrad $60
Millionen zur Verfügung stehen.
Diesmal dürfte es jedoch für Washington nicht so einfach werden, denn
die Europäer scheinen nicht bereit, die Initiative erneut Washington zu
überlassen. Auch daran hat Senator Biden gedacht und gewarnt: "Sollten
unsere europäischen Verbündeten sich jedoch entscheiden, ein
post-Milosevic, demokratisch gewähltes, aber ultra-nationalistisches
Serbien zu umarmen, dann kann ich ihnen nur viel Glück wünschen." Dann -
so drohte Biden den Europäern - würden die USA ausschließlich mit den
anderen ehemaligen Teilrepubliken Jugoslawiens, einschließlich
Montenegros zusammenarbeiten und die Europäer mit Serbien alleine
lassen. Das ist eine Herausforderung, die die Europäer womöglich
annehmen. Sollte sich Kostunika nicht doch noch in Richtung USA
verbiegen lassen, dann muß entweder Washington seine Melodie gegenüber
Belgrad ändert oder es läuft Gefahr, seine Kontrolle über die Neuordnung
des Balkans vollkommen an die Europäer und an Russland zu verlieren.
Darüber könnte es zu erheblichen neuen Spannungen zwischen den USA und
Europa kommen, die wegen der militärischen Implikationen im Kosovo und
in Bosnien sogar die Grundfesten der NATO erschüttern könnten.
Saarburg den 9.10. 00
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"Er tritt ab, sie treten an, die USA treten nicht in Erscheinung und
schicken Russland vor."
(Von Rainer Rupp)
In Kreisen der jugoslawischen Opposition und in der "Internationalen
Gemeinschaft", wie sich die NATO gerne selbst bezeichnet, herrscht nach
wie vor Verwirrung über die Haltung Moskaus, das sich im großen
Balkan-Spiel der NATO immer noch etwas quer legt. In einer Rede an der
Princeton University in New Jersey sagte US-Präsident Clinton: "Wir
hoffen, dass die Russen sich in die internationale Gemeinschaft einfügen
und Kostunica als neuen Präsidenten anerkennen." ("US backs Yugoslav
protesters, seeks Russian help", Reuters 10/06/2000 01:03:00 ET)
Deshalb muß Russland wieder ganz zurück ins NATO-Boot geholt werden.
"Es gibt Pläne für ein Treffen der Jugoslawien Kontaktgruppe für Ende
dieser Woche" , erklärte ein hoher US-Beamter gestern in Washington.
Dabei sollen unter Teilnahme Russlands "Ideen ausgetauscht und
synchronisiert" werden. ("Balkan Contact Group Meeting Expected This
Week", Reuters, WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2000)
Trotz vollmundiger, von Kanzler Schröder zur Beruhigung der Deutschen
verkündeter Übereinstimmung mit Präsident Putin, hat es sich die
russische Seite bisher schwer getan, der NATO bei der Unterstützung der
Opposition in Belgrad zu folgen. Präsident Putin hat den von der
Opposition selbsterklärten Wahlsieg bisher nicht anerkannt. Am 3.
Oktober unterstützte das russische Außenministerium vielmehr die
Position Milosevics, indem es erklärte, daß erst eine zweite Wahlrunde
die Entscheidung über den rechtmäßig gewählten neuen Präsidenten bringen
könnte. Zugleich bot Russland an, zwischen Kostunica und Milosevic im
Interesse des inneren Friedens in Jugoslawien zu vermitteln. ("Russia
Backs Milosevic's Claim to Second-Round Vote", Bloomberg News, Moscow,
3. Oct.) Dieses Angebot haben sowohl Milosevic als auch Kostunica
abgelehnt.
Auch in Russland weiß man, dass allein Washington die jugoslawische
Opposition bisher mit 75 Millionen Dollar unterstützt hat. Jene in der
Opposition, die wie Zoran Djinjic fleißig die Hand aufgehalten, Küßchen
mit Albright austauschen und mit prinzipienlosen grünen Machtmenschen
wie Joschka Fischer konferiert haben, hatten als
Präsidentschaftskandidaten beim jugoslawischen Volk keine Chance, obwohl
viele Menschen sich durch Präsident Milosevic längst nicht mehr
repräsentiert fanden. Wie überall nach langen Perioden ungebrochener
Herrschaft so zeigte auch das System Milosevic nach 13 Jahren große
Verschleißerscheinungen.
Trotzdem lavierte die zerstrittene Opposition von NATO-Marionetten in
Belgrad über ein Jahr weitgehend ohne Erfolg. Erst im letzten
Augenblick fanden und einigten sie sich auf Vojislav Kostunica, einen
als Saubermann und strammen Nationalisten bekannten Politiker, den sie
dazu drängten, bei den Präsidentschaftswahlen gegen seinen alten Feind
Milosevic anzutreten. Allerdings kann Kostunica, der auf Grund seiner
betont anti-amerikanischen Haltung und seiner unverhohlenen Kritik am
NATO-Angriff schnell in der Wählergunst stieg, lediglich als Strohmann
gesehen werden, hinter dem sich die Belgrader NATO-Marionetten vorerst
versteckt halten. Die Tatsache allerdings, dass ausgerechnet Zoran
Djinjic der Wahlkampfmanager von Kostunica ist, spricht für sich.
Kostunicas kleine Partei, sie hatte bei der letzten Wahl um die 5%, ist
personell überhaupt nicht fähig, auch nur einen Teil der wichtigen
politischen Posten zu besetzen, so dass sich die Opposition und die NATO
gute Chancen ausrechnen können, bei einer Machtübernahme von Kostunica
schon bald in Belgrad die Weichen zu stellen, und nach einer
Übergangszeit dort ganz den Ton anzugeben. Um diesem Vorhaben nicht zu
schaden, müssen sich die NATO-Herrscher jedoch zurückhalten. DAVID E.
SANGER, der diplomatische Korrespondent der New York Times brachte
gestern in Washington die vorläufige US-Planung für Jugoslawien auf den
folgen kurzen Nenner: "Er (Milosevic) tritt ab, Sie (die Führer der
Opposition) treten an, und die USA treten nicht in Erscheinung.("He
Stepps Down, They Step Up, U.S. Lies Low", By DAVID E. SANGER, NYT,
6.10.00) Denn nach wie vor besteht die Gefahr, dass bei einer zu
offensichtlicher NATO-Unterstützung für Kostunica die Mehrheit des
jugoslawischen Volkes den Braten riechen könnten und die weitere
Entwicklung in Belgrad nicht nach NATO-Vorstellungen abläuft. Die große
Unbekannte ist nach wie vor die russische Haltung.
"Wenige zweifeln daran, dass die russische politische Elite früher oder
später den Sieger in Belgrad anerkennen wird", schreibt der
oppositionelle Jelica, ein Mitarbeiter des Institutes für Internationale
Politik und Wirtschaft in Belgrade im Bericht Nr. 181 vom 5. Oktober
2000 des von der britischen Regierung unterstützten "Institut for War an
Peace Reporting". Zugleich gibt Kurjak der NATO einen guten Rat, wie
sie es anstellen muß, damit Moskau auch den "richtigen" Sieger
anerkennt. Er weist darauf hin , daß Moskau auf $22.5 Mrd. vom
Internationalen Währungsfond und der Weltbank wartet. Bisher seien
lediglich $2.7 Mrd. ausgezahlt worden und dass Russland nicht länger
warten könne, weshalb er empfiehlt: "Nur pragmatische Interessen - in
Form finanzieller Erpressung durch den Westen - wird die Russen dazu
bringen, Mitverantwortung zu übernehmen um sicher zu stellen, dass
diesmal der Richtige gewinnt."
Daß Kostunica der Richtige ist, das steht für die "humanitären"
Militaristen der NATO trotz seiner dezidiert anti-amerikanischen Haltung
längst fest. "Was jetzt wichtig ist, ist daß Kostunika als Präsident
anerkannt wird" sorgte sich gestern Frau Madeleine Albright auf dem
Rückflug von ihrer verpfuschten Nahost-Friedenskonferenz in Ägypten. Und
Präsident Clinton freute sich im Rosengarten des Weißen Hauses darauf,
das serbische Volk "in der Demokratie, in Europa und in der
Weltgemeinschaft wieder aufzunehmen. Und dann werden wir so schnell wie
möglich die Sanktionen aufheben."
Warum es tatsächlich geht, schreibt die New York Times in ihrer
gestrigen Ausgabe: "Das hätte den Zufluß von amerikanischen und
internationalen Finanzmitteln nach Serbien zur Folge und würde
Investoren erlauben, die am Boden liegende Wirtschaft wieder
aufzubauen", womit natürlich die "Privatisierung" der volkseigenen
Betriebe gemeint ist. Denn nur so kann das neue Jugoslawien in die Neue
Weltordnung eingebettet werden. Daß das manchmal nicht ganz so fugenlos
passiert wie geplant zeigt der ebenfalls vom Westen eingefädelte Sturz
des indonesischen Diktators Suharto 1998. Er war zwar vom Westen über
Hundert Tausende von Leichen an die Macht gebracht worden, aber als er
und sein korruptes Regime sich in die veränderten Bedingungen der Neuen
Weltordnung nicht mehr einfügen wollten, musste er gehen. Seither
schlittert Indonesien immer tiefer in ein wirtschaftliches und
politisches Chaos.
"Ich hoffe es endet so wie im Rest von Osteuropa und daß sie (die
Jugoslawen) endlich vom Kommunismus befreit sind", meinte die
Erretterin der Menschheit von allem Bösen auf ihrem Rückflug von Kairo.
Unbeabsichtigt gab damit Frau Albright den waren Grund für den
hauptsächlich von ihr betriebenen Angriff auf Jugoslawien bekannt. Und
als wäre er ihr Echo ergänzte gestern in Deutschland Frau Albrights
fleißigster Schüler, der vom Steine zum Bomben werfen mutierte Joschka
Fischer: "Heute ist in Serbien das letzte Stück des Eisernen Vorhangs
gefallen. " Und schon wird an der Mär gesponnen, dass das serbische Volk
der NATO doch eigentlich für die Bombardierung dankbar sein müsste.
Schließlich hat die NATO sie dadurch vom Kommunismus befreit und gibt
ihnen nun die Chance, vom westlichen Großkapital bis auf die Knochen
ausgesaugt zu werden. Frau Albright hat selbst auf die Entwicklung in
Osteuropa seit 1990 hingewiesen. Dort hat eine seit Jahrzehnten nicht
mehr gekannte Armut und Verelendung statt gefunden. Allerdings hat dort
jetzt jeder die Freiheit, zum Shoppen nach London oder New York zu
jetten.
Saarburg den 6. 10. 2000
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:42:12 +0200
From: Jug Österr Solibewegg <joesb@...>
To:
<joesb@...>
Malte Olschewski stellt sein neues Buch vor:
Von den Karawanken bis zum Kosovo
Die geheime Geschichte der Kriege in Jugoslawien
Donnerstag, 12. Oktober
19 h
Vorstadtzentrum XV
15., Meiselstr. 46/4
Die Veranstaltung, die ursprünglich für Sonntag, 8.10. angekündigt war,
musste verschoben werden, da das Buch zu diesem Zeitpunkt doch noch
nicht
vorgelegen wäre.
Subject: Deutscher General entlarvt Nato-Propaganda als Lüge
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 22:39:08 +0200
From: Jug Österr Solibewegg <joesb@...>
To: <joesb@...>
Nachstehend einige Passagen aus einem Interview mit Brigadegeneral a.D.
Heinz Loquai, der, weil er öffentlich den Beweis erbrachte, dass der
"Hufeisenplan" eine Lüge war, seine Position verlor:
"Der Zusammenhang ist eindeutig. Ich habe in der TV-Sendung "Panorama"
von
einem ausführlichen Gespräch im Verteidigungsministerium berichtet, bei
dem
mir mitgeteilt worden war, daß es einen serbischen Operationsplan
Hufeisen
nicht gegeben hat, sondern daß aus einer Beschreibung der Ereignisse von
bundesdeutscher Seite ein Plan gemacht worden ist. Verteidigungsminister
Scharping hatte also während der Krieges die Unwahrheit gesagt. Auf
diese
meine Bemerkung hin hat man einer Vertragsverlängerung, die angestanden
wäre, von seiten des Verteidigungsministeriums nicht zugestimmt. Ein
Pressesprecher des Verteidigungsministers trat auf und meinte, daß sich
Loquai aufgrund seiner öffentlich getätigten Äußerungen selbst
disqualifiziert hat. Es ist grotesk. Denn ich habe die Wahrheit gesagt
und
wurde von demjenigen abgestraft, der die Unwahrheit gesagt hat."
