SKOPJE, June 17 (Hina) - The first unofficial meeting of the permanent Joint Committee on Succession to the former Yugoslav federation, held in Skopje on Monday, did not yield any concrete results but demonstrated the readiness of all
former Yugoslav republics to reach an agreement on open issues regarding the division of ex-Yugoslavia's property, said Macedonian Vice-Premier Zoran Krstevski, who chaired the meeting.
SKOPJE, June 17 (Hina) - The first unofficial meeting of the
permanent Joint Committee on Succession to the former Yugoslav
federation, held in Skopje on Monday, did not yield any concrete
results but demonstrated the readiness of all former Yugoslav
republics to reach an agreement on open issues regarding the
division of ex-Yugoslavia's property, said Macedonian Vice-
Premier Zoran Krstevski, who chaired the meeting. #L#
The Committee does not have the right to make decisions, which
status will be maintained until all former Yugoslav countries
ratify an agreement on succession signed in Vienna on June 29,
2001.
Krstevski said that participants in the meeting had agreed to form
within the Committee on Financial Matters an expert group to
establish the situation in banks with mixed ownership. The foreign
currency deposit in the Yugoslav National Bank amounted to 650
million US dollars but Yugoslav representatives claimed there were
only 50 million in the formerly central Yugoslav bank. The expert
group should trace the US$600 million that have gone missing.
(hina) rml sb