BELGRADE, Jan 29 (Hina/Beta) - Yugoslav Vice-Premier Miroljub Labus said on Tuesday a total of 369.7 million US dollars of Yugoslav assets were frozen on bank accounts abroad. "Of that amount, 184.1 million dollars have been frozen on
accounts in the United States, of which 86.5 million are on the accounts of companies against which court proceedings are being conducted, while the other 100 million belong to the National Bank of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), as part of the succession process," Labus said at a parliament session. He added that a total of 140.1 million dollars of authorised banks was frozen abroad on the last day of last year, refuting claims that the frozen assets were huge. The parliament's Council of Citizens started a debate on the interpellation of 49 opposition deputies against an agreement on succession to the former federation. The agreement was signed in Vienna las
BELGRADE, Jan 29 (Hina/Beta) - Yugoslav Vice-Premier Miroljub
Labus said on Tuesday a total of 369.7 million US dollars of
Yugoslav assets were frozen on bank accounts abroad.
"Of that amount, 184.1 million dollars have been frozen on accounts
in the United States, of which 86.5 million are on the accounts of
companies against which court proceedings are being conducted,
while the other 100 million belong to the National Bank of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), as part of the
succession process," Labus said at a parliament session.
He added that a total of 140.1 million dollars of authorised banks
was frozen abroad on the last day of last year, refuting claims that
the frozen assets were huge.
The parliament's Council of Citizens started a debate on the
interpellation of 49 opposition deputies against an agreement on
succession to the former federation. The agreement was signed in
Vienna last year but none of the successor-states has ratified it
yet.
A representative of the Serbian Socialist Party (SPS), Oskar Kovac,
said on behalf of the deputies contesting the agreement the
document should not be ratified, but talks on succession resumed
until more favourable conditions were agreed on.
The deputies claim the agreement cost Yugoslavia a loss of four
billion dollars.
Yugoslav Premier Dragisa Pesic said deputies would not be able to
discuss the agreement appropriately until they were given the text
of the agreement, which he said would be done before a regular
session of parliament councils in March.
(hina) rml