"Die sogenannten Verhandlungen von Rambouillet waren keine
Verhandlungen.
Sie waren ein Versuch, der jugoslawischen Führung ein Diktat unter den
politischen Bedingungen der NATO aufzuerlegen."
"Bereits ein halbes Jahr nach den ersten größeren Anschlägen hatte die
UCK
bereits 40 Prozent des Kosovo unter ihrer Kontrolle. Wenn die Serben mit
ihrem Militär und der Sonderpolizei in beträchtlicher Stärke dieses
Potential wirklich rücksichtslos eingesetzt hätten –- wie man immer
sagte --, dann hätte die UCK diese Geländegewinne nicht machen können."
Das ganze Interview:
http://www.vorstadtzentrum.net/cgi-bin/joesb/news/viewnews.cgi?category=all&id=971129647
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Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
Tel/Fax +43 1 924 31 61
Mobil +43 6991 924 31 61
joesb@...
www.vorstadtzentrum.net/joesb
Kto-Nr. 9282, RB Schwechat, BLZ 32823
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Dann wird der Ärger anfangen
(von Rainer Rupp)
Letzten Dienstag waren die Verteidigungsminister der NATO-Staaten im
britischen Birmingham zu informellen Beratungen über die Lage im Kosovo
nach dem Sturz des jugoslawischen Präsidenten Slobodan Milosevic
zusammen getroffen. Dabei meinte NATO-Generalsekretär Lord Robertson,
es sei noch zu früh zu sagen, welchen Einfluss die Veränderungen in
Belgrad tatsächlich hätten. Lord Robertsons Reserviertheit deutet an,
dass die NATO die neue Regierung in Belgrad noch lange nicht im Griff
hat, wie deren sehr erboste Reaktion auf die amerikanische Haltung
zeigte. Im Unterschied zur EU scheint Washington auch weiterhin auf der
Beibehaltung der Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen Jugoslwien zu bestehen, bis
dass der ehem. Präsident Milosevic als Kriegsverbrecher ans Tribunal
nach Den Haag ausgeliefert ist.
Die rechte Hand des neu gewählten Präsidenten, Vojislav Kostunica,
erinnerte daran dass Kostunica nicht daran denkt, irgend jemand an das
Gericht in Den Haag auszuliefern. Statt dessen betonte Jankovic die
Unabhängigkeit der neuen Regierung in Belgrad: "Wir haben dies (die
Ablösung Milosevics) alleine geschafft und niemandem irgendwelche
Versprechungen gemacht. ... Sie ( die Amerikaner ) verändern jedoch die
Spielregel, nachdem das Spiel begonnen hat." Das würde Belgrad nicht
hinnehmen und er warnte alle, die versuchen sollten, das Gleiche zu
tun.
Im Unterschied zu Washington haben die Europäer Kreide gefressen. Sie
wollen sich die unverhoffte Gelegenheit, bei der Neuordnung des Balkans
die USA aus dem Feld zu drängen und selbst die Führung zu übernehmen, so
leicht nicht entgehen lassen und biedern sich beim Europa-freundlichen
Kostunica regelrecht an. Im Chor mit den anderen EU-Außenministern tönte
auch Herr Joseph Fischer aus Berlin, dass die Auslieferung Milosevics an
Den Haag nicht die oberste Priorität habe. Frankreich, das z.Z. den
EU-Ratsvorsitz hat, schickte bereits am Dienstag seinen Außenminister
Vedrine zur großen Umarmung nach Belgrad.
Unterdessen wächst im Kosovo die Sorge der Gewaltseparatisten, die
Zuneigung der NATO zu Gunsten Jugoslawiens zu verlieren. Gemäß
UNO-Resolution 1244 hätten bereits seit Sommer dieses Jahres
jugoslawische Polizei und Militäreinheiten ins Kosovo zurückkehren
dürfen. Der neue Präsident Kostunica besteht auf Einhaltung der
Resolution. Bisher war das formal am Einspruch des UNMIK-Chefs Bernard
Kouchner gescheitert, hinter dem sich jedoch lediglich die NATO-Politik
versteckt hatte. Nun sind die Karten neu verteilt und auch der
serbophobe Kouchner soll schon bald seinen UNMIK-Posten verlassen.
Selbst die Westmarionette Zoran Djindjic, der in der Kostunica-Regierung
eine einflussreiche Funktion inne hat, erklärte am Dienstag in einem
Interview mit der Belgrader Tageszeitung "Vecernje Novosti", dass "bis
zum Ende des Jahres 1,200 Mann unserer (serbischen) Polizei und unseres
Militärs wieder im Kosovo sind, um dort die Grenze nach Albanien zu
kontrollieren." ("Yugoslav troops will return to Kosovo by year's end:
Djindjic", BELGRADE, Oct 10. 00, AFP) Alle jugoslawischen Versuche,
Polizei oder militärische Einheiten wieder ins Kosovo zurückzubringen,
würden "einen neuen Krieg" entfachen, bei dem sich die NATO zwischen den
Fronten wieder finden würde", warnte der zum Politiker mutierte UCK-Chef
Hashim Thaci.
Auch der als gemäßigt geltende Ibrahim Rugova versucht in Vorbereitung
der Kommunalwahlen im Kosovo am 28. Oktober Wert auf aggressivere Töne
zu legen.
"Kosovo wird den Weg in die Unabhängigkeit gehen" ist mittlerweile die
feste Überzeugung der Kosovo-Separatisten. Das widerspricht der
UNO-Resolution 1244 und auch den politischen Zielsetzungen der
EU-Regierungen, die keinen gefährlichen Präzedenzfall in Europa in Bezug
auf Anerkennung von gewaltsam veränderten Grenzen schaffen wollen.
Während die EU sich zu Zeiten Milosevics in dieser Sache aus taktischen
Gründen eher ambivalent gezeigt hatte, liegt es nahe, dass sie in ihrer
Absicht, die neue Regierung in Belgrad ins EU-Boot zu ziehen, diese
nicht durch die Unterstützung der Unabhängigkeit des Kosovo verärgern
wird.
Gegenüber der britischen Tageszeitung, "The Telegraph" äußerte kürzlich
ein hoher Offizier der NATO-KFOR-Truppe seine Sorge, dass das von der
NATO ursprünglich unterstützte und immer noch bezahlte "Kosovo Schutz
Korps" seine Maske fallen lassen und sich wieder zur alten UCK formieren
könnte, um diesmal die neue Besatzungstruppe zu bekämpfen, nämlich die
NATO.
In Birmingham beschlossen die NATO-Minister trotzdem, den Einsatz im
Kosovo mit z.Z. 36.000 Soldaten fortzuführen.
Bundesverteidigungsminister Rudolf Scharping äußerte die Ansicht, dass
"die Präsenz der internationalen Friedenstruppe und damit auch der
Bundeswehr auf Jahre hinaus erforderlich" sei und begründete dies unter
anderem mit "erheblichen Spannungen, ausgeprägtem Hass und hoher
Gewaltbereitschaft" zwischen den Bevölkerungsgruppen. Daran habe sich
auch nach dem Ende der Herrschaft Milosevics nichts geändert. So könnte
die NATO im Kosovo doch noch ihren Bodenkrieg bekomme, nur nicht gegen
die Serben, sondern gegen die UCK.
"Ich glaube, dass sobald der Westen ein demokratisches Jugoslawien
unterstützt, wir mit dem Kosovo Schutz Korps große Probleme haben
werden", sagte ergänzend der britische KFOR-Offizier. "Im Augenblick
sind sie (die Albaner) alle davon überzeugt, die Unabhängigkeit zu
erhalten. Sobald klar wird, dass das nicht passiert, wird der Ärger
anfangen." Entgegen seinen früheren Andeutungen hat jetzt selbst
UNMIK-Chef Bernard Kouchner öffentlich erklärt, dass die Unabhängigkeit
des Kosovo überhaupt nicht in Frage käme.
Saarburg den 11.10.00
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Bei Kostuniva beißt Frau Albright auf Eisen
Ein Spaltpilz für die transatlantischen Beziehungen.
(von Rainer Rupp)
Die Außenminister des Europäischen Union trafen sich gestern, um das
Ölembargo und andere Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen Jugoslawien aufzuheben.
Später in der Woche wollen die politischen Führer der EU über die
Freigabe von Finanzhilfe für die neue Regierung in Belgrad im Wert von
etwa 2 Milliarde Euro entscheiden. "Wir wollen tun, was wir versprochen
haben, dass nämlich das serbische Volk so schnell wie möglich wieder in
Europa aufgenommen wird", meinte dazu Chris Patten, EU-Kommissar für
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten. Zugleich übertreffen sich die Staats- und
Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union, dem neuen jugoslawischen
Präsidenten Kostunica mit schmeichlerischen Worten zu gratulieren und
ihn so schnell wie möglich ins europäische Boot zu ziehen. Das scheint
ohne Abstimmung mit dem großen Bruder in Washington zu geschehen, der
erhebliche Vorbehalte gegenüber einem als anti-amerikanisch bekannten
Kostunica zu haben scheint.
Mit einem Seitenhieb in Richtung USA erklärte denn auch EU-Kommissar
Patten: "Ich glaube nicht, dass wir uns bereits jetzt Gedanken darüber
machen sollten, unter welchen Umständen es schwierig werden könnte, mit
Serbien zusammen zu arbeiten. "Halb vorwurfsvoll schrieb deshalb die
Washington Post, dass Die EU fest entschlossen scheint, "die Führung in
der Aussöhnung mit Serbien zu übernehmen." ("EU Leaders Rush to Serbia's
Side", By William Drozdiak, Washington Post Foreign Service, Saturday,
October 7, 2000; Page A19)
Das scheint Washington nicht besonders zu gefallen, obwohl es vorerst
noch gute Mine zum bösen Spiel macht. Die USA hatte gehofft, dass ein
Anführer der mit US-Geldern gefütterten und von Washington geführten
Opposition die Macht in Belgrad übernehmen würde. Für einen solchen
Nachfolger hatte die US-Außenministerin Albright bereits eine
Zwangsjacke bereit, der die neuen Machthaber in Belgrad auf
amerikanische Positionen bezüglich des Kosovo und des Haager
Kriegsverbrecher Tribunals fest gelegt hätte. Bei Präsident Kostuniva
beißt Frau Albright mit ihren Forderungen jedoch - zumindest noch
vorerst - auf Eisen.
"Kostunica ist nicht der Mann der Clinton-Regierung", schrieb Martin
Sieff, der Balkananalytiker von UPI, einen Tag nach der
Präsidentschaftswahl in Jugoslawien. Er weigert sich, Milosevic an das
Haager Tribunal auszuliefern. Die Verstärkung der jugoslawischen
Souveränität über das Kosovo nennt als höchste Priorität. Und
regelmäßig hat er die NATO-Bombardierung Jugoslawiens im letzten Jahr
als Verbrechen bezeichnet. Für Washington stellt Kostunica ein weitaus
komplizierteres Problem dar als dies bisher Milosevic tat, meint Martin
Sieff, denn er hat eine, auch im Westen unbestrittene demokratische
Legitimation, nur sind seine politischen Vorstellungen nicht so, wie es
Frau Albright gerne möchte. Denn Kostunica "ist ein ebenso scharfer
Kritiker der amerikanischen Politik wie es zuvor Milosevic war".
Washington möchte deshalb für alle Fälle gerüstet sein. Das
Repräsentantenhaus des US-Kongresses hatte Montag vor einer Woche noch
flugs ein Gesetz verabschiedet (HR 1064), das weitere $60 Million für
die Stärkung der Demokratie in Serbien zur Verfügung stellt. Wenn man
den Gesetzestext liest, dann wird deutlich, dass die Gelder auch gegen
Kostunica verwendet werden können, wenn der sich nicht der "Pax
Amerikana" bedingungslos unterwirft.
Der außenpolitisch einflussreiche Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE), der
offensichtlich die Meinung der Clinton-Regierung vertrat, als er am 26.
September im Senat zur neuen Gesetzesvorlage (HR 1064), machte deutlich,
dass das Gesetz auch nach der Machtübernahme durch Kostunica solange
seine Geltung nicht verlieren wird, bis Vojislav Kostunica alle
Forderungen Washingtons erfüllt hat, "einschließlich der Auslieferung
aller angeklagten Kriegverbrecher an das Haager Tribunal."
Vorsorglich verurteilte Senator Biden bei dieser Gelegenheit den neuen
jugoslawischen Präsidenten Kostunica als einen "Ultra-Nationalisten".
Der Geist und die sich hinter dem neuen Gesetz versteckende Absicht wird
jedoch erst durch die Schlußbemerkungen von Senator Biden vollständig
klar: "Um kein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen: Die Anerkennung von Dayton
und Mitarbeit mit dem Haager Tribunal muß der Lackmustests für jede
demokratische Regierung in Serbien sein. ... Sollte jedoch Kostunica mit
Hilfe seiner lobenswerten demokratischen Legitimation eine aggressive
nationalistisch -serbische Politik verfolgen, dann müssen wir ihn
delegitimieren." Für eine weitere Runde der amerikanischen Einmischung
in die inneren Angelegenheiten Jugoslawiens, diesmal gegen Kostunica,
würden in diesem Fall den amerikanischen Marionetten in Belgrad $60
Millionen zur Verfügung stehen.
Diesmal dürfte es jedoch für Washington nicht so einfach werden, denn
die Europäer scheinen nicht bereit, die Initiative erneut Washington zu
überlassen. Auch daran hat Senator Biden gedacht und gewarnt: "Sollten
unsere europäischen Verbündeten sich jedoch entscheiden, ein
post-Milosevic, demokratisch gewähltes, aber ultra-nationalistisches
Serbien zu umarmen, dann kann ich ihnen nur viel Glück wünschen." Dann -
so drohte Biden den Europäern - würden die USA ausschließlich mit den
anderen ehemaligen Teilrepubliken Jugoslawiens, einschließlich
Montenegros zusammenarbeiten und die Europäer mit Serbien alleine
lassen. Das ist eine Herausforderung, die die Europäer womöglich
annehmen. Sollte sich Kostunika nicht doch noch in Richtung USA
verbiegen lassen, dann muß entweder Washington seine Melodie gegenüber
Belgrad ändert oder es läuft Gefahr, seine Kontrolle über die Neuordnung
des Balkans vollkommen an die Europäer und an Russland zu verlieren.
Darüber könnte es zu erheblichen neuen Spannungen zwischen den USA und
Europa kommen, die wegen der militärischen Implikationen im Kosovo und
in Bosnien sogar die Grundfesten der NATO erschüttern könnten.
Saarburg den 9.10. 00
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"Er tritt ab, sie treten an, die USA treten nicht in Erscheinung und
schicken Russland vor."
(Von Rainer Rupp)
In Kreisen der jugoslawischen Opposition und in der "Internationalen
Gemeinschaft", wie sich die NATO gerne selbst bezeichnet, herrscht nach
wie vor Verwirrung über die Haltung Moskaus, das sich im großen
Balkan-Spiel der NATO immer noch etwas quer legt. In einer Rede an der
Princeton University in New Jersey sagte US-Präsident Clinton: "Wir
hoffen, dass die Russen sich in die internationale Gemeinschaft einfügen
und Kostunica als neuen Präsidenten anerkennen." ("US backs Yugoslav
protesters, seeks Russian help", Reuters 10/06/2000 01:03:00 ET)
Deshalb muß Russland wieder ganz zurück ins NATO-Boot geholt werden.
"Es gibt Pläne für ein Treffen der Jugoslawien Kontaktgruppe für Ende
dieser Woche" , erklärte ein hoher US-Beamter gestern in Washington.
Dabei sollen unter Teilnahme Russlands "Ideen ausgetauscht und
synchronisiert" werden. ("Balkan Contact Group Meeting Expected This
Week", Reuters, WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2000)
Trotz vollmundiger, von Kanzler Schröder zur Beruhigung der Deutschen
verkündeter Übereinstimmung mit Präsident Putin, hat es sich die
russische Seite bisher schwer getan, der NATO bei der Unterstützung der
Opposition in Belgrad zu folgen. Präsident Putin hat den von der
Opposition selbsterklärten Wahlsieg bisher nicht anerkannt. Am 3.
Oktober unterstützte das russische Außenministerium vielmehr die
Position Milosevics, indem es erklärte, daß erst eine zweite Wahlrunde
die Entscheidung über den rechtmäßig gewählten neuen Präsidenten bringen
könnte. Zugleich bot Russland an, zwischen Kostunica und Milosevic im
Interesse des inneren Friedens in Jugoslawien zu vermitteln. ("Russia
Backs Milosevic's Claim to Second-Round Vote", Bloomberg News, Moscow,
3. Oct.) Dieses Angebot haben sowohl Milosevic als auch Kostunica
abgelehnt.
Auch in Russland weiß man, dass allein Washington die jugoslawische
Opposition bisher mit 75 Millionen Dollar unterstützt hat. Jene in der
Opposition, die wie Zoran Djinjic fleißig die Hand aufgehalten, Küßchen
mit Albright austauschen und mit prinzipienlosen grünen Machtmenschen
wie Joschka Fischer konferiert haben, hatten als
Präsidentschaftskandidaten beim jugoslawischen Volk keine Chance, obwohl
viele Menschen sich durch Präsident Milosevic längst nicht mehr
repräsentiert fanden. Wie überall nach langen Perioden ungebrochener
Herrschaft so zeigte auch das System Milosevic nach 13 Jahren große
Verschleißerscheinungen.
Trotzdem lavierte die zerstrittene Opposition von NATO-Marionetten in
Belgrad über ein Jahr weitgehend ohne Erfolg. Erst im letzten
Augenblick fanden und einigten sie sich auf Vojislav Kostunica, einen
als Saubermann und strammen Nationalisten bekannten Politiker, den sie
dazu drängten, bei den Präsidentschaftswahlen gegen seinen alten Feind
Milosevic anzutreten. Allerdings kann Kostunica, der auf Grund seiner
betont anti-amerikanischen Haltung und seiner unverhohlenen Kritik am
NATO-Angriff schnell in der Wählergunst stieg, lediglich als Strohmann
gesehen werden, hinter dem sich die Belgrader NATO-Marionetten vorerst
versteckt halten. Die Tatsache allerdings, dass ausgerechnet Zoran
Djinjic der Wahlkampfmanager von Kostunica ist, spricht für sich.
Kostunicas kleine Partei, sie hatte bei der letzten Wahl um die 5%, ist
personell überhaupt nicht fähig, auch nur einen Teil der wichtigen
politischen Posten zu besetzen, so dass sich die Opposition und die NATO
gute Chancen ausrechnen können, bei einer Machtübernahme von Kostunica
schon bald in Belgrad die Weichen zu stellen, und nach einer
Übergangszeit dort ganz den Ton anzugeben. Um diesem Vorhaben nicht zu
schaden, müssen sich die NATO-Herrscher jedoch zurückhalten. DAVID E.
SANGER, der diplomatische Korrespondent der New York Times brachte
gestern in Washington die vorläufige US-Planung für Jugoslawien auf den
folgen kurzen Nenner: "Er (Milosevic) tritt ab, Sie (die Führer der
Opposition) treten an, und die USA treten nicht in Erscheinung.("He
Stepps Down, They Step Up, U.S. Lies Low", By DAVID E. SANGER, NYT,
6.10.00) Denn nach wie vor besteht die Gefahr, dass bei einer zu
offensichtlicher NATO-Unterstützung für Kostunica die Mehrheit des
jugoslawischen Volkes den Braten riechen könnten und die weitere
Entwicklung in Belgrad nicht nach NATO-Vorstellungen abläuft. Die große
Unbekannte ist nach wie vor die russische Haltung.
"Wenige zweifeln daran, dass die russische politische Elite früher oder
später den Sieger in Belgrad anerkennen wird", schreibt der
oppositionelle Jelica, ein Mitarbeiter des Institutes für Internationale
Politik und Wirtschaft in Belgrade im Bericht Nr. 181 vom 5. Oktober
2000 des von der britischen Regierung unterstützten "Institut for War an
Peace Reporting". Zugleich gibt Kurjak der NATO einen guten Rat, wie
sie es anstellen muß, damit Moskau auch den "richtigen" Sieger
anerkennt. Er weist darauf hin , daß Moskau auf $22.5 Mrd. vom
Internationalen Währungsfond und der Weltbank wartet. Bisher seien
lediglich $2.7 Mrd. ausgezahlt worden und dass Russland nicht länger
warten könne, weshalb er empfiehlt: "Nur pragmatische Interessen - in
Form finanzieller Erpressung durch den Westen - wird die Russen dazu
bringen, Mitverantwortung zu übernehmen um sicher zu stellen, dass
diesmal der Richtige gewinnt."
Daß Kostunica der Richtige ist, das steht für die "humanitären"
Militaristen der NATO trotz seiner dezidiert anti-amerikanischen Haltung
längst fest. "Was jetzt wichtig ist, ist daß Kostunika als Präsident
anerkannt wird" sorgte sich gestern Frau Madeleine Albright auf dem
Rückflug von ihrer verpfuschten Nahost-Friedenskonferenz in Ägypten. Und
Präsident Clinton freute sich im Rosengarten des Weißen Hauses darauf,
das serbische Volk "in der Demokratie, in Europa und in der
Weltgemeinschaft wieder aufzunehmen. Und dann werden wir so schnell wie
möglich die Sanktionen aufheben."
Warum es tatsächlich geht, schreibt die New York Times in ihrer
gestrigen Ausgabe: "Das hätte den Zufluß von amerikanischen und
internationalen Finanzmitteln nach Serbien zur Folge und würde
Investoren erlauben, die am Boden liegende Wirtschaft wieder
aufzubauen", womit natürlich die "Privatisierung" der volkseigenen
Betriebe gemeint ist. Denn nur so kann das neue Jugoslawien in die Neue
Weltordnung eingebettet werden. Daß das manchmal nicht ganz so fugenlos
passiert wie geplant zeigt der ebenfalls vom Westen eingefädelte Sturz
des indonesischen Diktators Suharto 1998. Er war zwar vom Westen über
Hundert Tausende von Leichen an die Macht gebracht worden, aber als er
und sein korruptes Regime sich in die veränderten Bedingungen der Neuen
Weltordnung nicht mehr einfügen wollten, musste er gehen. Seither
schlittert Indonesien immer tiefer in ein wirtschaftliches und
politisches Chaos.
"Ich hoffe es endet so wie im Rest von Osteuropa und daß sie (die
Jugoslawen) endlich vom Kommunismus befreit sind", meinte die
Erretterin der Menschheit von allem Bösen auf ihrem Rückflug von Kairo.
Unbeabsichtigt gab damit Frau Albright den waren Grund für den
hauptsächlich von ihr betriebenen Angriff auf Jugoslawien bekannt. Und
als wäre er ihr Echo ergänzte gestern in Deutschland Frau Albrights
fleißigster Schüler, der vom Steine zum Bomben werfen mutierte Joschka
Fischer: "Heute ist in Serbien das letzte Stück des Eisernen Vorhangs
gefallen. " Und schon wird an der Mär gesponnen, dass das serbische Volk
der NATO doch eigentlich für die Bombardierung dankbar sein müsste.
Schließlich hat die NATO sie dadurch vom Kommunismus befreit und gibt
ihnen nun die Chance, vom westlichen Großkapital bis auf die Knochen
ausgesaugt zu werden. Frau Albright hat selbst auf die Entwicklung in
Osteuropa seit 1990 hingewiesen. Dort hat eine seit Jahrzehnten nicht
mehr gekannte Armut und Verelendung statt gefunden. Allerdings hat dort
jetzt jeder die Freiheit, zum Shoppen nach London oder New York zu
jetten.
Saarburg den 6. 10. 2000
JOURNAL DE BELGRADE - Samedi 7 octobre, 12 heures
Belgrade Journal – Saturday, October 07, 2000, noon
The 12 months ahead will decide the fate of Yugoslavia
MICHEL COLLON
The big news took place last night. All the international media spoke of
it. Milosevic recognized the victory of Kostunica in the presidential
voting.
Then there is that news they're not reporting but which could turn out
to
be still more important for the eight crucial months ahead. The attempt
of
the opposition to seduce certain Montenegrin parliamentary
representatives
to form a new governing majority failed.
While it still has to be confirmed, the next Yugoslav government should
be
composed of the Milosevic's party, the SPS (Socialist Party of Serbia),
its
traditional ally the YUL (Yugoslav United Left) and the Montenegrin
deputies of the SNP lead by Momir Bulatovic.
Will we be then in a situation of dual power? No, because the legal
powers
of the president are less important than those of the Yugoslav
government,
and still less important than those of the Serb government, which has
responsibility for the largest part of the governmental budget.
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister?
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister? This surrealist
scenario
that we had envisaged a few days ago, this scenario would be
Washington's
nightmare. And that's why the West is in the process of doing all to
definitively eliminate Milosevic and his party from political life.
Since I've been in Belgrade, I've looked at BBC, CNN and a
German
broadcast. All present a caricatured image of an entire people united
against a dictator. Reality is different. Milosevic retains an important
base of support – the opposition is not contesting the results of the
parliamentary elections – and what exists is a country divided in two
camps, after months of pressures and enormous campaigns from the
outside.
As I wrote earlier, the opposition leaders have looked to create
a
"Bucharest syndrome." Milosevic has done all he could to avoid falling
into
this trap. He waited in a war of attrition, a war of nerves, as he did
during the preceding confrontations unleashed by the opposition in 1991
and
1996-1997, which he was able to survive. "In any case, we didn't want to
send the army and provoke a bloodbath," government officials told me.
Wouldn't he have been better off recognizing immediately
Kostunica's
victory. Many people, even those in his camp, believe this. "The people
believe that he was trying to maneuver and they didn't like that," Ivana
explained to me, though she was someone who voted for Milosevic.
But to the Kostunica camp, we could ask another question: Why
did they
refuse the second round of the elections when it seemed certain they
would
win? We think that Washington and the opposition leaders were trying to
bring about the "Bucharest syndrome" in order to definitively eliminate
Milosevic from the political scene.
But is only Milosevic involved in all this? No. It concerns an entire
current of Yugoslav society, which is resisting the takeover by the
multinational corporations. On November 17, 1998, the official British
news
agency Reuter mentioned a poll of 300 companies that stated that
"privatization raises no enthusiasm in Serbia, the workers fear massive
layoffs. No new companies have been privatized since the new
privatization
law was adopted a month ago.
Besides, the desire to eliminate Milosevic does not involve Yugoslavia
alone. Why is Milosevic Washington's chosen target?
"Because he symbolizes resistance to the New World Order and he could
give
the wrong ideas to other forces in the Balkans," answered Ljliljana, an
official in a ministry. "In Washington's eyes, Milosevic is a dangerous
virus and could contaminate the Balkans."
Clinton and the demonization of the Serbs
At present, Kostunica is faced with two problems. The first one
immediately: The burning of parliament was not understood or approved by
his own supporters. "Even NATO spared this symbol," people said here
angrily. "Hitler had burned the Reichstag as a provocation before the
Second World War. And RTS television had been bombed by NATO, leaving 16
victims. The memories of this are still fresh. It's infuriating."
Second problem: the burdensome congratulations from the United States.
Yesterday, I heard Bill Clinton's speech. Its substance: "This victory
is
ours, it is the outcome of U.S. combat over the last 10 years. We
stopped
Milosevic from continuing the attack on Croatia, Bosnia and other
countries. With the demonstration in Belgrade, we ended for good the
threat
from a person who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of victims."
What? Milosevic killed so many people? Alone? Clinton should be assured
that no Serb thinks about it this way. Practically all continue to
believe
that their country had been attacked by the great powers that supported
extremists like Tudjman [Croatia] and Izetbegovic [Bosnia] and who
showed
themselves unjustly against Serbs. Certain of them – and this includes
those among those who voted for the opposition – even criticize
Milosevic
for not having been firm enough and not having fought to the end.
This discourse by Clinton is a continuation of the policy of demonizing
the
Serbs, who are presented as monsters, because it is evident that if
there
were "hundreds of thousands of victims," a large number of Serbs are
criminals, and the witch-hunt will begin with all the selectivity and
arbitrariness of which Washington is capable.
Besides, Washington has no intention of giving justice to the Serbs. For
example in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner just announced that he would have to
remain there for a generation and that U.S. troops would stay there
"without doubt for 10 years." (Washington Times, September 30)
Even under Kostunica, the Serbs won't be able to enjoy peace, because
the
U.S. needs a situation where a permanent "low-intensity" conflict
exists.
This situation permits them to maintain tension in a region, and
pressure
against a country. To believe that the USA is in Kosovo to re-establish
peace and help the Albanians, that's like believing that Hitler had
occupied Czechoslovakia because of his love for the Sudeten German
minority. Pretexts, pretexts. … The only thing that matters to the great
powers is to occupy strategic regions.
The 12 months ahead, before the elections in Serbia, will be decisive.
Will
Yugoslavia become a colony of the International Monetary Fund and NATO?
If
they want to JOURNAL DE BELGRADE - Samedi 7 octobre, 12 heures
Belgrade Journal – Saturday, October 07, 2000, noon
The 12 months ahead will decide the fate of Yugoslavia
MICHEL COLLON
The big news took place last night. All the international media spoke of
it. Milosevic recognized the victory of Kostunica in the presidential
voting.
Then there is that news they're not reporting but which could turn out
to
be still more important for the eight crucial months ahead. The attempt
of
the opposition to seduce certain Montenegrin parliamentary
representatives
to form a new governing majority failed.
While it still has to be confirmed, the next Yugoslav government should
be
composed of the Milosevic's party, the SPS (Socialist Party of Serbia),
its
traditional ally the YUL (Yugoslav United Left) and the Montenegrin
deputies of the SNP lead by Momir Bulatovic.
Will we be then in a situation of dual power? No, because the legal
powers
of the president are less important than those of the Yugoslav
government,
and still less important than those of the Serb government, which has
responsibility for the largest part of the governmental budget.
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister?
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister? This surrealist
scenario
that we had envisaged a few days ago, this scenario would be
Washington's
nightmare. And that's why the West is in the process of doing all to
definitively eliminate Milosevic and his party from political life.
Since I've been in Belgrade, I've looked at BBC, CNN and a
German
broadcast. All present a caricatured image of an entire people united
against a dictator. Reality is different. Milosevic retains an important
base of support – the opposition is not contesting the results of the
parliamentary elections – and what exists is a country divided in two
camps, after months of pressures and enormous campaigns from the
outside.
As I wrote earlier, the opposition leaders have looked to create
a
"Bucharest syndrome." Milosevic has done all he could to avoid falling
into
this trap. He waited in a war of attrition, a war of nerves, as he did
during the preceding confrontations unleashed by the opposition in 1991
and
1996-1997, which he was able to survive. "In any case, we didn't want to
send the army and provoke a bloodbath," government officials told me.
Wouldn't he have been better off recognizing immediately
Kostunica's
victory. Many people, even those in his camp, believe this. "The people
believe that he was trying to maneuver and they didn't like that," Ivana
explained to me, though she was someone who voted for Milosevic.
But to the Kostunica camp, we could ask another question: Why
did they
refuse the second round of the elections when it seemed certain they
would
win? We think that Washington and the opposition leaders were trying to
bring about the "Bucharest syndrome" in order to definitively eliminate
Milosevic from the political scene.
But is only Milosevic involved in all this? No. It concerns an entire
current of Yugoslav society, which is resisting the takeover by the
multinational corporations. On November 17, 1998, the official British
news
agency Reuter mentioned a poll of 300 companies that stated that
"privatization raises no enthusiasm in Serbia, the workers fear massive
layoffs. No new companies have been privatized since the new
privatization
law was adopted a month ago.
Besides, the desire to eliminate Milosevic does not involve Yugoslavia
alone. Why is Milosevic Washington's chosen target?
"Because he symbolizes resistance to the New World Order and he could
give
the wrong ideas to other forces in the Balkans," answered Ljliljana, an
official in a ministry. "In Washington's eyes, Milosevic is a dangerous
virus and could contaminate the Balkans."
Clinton and the demonization of the Serbs
At present, Kostunica is faced with two problems. The first one
immediately: The burning of parliament was not understood or approved by
his own supporters. "Even NATO spared this symbol," people said here
angrily. "Hitler had burned the Reichstag as a provocation before the
Second World War. And RTS television had been bombed by NATO, leaving 16
victims. The memories of this are still fresh. It's infuriating."
Second problem: the burdensome congratulations from the United States.
Yesterday, I heard Bill Clinton's speech. Its substance: "This victory
is
ours, it is the outcome of U.S. combat over the last 10 years. We
stopped
Milosevic from continuing the attack on Croatia, Bosnia and other
countries. With the demonstration in Belgrade, we ended for good the
threat
from a person who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of victims."
What? Milosevic killed so many people? Alone? Clinton should be assured
that no Serb thinks about it this way. Practically all continue to
believe
that their country had been attacked by the great powers that supported
extremists like Tudjman [Croatia] and Izetbegovic [Bosnia] and who
showed
themselves unjustly against Serbs. Certain of them – and this includes
those among those who voted for the opposition – even criticize
Milosevic
for not having been firm enough and not having fought to the end.
This discourse by Clinton is a continuation of the policy of demonizing
the
Serbs, who are presented as monsters, because it is evident that if
there
were "hundreds of thousands of victims," a large number of Serbs are
criminals, and the witch-hunt will begin with all the selectivity and
arbitrariness of which Washington is capable.
Besides, Washington has no intention of giving justice to the Serbs. For
example in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner just announced that he would have to
remain there for a generation and that U.S. troops would stay there
"without doubt for 10 years." (Washington Times, September 30)
Even under Kostunica, the Serbs won't be able to enjoy peace, because
the
U.S. needs a situation where a permanent "low-intensity" conflict
exists.
This situation permits them to maintain tension in a region, and
pressure
against a country. To believe that the USA is in Kosovo to re-establish
peace and help the Albanians, that's like believing that Hitler had
occupied Czechoslovakia because of his love for the Sudeten German
minority. Pretexts, pretexts. … The only thing that matters to the great
powers is to occupy strategic regions.
The 12 months ahead, before the elections in Serbia, will be decisive.
Will
Yugoslavia become a colony of the International Monetary Fund and NATO?
If
they want to reverse the current electoral tendencies – especially among
the youth – Milosevic and his allies will have to promote a still more
socially conscious policy, an ever firmer struggle against privileges.
And
a strategy of communication more effective toward the youths. But the
progressive forces of the entire world will also have a role to play to
unmask the actions of Washington behind these elections that were not
truly
free.
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
YUGOSLAV DAILY SURVEY
BELGRADE, 10 October 2000 No. 3214
C O N T E N T S :
FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
-KOSTUNICA: YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTION PREVENTS KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
-SERBIA TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY POLLS ON DEC 17
-SERBIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW ON ELECTIONS
-DOS PROPOSES ECONOMIST LABUS FOR NEW YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER
-SNP READY TO TALK ABOUT NEW YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT
-DJUKANOVIC: GOVERNMENT OF EXPERTS IN YUGOSLAVIA WOULD DO LEAST HARM
-YUGOSLAV ARMY PROVED IT IS AN ARMY OF THE PEOPLE
-SERBIAN CHURCH LEADER LEAVES FOR VIENNA
YUGOSLAVIASERBIAMINISTERRESIGNATION
-SERBIAN MINISTER JANJIC RESIGNS
-SERBIAN HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS
-SERBIAN MINISTER OF TOURISM RESIGNS
YUGOSLAVIAFRANCE
-FRANCE'S VEDRINE ARRIVES IN BELGRADE
-KOSTUNICA CONFERS WITH VEDRINE
-CHIRAC'S PARTY OPPOSES EXTRADITION OF MILOSEVIC TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL
YUGOSLAVIAPOLAND
-YUGOSLAVIA'S KOSTUNICA CONGRATULATES POLAND'S KWASNIEWSKI
YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA
-RUSSIA RETAINED POSITIONS IN YUGOSLAVIA STATE DUMA OFFICIAL
YUGOSLAVIA - CZECHOSLOVAKIA
-CZECH HAVEL SAYS SERBIA TAKES DEMOCRATIC ROAD
YUGOSLAVIA - ITALY
-ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT BELGRADE THURSDAY
YUGOSLAVIA - ROMANIA
-ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES IN YUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIA -NATO
-CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA WELLFOUNDED HOPE
-NATO MINISTERS WELCOME DEMOCRATIC CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIASANCTIONSLIFTING
-EU LIFTS ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS
-EU WELCOMES ELECTION OF VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA AS NEW YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT
-FISCHER: E.U. LIFTS ALL MAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
-WASHINGTON LIKELY TO FOLLOW E.U.LEAD, LIFT ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS
-DINI: SANCTIONS' LIFTING SHOWS SUPPORT FOR BELGRADE
-CROATIA: LIFTING OF ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS BY E.U. PREMATURE
-PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY OF YUGOSLAV ECONOMY
YUGOSLAVIADUTCHRELEASE
-FOUR DUTCHMEN RELEASED FROM INVESTIGATIVE PRISON
KOSTUNICA: YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTION PREVENTS
KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
PARIS, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica
has
told French television that the Yugoslav Constitution does not allow for
the possibility of independence for either Kosovo or Montenegro.
"As for independence for Kosovo and Montenego, which you speak
about, let me put it this way: our Yugoslav Constitution does not allow
for
independence for Kosovo or for independence for Montenegro, because
these
two elements make up the state, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia",
Kostunica told TF1 television.
In the interview quoted also by the Agence France Presse (AFP),
he
told all those "who hope or dream" about independence, such as ethnic
"Albanian separatists", that independence is "impossible because there
is
the U.N. Security Council's Resolution 1244 which guarantees the
territorial integrity and sovereignty of the FRY.
"The question of Kosovo should be settled within the framework
of
this resolution and not according to the demands and wishes of certain
ethnic Albanian leaders, especially those separatistminded".
The implementation of Resolution 1244 on Kosovo "will permit
the
situation in the region to become stabilised, and this stability is
absolutely necessary to us in the current chaotic situation" in that
province, he added.
"The resolution will bring peace and stability to Kosovo from
the
moment it is properly implemented, especially to the Serb refugees", he
stressed.
SERBIA TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY POLLS ON DEC 17
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbia's leading parliamentary
parties
and the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) agreed on Monday to call
early parliamentary elections for Dec 17, and the formal decision is to
be
taken within days.
The early polls had originally been announced for Dec 19, but
the
date was subsequently moved ahead, so Serbs would not have to vote on a
Tuesday and the feast day of St. Nicholas, celebrated by many as their
patron saint.
SERBIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW ON ELECTIONS
BELGRADE, Oct 9 (Tanjug). The Serbian parliament adopted Monday
a
new law on the election of deputies, proposed by the Serbian Radical
Party
(SRS).
Presenting the proposal, Tomislav Nikolic (SRS) said that
Serbia
should from now on be a single constituency and that a republican
electoral
commission should be created, comprising 16 permanent members to be
appointed by the republican parliament at the proposal of party clubs.
The commission must provide election materials to all within
five
days of the scheduling of elections.
Electoral lists must be endorsed by signatures of support by
the
citizens, which must first be certified in court.
Army troops will no longer vote in their barracks but at the
closest polling stations.
Polling stations will be opened for at least 100 and at most
2,500
voters.
The present regulations that a party needs to win at least 5
percent of the votes in order to enter parliament and that a sum equal
to
one thousand average wages should be earmarked for financing the
participants' campaigns have been retained.
The Serbian parliamentary parties reached agreement Monday with
Serbian President Milan Milutinovic to hold early parliamentary
elections
on December 17.
DOS PROPOSES ECONOMIST LABUS FOR NEW YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The Democratic Opposition of Serbia
(DOS) proposes that the new Yugoslav government be made of experts, also
naming G17 Plus Chief Executive Miroljub Labus as a candidate for the
office of prime minister, a DOS leader and Democratic Party chief Zoran
Djindjic said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference at Belgrade's Media Centre,
Djindjic said that neither Montenegro's Democratic Socialist Party, nor
President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic have any objections to forming a
government of experts.
Commenting on the probable lineup of the new government,
Djindjic
quoted Djukanovic as saying he would not oppose any government proposed
by
DOS.
Labus said he was in a very delicate situation, as neither the
Serbian nor the Yugoslav governments were currently functioning.
"Through a series of circumstances, I am acting prime minister
with a great responsibility," Labus said, adding that he was willing to
do
this for another week, after which officials of the responsible
institutions should take over.
(...)
SERBIAN MINISTER JANJIC RESIGNS
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbia's Minister of High Education
Jevrem Janjic resigned on Tuesday, pleading moral reasons.
The text of the resignation, submitted to the Serbian Assembly
(parliament) president, a copy of which has been forwarded by the
ministry
to TANJUG, says:
"After the Serbian Assembly's refusal to put the law on the
University on the agenda, and in solidarity with the chancellors and
deans
who have resigned and with other colleagues and students, I feel a moral
obligation to resign as minister of high education."
SERBIAN HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbian Minister of Health Milovan
Bojic said late on Monday he had submitted resignations both as minister
of
health and as vicepremier of this Yugoslav republic.
In an unsigned statement faxed to TANJUG on ministry letterhead
paper, Bojic said he had joined the government with "the best of
intentions
and a sincere wish to keep KosovoMetohija and the sovereignty of the
country".
He added he had tried over the past three months as minister of
health to help surmount the severe crisis in the national health care
system.
Bojic gave no reasons for the resignation.
SERBIAN MINISTER OF TOURISM RESIGNS
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbia's Minister of Tourism
Slobodan
Cerovic resigned irrevocably on Tuesday.
In his letter of resignation submitted to Premier Mirko
Marjanovic, a copy of which has been forwarded to TANJUG, Cerovic said:
"Please accept my irrevocable resignation to the post of
minister
of tourism in the government of the Republic of Serbia. Thank you for
your
cooperation".
(...)
YUGOSLAVIAFRANCE
FRANCE'S VEDRINE ARRIVES IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) French Foreign Minister Hubert
Vedrine,
current chairman of the European Union's Ministerial Council, arrived in
Belgrade on Tuesday, where he is expected to meet with Yugoslav
President
Vojislav Kostunica.
At Belgrade Airport, Vedrine was welcomed by Deputy Foreign
Minister Zoran Novakvoic.
Vedrine is to be brief Kostunica on the E.U. Council's decision
taken in Luxembourg on Monday to lift oil and flight bans against
Yugoslavia and on financial assistance that Europe plans to render
Yugoslavia.
He will also formally invite Kostunica to attend the E.U.
summit
in Biarritz, France, on Oct. 1314.
TANJUG learns from sources close to the president that Vedrine
will be leaving Yugoslavia in the afternoon.
KOSTUNICA CONFERS WITH VEDRINE
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Democratic processes in Serbia and
its
return to Europe have been substantially facilitated by the fact that
France chairs the European Union (E.U.), Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica said after talks with French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine
in
Belgrade on Tuesday.
"It seems providence itself sent us our old friends the French
to
help us," Kostunica said, adding that yesterday's E.U. decision to lift
the
sanctions against Yugoslavia made room for establishing relations with
international financial institutions and enabled Yugoslavia's
rapprochement
to its political, economic and cultural neighbourhood Europe.
Kostunica told reporters his talks with Vedrine had been open,
constructive and comprehensive, and underscored that they had discussed
many issues such as Kosovo and Metohija, future cooperation and help
from
the international community and E.U. to Yugoslavia.
Speaking about Kosovo and Metohija, Kostunica and Vedrine urged
respect for international laws inherent in U.N. Security Council
Resolution
1244.
Vedrine said yesterday's decision by the E.U. immediately to
lift
sanctions was "Europe's response to the courage of the Serb people" and
that Europe had made an entire list of proposals for possible
cooperation
between Yugoslavia and the E.U. and the world, with the objective to
help
and strengthen democratic changes in Yugoslavia and support its
reconciliation with its neighbours.
Vedrine informed reporters that Kostunica had accepted an
official
invitation by French President Jacques Chirac to take part in the work
of
the E.U. summit in Biarritz on Oct 1314.
(...)
YUGOSLAVIA - ITALY
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT BELGRADE THURSDAY
ROME, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato
will
visit on Thursday Belgrade, where he will meet with the new president of
Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica, it was confirmed to Tanjug on Tuesday in
Rome.
The meeting with President Kostunica was announced on Tuesday
personally by Prime Minister Amato in Bern, the Italian news agency Ansa
reported.
Amato said that the objective of his visit was to personally
congratulate the new president of Yugoslavia his electoral success.
Election changes in Yugoslavia are a confirmation, Amato
assessed,
of a new political path that is a precondition for cooperation between
Italy and the European Union with the new Yugoslavia, and that is an
additional reason for the upcoming visit. The Italian prime
minister
said it was necessary to establish a completely new bilateral
cooperation
that would no longer be based on expressions of joy and congratulations,
but should have concrete financial support. Italy will also take part in
those activities, but the international community must take part in
solving
the problem of reconstruction and economicfinancial renewal of
Yugoslavia,
Amato said.
YUGOSLAVIA -NATO
CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA WELLFOUNDED HOPE
LONDON, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Democratic changes in Yugoslavia give
rise to a wellfounded hope that the entire region will start stable
reforms, said on Tuesday NATO defense ministers at an informal meeting
in
the English town of Birmingham.
NATO, it was said, lends support to those changes and to new
Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, but it was noted that the
Alliance
did not know him still enough.
NATO Secretary General George Robertson in his introductory
speech
assessed that the events last week in Yugoslavia were truly historical
and
that everyone who wishes well the country must now help for the created
prospects to become reality.
It is still, however, too early, Robertson said, to say what
would
be the consequences of the change in Yugoslavia for the overall security
situation in the Balkans and on the territory of the former SFRY. In
that
light he indicated that for the time being there would be no charges in
NATO's presence in Kosovo and Metohija and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
NATO ministers, it was announced, assess that the greatest
problem
could be KosovoMetohija where Albanian separatists are alarmed by the
changes in Belgrade.
At the summit in Birmimgham, also discussed are future NATO
contacts with the new Yugoslav government although, it has been learnt,
the
prevailing conviction is that the Alliance should mainly stand aside and
leave those contacts up to the European UNion.
The mood among the Serbs, it is recalled, is not favourable for
NATO because of last year's bombing.
NATO MINISTERS WELCOME DEMOCRATIC CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA
BRUSSELS, Oct 10 (Tanjug) NATO defense ministers welcomed the
democratic changes in Yugoslavia at a meeting in Birmingham on Tuesday,
but
NATO SecretaryGeneral George Robertson said it was too soon to precisely
determine how the changes in Yugoslavia would affect the entire region.
NATO does not intend to withdraw troops from the Balkans,
Robertson told the session, underscoring that the election defeat of
former
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic provided vast possibilities to the
international community.
In his speech, a copy of which was distributed to reporters at
the
NATO Brussels headquarters, Robertson reiterated that the KFOR and SFOR
would remain in Kosovo and Metohija and Bosnia, respectively, as long as
necessary, and that they would continue to present the foundation of
stability in the region.
Robertson said the events of last week could be described as
historic, but that the most important challenge for all those who wish
well
to Yugoslavia at this time was to turn the hope of reforms into reality.
The international community must do everything in its power to
help the Yugoslav people become a true partner of the EuroAtlantic
community, Robertson said, since it considers southeastern Europe and
countries from the territory of the former Yugoslavia of great
importance.
YUGOSLAVIASANCTIONSLIFTING
EU LIFTS ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Tanjug). The European Union lifted Monday the
oil
embargo and the (already suspended) ban on civilian air traffic against
Yugoslavia, paving the way for removing all economic and political
obstacles to Yugoslavia's reintegration in the international community
and
European processes.
The EU foreign ministers decided at their session in Luxemburg
that Yugoslavia should be enabled to use the funds from the program for
Balkan recovery.
The EU ministerial council took this decision two days after
Vojislav Kostunica was sworn in as new Yugoslav president, thus
honouring
the EU commitment to initiate the process of lifting sanctions as soon
as
democratic changes start in Yugoslavia.
This, they said, is the first step towards Yugoslavia's
reintegration in Europe, following changes in the country in line with
the
will of the people.
The ministers lifted all sanctions in force since 1998, except
those concerning former president Slobodan Milosevic and his close
aides.
The removal of financial sanctions will follow shortly, in the
second phase of Yugoslavia's integration in the recovery program.
The ministers also discussed granting of emergency humanitarian
aid to Yugoslavia in order to remove the effects of sanctions introduced
two years ago over the KosovoMetohija crisis.
This should be followed by emergency EU measures for the
reconstruction of economic infrastructure as envisaged by the
Stabilization
Pact for southeastern Europe. In the EU budget for this year, about 240
million euros were earmarked for that purpose, that should be released
following a relevant decision of EU ministers.
EU WELCOMES ELECTION OF VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA AS NEW YUGOSLAV
PRESIDENT
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Tanjug). The European Union foreign ministers
adopted Monday in Luxemburg a special declaration on Yugoslavia, hailing
the election of Vojislav Kostunica as Yugoslavia's president,
underlining
that by voting for him, the people of Yugoslavia had chosen democracy
and
Europe.
In line with its commitments made before the Yugoslav
elections,
the EU Council consequently decided to radically change its policy
towards
Yugoslavia.
The Council will address an official invitation to Kostunica to
attend the summit of the European Union and Balkan states scheduled for
November 24 in Zagreb.
The EU also decided to lift all antiYugoslav sanctions in force
since 1998, except those concerning former Yugoslav president Slobodan
Milosevic and his close aides.
The EU Council proposed Monday to Yugoslavia an accord on
stabilization and integration which would give this country a privileged
and preferred treatment in its relations with the EU, French Foreign
Minister Hubert Vedrine said. He was chairing the EU ministerial meeting
which lifted the antiYugoslav sanctions.
That accord paves the way for Yugoslavia's integration in the
EU,
Vedrine said, adding at a press conference that Yugoslavia would have
its
place in the Balkan Stabilization Pact which envisages considerable
financial aid to countries in southeastern Europe.
FISCHER: E.U. LIFTS ALL MAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Tanjug) German Foreign Minister Jozef Fischer
said in Luxembourg on Monday that European Union (E.U.) foreign
ministers
had lifted all the main sanctions against Yugoslavia.
Fischer said after a session of the E.U. Council that only
measures affecting former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and
individuals who were his closest allies remain in force.
The German Foreign Minister said the Council had reached full
accord on lifting the sanctions. Certain details concerning the concrete
decisions will be further discusssed, Fischer said.
WASHINGTON LIKELY TO FOLLOW E.U.LEAD, LIFT ANTIYUGOSLAV
SANCTIONS
NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The United States will probably
follow
the European Union's lead in lifting antiYugoslav oil and flight bans
over
the coming days, it was confirmed in Washington late on Monday.
National Security Council spokesman Philip Crowley said he
expected the United States to take "comparable steps in the coming days"
to
the European Union.
Washington's statement came after Monday's decision by the
European Union to lift its oil and flight bans against Yugoslavia in the
wake of diplomatic changes in the country.
Crowley said he could not be sure how far Washington's steps
would
coincide with those of the European Union, but added that sanctions
which
could be lifted to improve the life of the people swiftly would be
concentrated on.
DINI: SANCTIONS' LIFTING SHOWS SUPPORT FOR BELGRADE
ROME, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini
said
on Tuesday that the European Union's lifting of antiYugoslav sanctions
was
a clear sign of support for the new political course steered by
Belgrade.
Dini warned, however, that the giving of necessary economic aid
to
democratic Serbia must not affect the Union's efforts for the
Mediterranean
countries.
The lifting of the antiYugoslav oil ban is described by the
Italian press as a gift from the European Union to Yugoslavia's new
President Vojislav Kostunica.
CROATIA: LIFTING OF ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS BY E.U. PREMATURE
ZAGREB, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The European Union (E.U.) decision to
lift the main sanctions against Yugoslavia was so far received less than
enthusiastically only in Croatian political circles and media, who
described the move as expected but premature, and even euphoric.
Commentaries pointed out, and seemingly even expressed the
desire
that the current favour of the international community toward Serbia
would
wan because of its refusal to cooperate with The Hague tribunal.
Certain media expressed deep disappointment at the lifting of
these sanctions and, generally, at the new stand of the international
community toward Serbia. The commentator of the Zagreb daily Jutarnji
list
on Tuesday concluded with obvious disappointment that "it is an unusual
and
idiotic feeling these days to be a Croat" when one sees the world's
favouritism toward Serbia.
PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY OF YUGOSLAV ECONOMY
LONDON, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The European Union (E.U.) decision to
lift sanctions, including a ban on trade and business with Yugoslav
companies, opens up good prospects for the recovery of that country and
the
entire region, Michael Taylor of London's Economist Intelligence Unit
told
the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Tuesday.
Yugoslavia's recovery is very important for the entire region,
primarily because of traffic links. It is the fastest and cheapest route
to
western Europe for Yugoslavia's neighbours, he said.
Yugoslavia will doubtless be a very important partner to the
E.U.
in future. In addition to German and Greek investors, who have already
said
they would continue as quickly as possible where they had left off in
1998,
when the E.U. sanctions were further tightened, British companies have
also
shown interest in entering the Yugoslav market.
Nigel Peters, the director of the British Consulting Bureau
said,
according to the BBC, that business in connection with the renewal of
power
facilities and oil refineries destroyed in the NATO air strikes against
Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999 are currently in the focus of
attention.
This requires government support and that is why talks will be
held at the foreign and trade ministries this week, he said. British
experts should visit Belgrade as soon as possible and see on the spot
what
needs to be done, since it is of key importance for the British industry
to
join in major projects at the very beginning, Peters said.
YUGOSLAVIADUTCHRELEASE
FOUR DUTCHMEN RELEASED FROM INVESTIGATIVE PRISON
BELGRADE, Oct 9 (Tanjug) The investigative judge cancelled
detention for four Dutchmen suspected of preparing the assassination of
former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and they were released from
investigative prison in Belgrade on Monday around 15.00.
The four Dutchmen Bas van Schaik, Jeroen van Iersel, Sander
Zeitsen and Godfried de Rie were arrested in July this year on the
border
of Serbia with KosovoMetohija.
According to one of their lawyers, Zoran Jovanovic, the
Dutchmen
were released "after the prosecutor concluded there was not enough
evidence
to continue the process."
The four Dutchmen, it was said immediately after their arrest,
had
in their possession maps, knives, cameras and uniforms.
Immediately after the arrest, RadioTelevision Serbia showed
their
taped confessions, but the arrested later denied they intended to
assassinate Milosevic, and said their initial confessions had bee made
under duress.
Belgrade Journal – Saturday, October 07, 2000, noon
The 12 months ahead will decide the fate of Yugoslavia
MICHEL COLLON
The big news took place last night. All the international media spoke of
it. Milosevic recognized the victory of Kostunica in the presidential
voting.
Then there is that news they're not reporting but which could turn out
to
be still more important for the eight crucial months ahead. The attempt
of
the opposition to seduce certain Montenegrin parliamentary
representatives
to form a new governing majority failed.
While it still has to be confirmed, the next Yugoslav government should
be
composed of the Milosevic's party, the SPS (Socialist Party of Serbia),
its
traditional ally the YUL (Yugoslav United Left) and the Montenegrin
deputies of the SNP lead by Momir Bulatovic.
Will we be then in a situation of dual power? No, because the legal
powers
of the president are less important than those of the Yugoslav
government,
and still less important than those of the Serb government, which has
responsibility for the largest part of the governmental budget.
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister?
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister? This surrealist
scenario
that we had envisaged a few days ago, this scenario would be
Washington's
nightmare. And that's why the West is in the process of doing all to
definitively eliminate Milosevic and his party from political life.
Since I've been in Belgrade, I've looked at BBC, CNN and a
German
broadcast. All present a caricatured image of an entire people united
against a dictator. Reality is different. Milosevic retains an important
base of support – the opposition is not contesting the results of the
parliamentary elections – and what exists is a country divided in two
camps, after months of pressures and enormous campaigns from the
outside.
As I wrote earlier, the opposition leaders have looked to create
a
"Bucharest syndrome." Milosevic has done all he could to avoid falling
into
this trap. He waited in a war of attrition, a war of nerves, as he did
during the preceding confrontations unleashed by the opposition in 1991
and
1996-1997, which he was able to survive. "In any case, we didn't want to
send the army and provoke a bloodbath," government officials told me.
Wouldn't he have been better off recognizing immediately
Kostunica's
victory. Many people, even those in his camp, believe this. "The people
believe that he was trying to maneuver and they didn't like that," Ivana
explained to me, though she was someone who voted for Milosevic.
But to the Kostunica camp, we could ask another question: Why
did they
refuse the second round of the elections when it seemed certain they
would
win? We think that Washington and the opposition leaders were trying to
bring about the "Bucharest syndrome" in order to definitively eliminate
Milosevic from the political scene.
But is only Milosevic involved in all this? No. It concerns an entire
current of Yugoslav society, which is resisting the takeover by the
multinational corporations. On November 17, 1998, the official British
news
agency Reuter mentioned a poll of 300 companies that stated that
"privatization raises no enthusiasm in Serbia, the workers fear massive
layoffs. No new companies have been privatized since the new
privatization
law was adopted a month ago.
Besides, the desire to eliminate Milosevic does not involve Yugoslavia
alone. Why is Milosevic Washington's chosen target?
"Because he symbolizes resistance to the New World Order and he could
give
the wrong ideas to other forces in the Balkans," answered Ljliljana, an
official in a ministry. "In Washington's eyes, Milosevic is a dangerous
virus and could contaminate the Balkans."
Clinton and the demonization of the Serbs
At present, Kostunica is faced with two problems. The first one
immediately: The burning of parliament was not understood or approved by
his own supporters. "Even NATO spared this symbol," people said here
angrily. "Hitler had burned the Reichstag as a provocation before the
Second World War. And RTS television had been bombed by NATO, leaving 16
victims. The memories of this are still fresh. It's infuriating."
Second problem: the burdensome congratulations from the United States.
Yesterday, I heard Bill Clinton's speech. Its substance: "This victory
is
ours, it is the outcome of U.S. combat over the last 10 years. We
stopped
Milosevic from continuing the attack on Croatia, Bosnia and other
countries. With the demonstration in Belgrade, we ended for good the
threat
from a person who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of victims."
What? Milosevic killed so many people? Alone? Clinton should be assured
that no Serb thinks about it this way. Practically all continue to
believe
that their country had been attacked by the great powers that supported
extremists like Tudjman [Croatia] and Izetbegovic [Bosnia] and who
showed
themselves unjustly against Serbs. Certain of them – and this includes
those among those who voted for the opposition – even criticize
Milosevic
for not having been firm enough and not having fought to the end.
This discourse by Clinton is a continuation of the policy of demonizing
the
Serbs, who are presented as monsters, because it is evident that if
there
were "hundreds of thousands of victims," a large number of Serbs are
criminals, and the witch-hunt will begin with all the selectivity and
arbitrariness of which Washington is capable.
Besides, Washington has no intention of giving justice to the Serbs. For
example in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner just announced that he would have to
remain there for a generation and that U.S. troops would stay there
"without doubt for 10 years." (Washington Times, September 30)
Even under Kostunica, the Serbs won't be able to enjoy peace, because
the
U.S. needs a situation where a permanent "low-intensity" conflict
exists.
This situation permits them to maintain tension in a region, and
pressure
against a country. To believe that the USA is in Kosovo to re-establish
peace and help the Albanians, that's like believing that Hitler had
occupied Czechoslovakia because of his love for the Sudeten German
minority. Pretexts, pretexts. … The only thing that matters to the great
powers is to occupy strategic regions.
The 12 months ahead, before the elections in Serbia, will be decisive.
Will
Yugoslavia become a colony of the International Monetary Fund and NATO?
If
they want to JOURNAL DE BELGRADE - Samedi 7 octobre, 12 heures
Belgrade Journal – Saturday, October 07, 2000, noon
The 12 months ahead will decide the fate of Yugoslavia
MICHEL COLLON
The big news took place last night. All the international media spoke of
it. Milosevic recognized the victory of Kostunica in the presidential
voting.
Then there is that news they're not reporting but which could turn out
to
be still more important for the eight crucial months ahead. The attempt
of
the opposition to seduce certain Montenegrin parliamentary
representatives
to form a new governing majority failed.
While it still has to be confirmed, the next Yugoslav government should
be
composed of the Milosevic's party, the SPS (Socialist Party of Serbia),
its
traditional ally the YUL (Yugoslav United Left) and the Montenegrin
deputies of the SNP lead by Momir Bulatovic.
Will we be then in a situation of dual power? No, because the legal
powers
of the president are less important than those of the Yugoslav
government,
and still less important than those of the Serb government, which has
responsibility for the largest part of the governmental budget.
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister?
Kostunica president and Milosevic prime minister? This surrealist
scenario
that we had envisaged a few days ago, this scenario would be
Washington's
nightmare. And that's why the West is in the process of doing all to
definitively eliminate Milosevic and his party from political life.
Since I've been in Belgrade, I've looked at BBC, CNN and a
German
broadcast. All present a caricatured image of an entire people united
against a dictator. Reality is different. Milosevic retains an important
base of support – the opposition is not contesting the results of the
parliamentary elections – and what exists is a country divided in two
camps, after months of pressures and enormous campaigns from the
outside.
As I wrote earlier, the opposition leaders have looked to create
a
"Bucharest syndrome." Milosevic has done all he could to avoid falling
into
this trap. He waited in a war of attrition, a war of nerves, as he did
during the preceding confrontations unleashed by the opposition in 1991
and
1996-1997, which he was able to survive. "In any case, we didn't want to
send the army and provoke a bloodbath," government officials told me.
Wouldn't he have been better off recognizing immediately
Kostunica's
victory. Many people, even those in his camp, believe this. "The people
believe that he was trying to maneuver and they didn't like that," Ivana
explained to me, though she was someone who voted for Milosevic.
But to the Kostunica camp, we could ask another question: Why
did they
refuse the second round of the elections when it seemed certain they
would
win? We think that Washington and the opposition leaders were trying to
bring about the "Bucharest syndrome" in order to definitively eliminate
Milosevic from the political scene.
But is only Milosevic involved in all this? No. It concerns an entire
current of Yugoslav society, which is resisting the takeover by the
multinational corporations. On November 17, 1998, the official British
news
agency Reuter mentioned a poll of 300 companies that stated that
"privatization raises no enthusiasm in Serbia, the workers fear massive
layoffs. No new companies have been privatized since the new
privatization
law was adopted a month ago.
Besides, the desire to eliminate Milosevic does not involve Yugoslavia
alone. Why is Milosevic Washington's chosen target?
"Because he symbolizes resistance to the New World Order and he could
give
the wrong ideas to other forces in the Balkans," answered Ljliljana, an
official in a ministry. "In Washington's eyes, Milosevic is a dangerous
virus and could contaminate the Balkans."
Clinton and the demonization of the Serbs
At present, Kostunica is faced with two problems. The first one
immediately: The burning of parliament was not understood or approved by
his own supporters. "Even NATO spared this symbol," people said here
angrily. "Hitler had burned the Reichstag as a provocation before the
Second World War. And RTS television had been bombed by NATO, leaving 16
victims. The memories of this are still fresh. It's infuriating."
Second problem: the burdensome congratulations from the United States.
Yesterday, I heard Bill Clinton's speech. Its substance: "This victory
is
ours, it is the outcome of U.S. combat over the last 10 years. We
stopped
Milosevic from continuing the attack on Croatia, Bosnia and other
countries. With the demonstration in Belgrade, we ended for good the
threat
from a person who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of victims."
What? Milosevic killed so many people? Alone? Clinton should be assured
that no Serb thinks about it this way. Practically all continue to
believe
that their country had been attacked by the great powers that supported
extremists like Tudjman [Croatia] and Izetbegovic [Bosnia] and who
showed
themselves unjustly against Serbs. Certain of them – and this includes
those among those who voted for the opposition – even criticize
Milosevic
for not having been firm enough and not having fought to the end.
This discourse by Clinton is a continuation of the policy of demonizing
the
Serbs, who are presented as monsters, because it is evident that if
there
were "hundreds of thousands of victims," a large number of Serbs are
criminals, and the witch-hunt will begin with all the selectivity and
arbitrariness of which Washington is capable.
Besides, Washington has no intention of giving justice to the Serbs. For
example in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner just announced that he would have to
remain there for a generation and that U.S. troops would stay there
"without doubt for 10 years." (Washington Times, September 30)
Even under Kostunica, the Serbs won't be able to enjoy peace, because
the
U.S. needs a situation where a permanent "low-intensity" conflict
exists.
This situation permits them to maintain tension in a region, and
pressure
against a country. To believe that the USA is in Kosovo to re-establish
peace and help the Albanians, that's like believing that Hitler had
occupied Czechoslovakia because of his love for the Sudeten German
minority. Pretexts, pretexts. … The only thing that matters to the great
powers is to occupy strategic regions.
The 12 months ahead, before the elections in Serbia, will be decisive.
Will
Yugoslavia become a colony of the International Monetary Fund and NATO?
If
they want to reverse the current electoral tendencies – especially among
the youth – Milosevic and his allies will have to promote a still more
socially conscious policy, an ever firmer struggle against privileges.
And
a strategy of communication more effective toward the youths. But the
progressive forces of the entire world will also have a role to play to
unmask the actions of Washington behind these elections that were not
truly
free.
---
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
YUGOSLAV DAILY SURVEY
BELGRADE, 10 October 2000 No. 3214
C O N T E N T S :
FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
-KOSTUNICA: YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTION PREVENTS KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
-SERBIA TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY POLLS ON DEC 17
-SERBIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW ON ELECTIONS
-DOS PROPOSES ECONOMIST LABUS FOR NEW YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER
-SNP READY TO TALK ABOUT NEW YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT
-DJUKANOVIC: GOVERNMENT OF EXPERTS IN YUGOSLAVIA WOULD DO LEAST HARM
-YUGOSLAV ARMY PROVED IT IS AN ARMY OF THE PEOPLE
-SERBIAN CHURCH LEADER LEAVES FOR VIENNA
YUGOSLAVIASERBIAMINISTERRESIGNATION
-SERBIAN MINISTER JANJIC RESIGNS
-SERBIAN HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS
-SERBIAN MINISTER OF TOURISM RESIGNS
YUGOSLAVIAFRANCE
-FRANCE'S VEDRINE ARRIVES IN BELGRADE
-KOSTUNICA CONFERS WITH VEDRINE
-CHIRAC'S PARTY OPPOSES EXTRADITION OF MILOSEVIC TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL
YUGOSLAVIAPOLAND
-YUGOSLAVIA'S KOSTUNICA CONGRATULATES POLAND'S KWASNIEWSKI
YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA
-RUSSIA RETAINED POSITIONS IN YUGOSLAVIA STATE DUMA OFFICIAL
YUGOSLAVIA - CZECHOSLOVAKIA
-CZECH HAVEL SAYS SERBIA TAKES DEMOCRATIC ROAD
YUGOSLAVIA - ITALY
-ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT BELGRADE THURSDAY
YUGOSLAVIA - ROMANIA
-ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES IN YUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIA -NATO
-CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA WELLFOUNDED HOPE
-NATO MINISTERS WELCOME DEMOCRATIC CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIASANCTIONSLIFTING
-EU LIFTS ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS
-EU WELCOMES ELECTION OF VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA AS NEW YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT
-FISCHER: E.U. LIFTS ALL MAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
-WASHINGTON LIKELY TO FOLLOW E.U.LEAD, LIFT ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS
-DINI: SANCTIONS' LIFTING SHOWS SUPPORT FOR BELGRADE
-CROATIA: LIFTING OF ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS BY E.U. PREMATURE
-PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY OF YUGOSLAV ECONOMY
YUGOSLAVIADUTCHRELEASE
-FOUR DUTCHMEN RELEASED FROM INVESTIGATIVE PRISON
KOSTUNICA: YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTION PREVENTS
KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
PARIS, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica
has
told French television that the Yugoslav Constitution does not allow for
the possibility of independence for either Kosovo or Montenegro.
"As for independence for Kosovo and Montenego, which you speak
about, let me put it this way: our Yugoslav Constitution does not allow
for
independence for Kosovo or for independence for Montenegro, because
these
two elements make up the state, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia",
Kostunica told TF1 television.
In the interview quoted also by the Agence France Presse (AFP),
he
told all those "who hope or dream" about independence, such as ethnic
"Albanian separatists", that independence is "impossible because there
is
the U.N. Security Council's Resolution 1244 which guarantees the
territorial integrity and sovereignty of the FRY.
"The question of Kosovo should be settled within the framework
of
this resolution and not according to the demands and wishes of certain
ethnic Albanian leaders, especially those separatistminded".
The implementation of Resolution 1244 on Kosovo "will permit
the
situation in the region to become stabilised, and this stability is
absolutely necessary to us in the current chaotic situation" in that
province, he added.
"The resolution will bring peace and stability to Kosovo from
the
moment it is properly implemented, especially to the Serb refugees", he
stressed.
SERBIA TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY POLLS ON DEC 17
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbia's leading parliamentary
parties
and the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) agreed on Monday to call
early parliamentary elections for Dec 17, and the formal decision is to
be
taken within days.
The early polls had originally been announced for Dec 19, but
the
date was subsequently moved ahead, so Serbs would not have to vote on a
Tuesday and the feast day of St. Nicholas, celebrated by many as their
patron saint.
SERBIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW ON ELECTIONS
BELGRADE, Oct 9 (Tanjug). The Serbian parliament adopted Monday
a
new law on the election of deputies, proposed by the Serbian Radical
Party
(SRS).
Presenting the proposal, Tomislav Nikolic (SRS) said that
Serbia
should from now on be a single constituency and that a republican
electoral
commission should be created, comprising 16 permanent members to be
appointed by the republican parliament at the proposal of party clubs.
The commission must provide election materials to all within
five
days of the scheduling of elections.
Electoral lists must be endorsed by signatures of support by
the
citizens, which must first be certified in court.
Army troops will no longer vote in their barracks but at the
closest polling stations.
Polling stations will be opened for at least 100 and at most
2,500
voters.
The present regulations that a party needs to win at least 5
percent of the votes in order to enter parliament and that a sum equal
to
one thousand average wages should be earmarked for financing the
participants' campaigns have been retained.
The Serbian parliamentary parties reached agreement Monday with
Serbian President Milan Milutinovic to hold early parliamentary
elections
on December 17.
DOS PROPOSES ECONOMIST LABUS FOR NEW YUGOSLAV PRIME MINISTER
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The Democratic Opposition of Serbia
(DOS) proposes that the new Yugoslav government be made of experts, also
naming G17 Plus Chief Executive Miroljub Labus as a candidate for the
office of prime minister, a DOS leader and Democratic Party chief Zoran
Djindjic said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference at Belgrade's Media Centre,
Djindjic said that neither Montenegro's Democratic Socialist Party, nor
President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic have any objections to forming a
government of experts.
Commenting on the probable lineup of the new government,
Djindjic
quoted Djukanovic as saying he would not oppose any government proposed
by
DOS.
Labus said he was in a very delicate situation, as neither the
Serbian nor the Yugoslav governments were currently functioning.
"Through a series of circumstances, I am acting prime minister
with a great responsibility," Labus said, adding that he was willing to
do
this for another week, after which officials of the responsible
institutions should take over.
(...)
SERBIAN MINISTER JANJIC RESIGNS
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbia's Minister of High Education
Jevrem Janjic resigned on Tuesday, pleading moral reasons.
The text of the resignation, submitted to the Serbian Assembly
(parliament) president, a copy of which has been forwarded by the
ministry
to TANJUG, says:
"After the Serbian Assembly's refusal to put the law on the
University on the agenda, and in solidarity with the chancellors and
deans
who have resigned and with other colleagues and students, I feel a moral
obligation to resign as minister of high education."
SERBIAN HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbian Minister of Health Milovan
Bojic said late on Monday he had submitted resignations both as minister
of
health and as vicepremier of this Yugoslav republic.
In an unsigned statement faxed to TANJUG on ministry letterhead
paper, Bojic said he had joined the government with "the best of
intentions
and a sincere wish to keep KosovoMetohija and the sovereignty of the
country".
He added he had tried over the past three months as minister of
health to help surmount the severe crisis in the national health care
system.
Bojic gave no reasons for the resignation.
SERBIAN MINISTER OF TOURISM RESIGNS
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Serbia's Minister of Tourism
Slobodan
Cerovic resigned irrevocably on Tuesday.
In his letter of resignation submitted to Premier Mirko
Marjanovic, a copy of which has been forwarded to TANJUG, Cerovic said:
"Please accept my irrevocable resignation to the post of
minister
of tourism in the government of the Republic of Serbia. Thank you for
your
cooperation".
(...)
YUGOSLAVIAFRANCE
FRANCE'S VEDRINE ARRIVES IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) French Foreign Minister Hubert
Vedrine,
current chairman of the European Union's Ministerial Council, arrived in
Belgrade on Tuesday, where he is expected to meet with Yugoslav
President
Vojislav Kostunica.
At Belgrade Airport, Vedrine was welcomed by Deputy Foreign
Minister Zoran Novakvoic.
Vedrine is to be brief Kostunica on the E.U. Council's decision
taken in Luxembourg on Monday to lift oil and flight bans against
Yugoslavia and on financial assistance that Europe plans to render
Yugoslavia.
He will also formally invite Kostunica to attend the E.U.
summit
in Biarritz, France, on Oct. 1314.
TANJUG learns from sources close to the president that Vedrine
will be leaving Yugoslavia in the afternoon.
KOSTUNICA CONFERS WITH VEDRINE
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Democratic processes in Serbia and
its
return to Europe have been substantially facilitated by the fact that
France chairs the European Union (E.U.), Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica said after talks with French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine
in
Belgrade on Tuesday.
"It seems providence itself sent us our old friends the French
to
help us," Kostunica said, adding that yesterday's E.U. decision to lift
the
sanctions against Yugoslavia made room for establishing relations with
international financial institutions and enabled Yugoslavia's
rapprochement
to its political, economic and cultural neighbourhood Europe.
Kostunica told reporters his talks with Vedrine had been open,
constructive and comprehensive, and underscored that they had discussed
many issues such as Kosovo and Metohija, future cooperation and help
from
the international community and E.U. to Yugoslavia.
Speaking about Kosovo and Metohija, Kostunica and Vedrine urged
respect for international laws inherent in U.N. Security Council
Resolution
1244.
Vedrine said yesterday's decision by the E.U. immediately to
lift
sanctions was "Europe's response to the courage of the Serb people" and
that Europe had made an entire list of proposals for possible
cooperation
between Yugoslavia and the E.U. and the world, with the objective to
help
and strengthen democratic changes in Yugoslavia and support its
reconciliation with its neighbours.
Vedrine informed reporters that Kostunica had accepted an
official
invitation by French President Jacques Chirac to take part in the work
of
the E.U. summit in Biarritz on Oct 1314.
(...)
YUGOSLAVIA - ITALY
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT BELGRADE THURSDAY
ROME, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato
will
visit on Thursday Belgrade, where he will meet with the new president of
Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica, it was confirmed to Tanjug on Tuesday in
Rome.
The meeting with President Kostunica was announced on Tuesday
personally by Prime Minister Amato in Bern, the Italian news agency Ansa
reported.
Amato said that the objective of his visit was to personally
congratulate the new president of Yugoslavia his electoral success.
Election changes in Yugoslavia are a confirmation, Amato
assessed,
of a new political path that is a precondition for cooperation between
Italy and the European Union with the new Yugoslavia, and that is an
additional reason for the upcoming visit. The Italian prime
minister
said it was necessary to establish a completely new bilateral
cooperation
that would no longer be based on expressions of joy and congratulations,
but should have concrete financial support. Italy will also take part in
those activities, but the international community must take part in
solving
the problem of reconstruction and economicfinancial renewal of
Yugoslavia,
Amato said.
YUGOSLAVIA -NATO
CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA WELLFOUNDED HOPE
LONDON, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Democratic changes in Yugoslavia give
rise to a wellfounded hope that the entire region will start stable
reforms, said on Tuesday NATO defense ministers at an informal meeting
in
the English town of Birmingham.
NATO, it was said, lends support to those changes and to new
Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, but it was noted that the
Alliance
did not know him still enough.
NATO Secretary General George Robertson in his introductory
speech
assessed that the events last week in Yugoslavia were truly historical
and
that everyone who wishes well the country must now help for the created
prospects to become reality.
It is still, however, too early, Robertson said, to say what
would
be the consequences of the change in Yugoslavia for the overall security
situation in the Balkans and on the territory of the former SFRY. In
that
light he indicated that for the time being there would be no charges in
NATO's presence in Kosovo and Metohija and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
NATO ministers, it was announced, assess that the greatest
problem
could be KosovoMetohija where Albanian separatists are alarmed by the
changes in Belgrade.
At the summit in Birmimgham, also discussed are future NATO
contacts with the new Yugoslav government although, it has been learnt,
the
prevailing conviction is that the Alliance should mainly stand aside and
leave those contacts up to the European UNion.
The mood among the Serbs, it is recalled, is not favourable for
NATO because of last year's bombing.
NATO MINISTERS WELCOME DEMOCRATIC CHANGES IN YUGOSLAVIA
BRUSSELS, Oct 10 (Tanjug) NATO defense ministers welcomed the
democratic changes in Yugoslavia at a meeting in Birmingham on Tuesday,
but
NATO SecretaryGeneral George Robertson said it was too soon to precisely
determine how the changes in Yugoslavia would affect the entire region.
NATO does not intend to withdraw troops from the Balkans,
Robertson told the session, underscoring that the election defeat of
former
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic provided vast possibilities to the
international community.
In his speech, a copy of which was distributed to reporters at
the
NATO Brussels headquarters, Robertson reiterated that the KFOR and SFOR
would remain in Kosovo and Metohija and Bosnia, respectively, as long as
necessary, and that they would continue to present the foundation of
stability in the region.
Robertson said the events of last week could be described as
historic, but that the most important challenge for all those who wish
well
to Yugoslavia at this time was to turn the hope of reforms into reality.
The international community must do everything in its power to
help the Yugoslav people become a true partner of the EuroAtlantic
community, Robertson said, since it considers southeastern Europe and
countries from the territory of the former Yugoslavia of great
importance.
YUGOSLAVIASANCTIONSLIFTING
EU LIFTS ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Tanjug). The European Union lifted Monday the
oil
embargo and the (already suspended) ban on civilian air traffic against
Yugoslavia, paving the way for removing all economic and political
obstacles to Yugoslavia's reintegration in the international community
and
European processes.
The EU foreign ministers decided at their session in Luxemburg
that Yugoslavia should be enabled to use the funds from the program for
Balkan recovery.
The EU ministerial council took this decision two days after
Vojislav Kostunica was sworn in as new Yugoslav president, thus
honouring
the EU commitment to initiate the process of lifting sanctions as soon
as
democratic changes start in Yugoslavia.
This, they said, is the first step towards Yugoslavia's
reintegration in Europe, following changes in the country in line with
the
will of the people.
The ministers lifted all sanctions in force since 1998, except
those concerning former president Slobodan Milosevic and his close
aides.
The removal of financial sanctions will follow shortly, in the
second phase of Yugoslavia's integration in the recovery program.
The ministers also discussed granting of emergency humanitarian
aid to Yugoslavia in order to remove the effects of sanctions introduced
two years ago over the KosovoMetohija crisis.
This should be followed by emergency EU measures for the
reconstruction of economic infrastructure as envisaged by the
Stabilization
Pact for southeastern Europe. In the EU budget for this year, about 240
million euros were earmarked for that purpose, that should be released
following a relevant decision of EU ministers.
EU WELCOMES ELECTION OF VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA AS NEW YUGOSLAV
PRESIDENT
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Tanjug). The European Union foreign ministers
adopted Monday in Luxemburg a special declaration on Yugoslavia, hailing
the election of Vojislav Kostunica as Yugoslavia's president,
underlining
that by voting for him, the people of Yugoslavia had chosen democracy
and
Europe.
In line with its commitments made before the Yugoslav
elections,
the EU Council consequently decided to radically change its policy
towards
Yugoslavia.
The Council will address an official invitation to Kostunica to
attend the summit of the European Union and Balkan states scheduled for
November 24 in Zagreb.
The EU also decided to lift all antiYugoslav sanctions in force
since 1998, except those concerning former Yugoslav president Slobodan
Milosevic and his close aides.
The EU Council proposed Monday to Yugoslavia an accord on
stabilization and integration which would give this country a privileged
and preferred treatment in its relations with the EU, French Foreign
Minister Hubert Vedrine said. He was chairing the EU ministerial meeting
which lifted the antiYugoslav sanctions.
That accord paves the way for Yugoslavia's integration in the
EU,
Vedrine said, adding at a press conference that Yugoslavia would have
its
place in the Balkan Stabilization Pact which envisages considerable
financial aid to countries in southeastern Europe.
FISCHER: E.U. LIFTS ALL MAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Tanjug) German Foreign Minister Jozef Fischer
said in Luxembourg on Monday that European Union (E.U.) foreign
ministers
had lifted all the main sanctions against Yugoslavia.
Fischer said after a session of the E.U. Council that only
measures affecting former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and
individuals who were his closest allies remain in force.
The German Foreign Minister said the Council had reached full
accord on lifting the sanctions. Certain details concerning the concrete
decisions will be further discusssed, Fischer said.
WASHINGTON LIKELY TO FOLLOW E.U.LEAD, LIFT ANTIYUGOSLAV
SANCTIONS
NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The United States will probably
follow
the European Union's lead in lifting antiYugoslav oil and flight bans
over
the coming days, it was confirmed in Washington late on Monday.
National Security Council spokesman Philip Crowley said he
expected the United States to take "comparable steps in the coming days"
to
the European Union.
Washington's statement came after Monday's decision by the
European Union to lift its oil and flight bans against Yugoslavia in the
wake of diplomatic changes in the country.
Crowley said he could not be sure how far Washington's steps
would
coincide with those of the European Union, but added that sanctions
which
could be lifted to improve the life of the people swiftly would be
concentrated on.
DINI: SANCTIONS' LIFTING SHOWS SUPPORT FOR BELGRADE
ROME, Oct 10 (Tanjug) Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini
said
on Tuesday that the European Union's lifting of antiYugoslav sanctions
was
a clear sign of support for the new political course steered by
Belgrade.
Dini warned, however, that the giving of necessary economic aid
to
democratic Serbia must not affect the Union's efforts for the
Mediterranean
countries.
The lifting of the antiYugoslav oil ban is described by the
Italian press as a gift from the European Union to Yugoslavia's new
President Vojislav Kostunica.
CROATIA: LIFTING OF ANTIYUGOSLAV SANCTIONS BY E.U. PREMATURE
ZAGREB, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The European Union (E.U.) decision to
lift the main sanctions against Yugoslavia was so far received less than
enthusiastically only in Croatian political circles and media, who
described the move as expected but premature, and even euphoric.
Commentaries pointed out, and seemingly even expressed the
desire
that the current favour of the international community toward Serbia
would
wan because of its refusal to cooperate with The Hague tribunal.
Certain media expressed deep disappointment at the lifting of
these sanctions and, generally, at the new stand of the international
community toward Serbia. The commentator of the Zagreb daily Jutarnji
list
on Tuesday concluded with obvious disappointment that "it is an unusual
and
idiotic feeling these days to be a Croat" when one sees the world's
favouritism toward Serbia.
PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY OF YUGOSLAV ECONOMY
LONDON, Oct 10 (Tanjug) The European Union (E.U.) decision to
lift sanctions, including a ban on trade and business with Yugoslav
companies, opens up good prospects for the recovery of that country and
the
entire region, Michael Taylor of London's Economist Intelligence Unit
told
the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Tuesday.
Yugoslavia's recovery is very important for the entire region,
primarily because of traffic links. It is the fastest and cheapest route
to
western Europe for Yugoslavia's neighbours, he said.
Yugoslavia will doubtless be a very important partner to the
E.U.
in future. In addition to German and Greek investors, who have already
said
they would continue as quickly as possible where they had left off in
1998,
when the E.U. sanctions were further tightened, British companies have
also
shown interest in entering the Yugoslav market.
Nigel Peters, the director of the British Consulting Bureau
said,
according to the BBC, that business in connection with the renewal of
power
facilities and oil refineries destroyed in the NATO air strikes against
Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999 are currently in the focus of
attention.
This requires government support and that is why talks will be
held at the foreign and trade ministries this week, he said. British
experts should visit Belgrade as soon as possible and see on the spot
what
needs to be done, since it is of key importance for the British industry
to
join in major projects at the very beginning, Peters said.
YUGOSLAVIADUTCHRELEASE
FOUR DUTCHMEN RELEASED FROM INVESTIGATIVE PRISON
BELGRADE, Oct 9 (Tanjug) The investigative judge cancelled
detention for four Dutchmen suspected of preparing the assassination of
former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and they were released from
investigative prison in Belgrade on Monday around 15.00.
The four Dutchmen Bas van Schaik, Jeroen van Iersel, Sander
Zeitsen and Godfried de Rie were arrested in July this year on the
border
of Serbia with KosovoMetohija.
According to one of their lawyers, Zoran Jovanovic, the
Dutchmen
were released "after the prosecutor concluded there was not enough
evidence
to continue the process."
The four Dutchmen, it was said immediately after their arrest,
had
in their possession maps, knives, cameras and uniforms.
Immediately after the arrest, RadioTelevision Serbia showed
their
taped confessions, but the arrested later denied they intended to
assassinate Milosevic, and said their initial confessions had bee made
under duress.
